XPost: uk.philosophy.humanism, alt.suicide.methods, alt.suicide.holiday
From: peter@new.co.za

Mark.Wright@bristol.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.philosophy.humanism Peter H.M. Brooks  wrote:
> : Somebody on another group suggested this idea. I suppose that it has
> : been well discussed in the group alt.suicide.holiday, but this might be
> : a new angle.
>
> : It is not a bad idea. I'd be quite safe as I don't follow any national
> : days - to me they are all Bank Holidays and their notional intent
> : otherwise is irrelevant to me. This is, by the way, irrespective of what
> : country I happen to be in, I think all national days everywhere rather
> : sad echoes of nationalism.
>
> I suppose the system might be open to abuse by religious extremists -
> could be fertile ground for recruiting an ad-hoc gang of suicide bombers!
>
I can see the recruiting stand now with it's "Go out with a Bang!" logo.

I wonder if any suicides have considered this - or if any suicide
bombers were originally just suicides. I doubt it, actually, from what
we know of the type of person.



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  "Perhaps I intended you to say so, but I meant self-command. You had,
somehow or other, broken bounds yesterday, and run away from your own
management; but to-day you are got back again--and as I cannot be always
with you, it is best to believe your temper under your own command
rather than mine." -- Emma, Jane Austen
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