(June 13, 2016 at 3:24 pm)LastPoet Wrote:(June 13, 2016 at 3:10 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Having been suicidal twice in my life, I don't think I'm underestimating the power of impulse at all. It wasn't the presence or absence (absence, in my two cases) that made the difference. A person who is intent on suicide will do it with the means at hand.
Using a gun makes the attempt more likely to succeed, but you haven't shown it makes it more likely to occur.
And the moment that when you try to reach the trigger with a long gun pointed to the chin, you find out you can't reach the trigger. Then you start devising strategies, like using the toes, or a set of pulleys. Then you laugh madly at the whole situation. Dark alleys of cobbled stone.
I spent some time figuring the proper proportions of bleach (which I had for laundry) and ammonia (which I had in the form of window cleaner) to make hydrochloric acid. Hearing my son breathing in his sleep saved my life.
