From: "Dave Coull" <coull2-AT-btinternet.com>
Subject: RE: More boring and pointless
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 18:36:00 +0100



I wrote


>>>> None of us know how, when, or with whom
>>>> we will die


and Greg responded


>>> the person who commits suicide knows


To which I responded


>> No, he just  _hopes_  he knows.


and Darla Kay comments


> i gotta clarify something here. if you commit suicide, 
> you did indeed know when and where. if you only ATTEMPTED 
> suicide, well, that's a different story...


Well, Darla Kay, it seems to me that even for those
who successfully commit suicide it could still turn
out different from intended. For instance, they
could be discovered by some well-meaning persons,
given some sort of first aid which briefly prolongs
their life, and be rushed off to hospital, and die 
in hospital surrounded by hospital staff, and maybe 
relatives and even priests who they didn't want 
to be there. They have still committed suicide, 
but not quite "when" they intended, nor
"how" and "with whom" they intended.
So I still say none of us really knows 
for certain how, when, or with whom 
we will die.


Dave C