Virgil Showlion
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jun 9, 2013 11:32:25 GMT -5
Are we really debating the best way to commit suicide? And I read the preamble and some of the comments on the suicideproject.org site. Oy gevalt!
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Tennesseer
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 9, 2013 11:35:58 GMT -5
Are we really debating the best way to commit suicide? And I read the preamble and some of the comments on the suicideproject.org site. Oy gevalt! I really didn't want to go there but someone kept saying the method was rare and maybe an accident. That's why I didn't post a picture of an 'exit bag'.
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Virgil Showlion
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jun 9, 2013 11:56:05 GMT -5
They even have a pleasant-sounding term for the hardware. "Exit bags".
I suppose if they're facing an imminent painful death anyways and hold no moral objections to hastening the process, I can't blame them. What struck me was the romanticism in some of the comments on the website.
There are records of odd cults in the 1200's that would commit suicide en masse by jumping off cliffs. Supposedly they wanted to meet God sooner than later, although there are other theories as to their motivations.
It would appear that romantic notions of death survive and flourish even today. I wonder if that's what seduced the couple in the OP.
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Post by formerroomate99 on Jun 10, 2013 13:32:30 GMT -5
My parents are both psychologists and have often told me that an awful lot of people who go into that line of work aren't playing with a full deck and often come from very twisted backgrounds, basically a case of 'Physician heal thyself.' So it doesn't suprise me that these two offed themselves. Many prominent psychologists have killed themselves.
I do hope that the police did follow standard procedure and investigate this as a homocide first before declaring it a suicide.
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