Re: Is Suicide Contagious? A Case Study in Applied Memetics

From: Robin Faichney (robin@ii01.org)
Date: Fri Apr 20 2001 - 20:48:50 BST

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On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:17:11AM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 04/19/01 13:19, Robin Faichney said this-
>
> >Someone is on the very edge, only holding back for fear of
> >pain, and then they come across what looks like a relatively painless
> >way of killing themselves.
>
> But, would you call such a person 'non-suicidal'? I wouldn't.

I wouldn't either. But is anyone really suggesting that genuinely
non-suicidal people might be influenced to commit suicide?

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