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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