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  • M Megan Forbes

    Couldn't believe it when I saw that on IOL last night! The thing is, just think how brave you would have to be to do that! Seems to me, once you are that courageous, if you only took a couple of minutes to look around, you would probably have the courage to go on living. Very sad.


    What prevents people from seeing is the ghost of recollections of the past, in their eyes. - Carl Kyhlberg

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    :confused: Brave and courageous aren't the words I would use to describe that kind of behaviour. I've always thought suicide (unless it is in the act of saving others) was rather weak and gutless. Mike Mullikin :beer:

    "When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips

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      Richards Bay - A man sawed his head off in full view of staff and customers at a grocery store in the northern KwaZulu-Natal province town of Richard's Bay on Monday afternoon, police said. Man cuts off head in shop[^] :omg: Butchery staff traumatised[^] I would freakin' think so. Man cuts off head 'in fear'[^]

      Clones are people two.

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      Jason Henderson
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      Ow. That's gotta hurt.

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      "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill

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      • M Megan Forbes

        Couldn't believe it when I saw that on IOL last night! The thing is, just think how brave you would have to be to do that! Seems to me, once you are that courageous, if you only took a couple of minutes to look around, you would probably have the courage to go on living. Very sad.


        What prevents people from seeing is the ghost of recollections of the past, in their eyes. - Carl Kyhlberg

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        Roger Wright
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        Megan Forbes wrote: think how brave you would have to be to do that! That's nothing! I read many years ago in Omni Magazine of a fellow in the UK who committed suicide by applying an electric drill to his skull. The remarkable thing was that, according to police reports, it took him eight tries to get it right!:omg: "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom

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          Megan Forbes wrote: think how brave you would have to be to do that! That's nothing! I read many years ago in Omni Magazine of a fellow in the UK who committed suicide by applying an electric drill to his skull. The remarkable thing was that, according to police reports, it took him eight tries to get it right!:omg: "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom

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          Megan Forbes
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          Roger Wright wrote: The remarkable thing was that, according to police reports, it took him eight tries to get it right! Surely not! Are we being had? :~


          What prevents people from seeing is the ghost of recollections of the past, in their eyes. - Carl Kyhlberg

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            Richards Bay - A man sawed his head off in full view of staff and customers at a grocery store in the northern KwaZulu-Natal province town of Richard's Bay on Monday afternoon, police said. Man cuts off head in shop[^] :omg: Butchery staff traumatised[^] I would freakin' think so. Man cuts off head 'in fear'[^]

            Clones are people two.

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            Brian Delahunty
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            :wtf: Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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            • M MS le Roux

              Don't worry, there are no photographs. Apparently the man went into the butchery section and used the bansaw they use for slicing meat. I don't think his head came off entirely.

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              MS le Roux wrote: Don't worry, there are no photographs. Thank God [Or whoever else you want to thank, depending on your religious or other views] for that. Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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              • J Jason Henderson

                Ow. That's gotta hurt.

                Jason Henderson

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                "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill

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                Brian Delahunty
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                Jason Henderson wrote: That's gotta hurt. Just a little. :eek: Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                  Ah, ok, I had this very Monty-Pythonesque vision of someone using a hacksaw to cut his own head off, which, with hindsight was pretty ridiculous. :-O You wouldn't be able to do as you described in my local supermarket as the cutters are protected by safety guards, but I guess they were more concerned with losing fingers than customers' heads. That is pretty extreme. Debbie

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                  Debs wrote: Ah, ok, I had this very Monty-Pythonesque vision of someone using a hacksaw to cut his own head off, which, with hindsight was pretty ridiculous I actually thought it was a joke at first too... Felt a bit silly after think though. Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                  • M Megan Forbes

                    Roger Wright wrote: The remarkable thing was that, according to police reports, it took him eight tries to get it right! Surely not! Are we being had? :~


                    What prevents people from seeing is the ghost of recollections of the past, in their eyes. - Carl Kyhlberg

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                    Roger Wright
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                    I don't think so - Omni had a really good rep for verifying stories. But that guy must have really wanted to die! One thing the account didn't mention was whether he used a hand drill, or a drill press... I wonder which would be harder to do? "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom

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                    • M Megan Forbes

                      Brad Jennings wrote: Wow, I'll never look at a meat saw the same way again And neither will those poor employees, I'm sure! Time for a career change for them... :(


                      What prevents people from seeing is the ghost of recollections of the past, in their eyes. - Carl Kyhlberg

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                      Megan Forbes wrote: And neither will those poor employees, I'm sure! Yeah, I really feel for them, I couldn't imaging going through something like that. I couldn't imaging what's going through the minds of the man's family either. Brad Jennings "You're mom is nice. Mind if I go out with her?" - Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                      • L Lost User

                        :confused: Brave and courageous aren't the words I would use to describe that kind of behaviour. I've always thought suicide (unless it is in the act of saving others) was rather weak and gutless. Mike Mullikin :beer:

                        "When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips

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                        Score 3.0 (3 votes) Well I started out with one '5' vote. So what, has the "pro-suicide" element spoken?? Mike Mullikin :beer:

                        "When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips

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                          :confused: Brave and courageous aren't the words I would use to describe that kind of behaviour. I've always thought suicide (unless it is in the act of saving others) was rather weak and gutless. Mike Mullikin :beer:

                          "When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips

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                          Not to sound rude, but you obviously know nothing about depression.

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                            Not to sound rude, but you obviously know nothing about depression.

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                            gregs wrote: you obviously know nothing about depression You might be surprised. I do know that killing yourself due to depression is neither brave nor courageous. Mike Mullikin :beer:

                            "When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips

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                              gregs wrote: you obviously know nothing about depression You might be surprised. I do know that killing yourself due to depression is neither brave nor courageous. Mike Mullikin :beer:

                              "When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips

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                              But neither is it weak and gutless. It is that stigma that those of us in the neuroscience community thought we'd seen the back of.:((

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                                But neither is it weak and gutless. It is that stigma that those of us in the neuroscience community thought we'd seen the back of.:((

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                                gregs wrote: But neither is it weak and gutless. So can we just compromize and say "fucked up and wrong"?

                                - Shog9 -

                                I'd show a smile but I'm too weak I'd share with you, could I only speak

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                                • R Roger Wright

                                  Megan Forbes wrote: think how brave you would have to be to do that! That's nothing! I read many years ago in Omni Magazine of a fellow in the UK who committed suicide by applying an electric drill to his skull. The remarkable thing was that, according to police reports, it took him eight tries to get it right!:omg: "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom

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                                  MS le Roux
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                                  I suspect he was doing trepanation (drilling holes in the skull to aleviate pain in the head), and he made a mistake.

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                                    Megan Forbes wrote: think how brave you would have to be to do that! That's nothing! I read many years ago in Omni Magazine of a fellow in the UK who committed suicide by applying an electric drill to his skull. The remarkable thing was that, according to police reports, it took him eight tries to get it right!:omg: "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom

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                                    Smitha Nishant
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                                    Its so scary Rog. It frightens me too much :( Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach

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                                      Its so scary Rog. It frightens me too much :( Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach

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                                      Roger Wright
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                                      There's a lot of wacky people in the world, Smitha. Fortunately most of them are harmless to anyone but themselves (unless we elect them to office, of course).:) "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom

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                                        Score 3.0 (3 votes) Well I started out with one '5' vote. So what, has the "pro-suicide" element spoken?? Mike Mullikin :beer:

                                        "When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips

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                                        Rohit Sinha
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                                        It's best in the interest of all concerned that the pro suicide people commit suicide as soon as they can, so that the rest of us pro life people can carry on with our miserable, horrible, deplorable, despicable, terrible lives. :)
                                        Regards,

                                        Rohit Sinha

                                        Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
                                        - Mother Teresa

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                                          But neither is it weak and gutless. It is that stigma that those of us in the neuroscience community thought we'd seen the back of.:((

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                                          gregs wrote: It is that stigma that those of us in the neuroscience community thought we'd seen the back of Could you kindly tell us what suicide is then? Noble? Desperate? Heroic? Trying to couch suicide in nice terms seems to be an effort to make the suicidee feel better about their choice rather than trying to solve their core problem.

                                          Paul Watson
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                                          Cape Town, South Africa

                                          brianwelsch wrote: I find my day goes by more smoothly if I never question other peoples fantasies. My own disturb me enough.

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