Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 14:13:06 -0500 (CDT)
From: DK Sanders-Weatherford <dksander-AT-uark.edu>
Subject: RE: More boring and pointless



ok, instead of "the person who commits suicide knows...", it should be
stated that "most people who commit suicide know...".
howzat?  or do you want to argue numbers?  because i could see this
rising high into the ranks of seriously boring and pointless.
dk

On Tue, 6 May 2003, Dave Coull wrote:
> 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