dim@cbuxc.UUCP (Dennis McKiernan) (01/10/85)
[Actually from Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan]
While I tend to agree with those who hold that everything is a fit target
for humor, and I certainly don't think that suicide is an exception,
I am somewhat disturbed by the entries from people who seem to see the subject
as nothing BUT a humourous one. Perhaps they don't really see it as a joke;
perhaps they are whistling in the graveyard. In any event, it is just plain
nasty (albeit that it may not be intentionally so) to take such glee in
discussing the subject. Be voyeurs if you must, snickering as you read; but
please show some restraint in your entries.
The taking of a human life, whether it be your own or that of some one
else, may be necessary, or, if not necessary, may yet be for the best; but in
any set of circumstances where this is the case, there is implicit a terrible
tragedy.
DKMcKgam@amdahl.UUCP (gam) (01/12/85)
> [Actually from Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan] > While I tend to agree with those who hold that everything is a fit target > for humor, and I certainly don't think that suicide is an exception, > > I am somewhat disturbed by the entries from people who seem to see the subject > as nothing BUT a humourous one. Tragedy and humor are so close together you wouldn't believe it. Well, you might. Really, life IS funny. So is death. And suicide is a special case: its IRONICALLY funny. In a tragic sort of way. Not to say I don't have any feelings, of course. But this newsgroup is not (and shouldn't be) a ``crisis center'' for people who're ready to die. Besides, when we're dead, we can't laugh about this anymore. > Perhaps they don't really see it as a joke; > perhaps they are whistling in the graveyard. No, whistling in the graveyard is disrespectful of the dead. -- Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam