RE: Suicide
April 13, 2012 at 1:26 am
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2012 at 1:26 am by Faith No More.)
RaphielDrake Wrote:To be fair Rennat, I've considered it also and I've never posted on a forum asking people whats the best way to kill myself. I mean theres google, wikipedia, you name it. That information is *easy* to get hold of. The only logical assumption is that the intention isn't to gain that information but to gain sympathy and attention which should be gained through conversation, not threats of suicide.
Not that I'm knocking what you're saying, its very thoughtful you took it seriously but I honestly don't think theres anything to be concerned about.
You're missing his point though. People don't ask questions like this to gain information, nor are they meant to be threats. They can be thinly veiled efforts to see if someone, anyone out there will listen. Saying one should gain sympathy through conversation is assuming that anyone considering suicide is thinking rationally, which most of the time they are not. Sometimes people contemplating suicide just want to know someone is listening.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell