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To: E who wrote (30957)	2/15/1999 10:56:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I think suicide is awful, I had a few friends commit suicide, and it was terrible for all concerned. One lady, I never really knew why, she was my next door neighbor, she cut her wrists in the bathtub and took pills, and stuffed rags under the cracks in the door in the bathroom, but when they found her the heater was lit, so I don't know whether she turned on the gas - hope not, we lived in an apartment, anyway, she died. I think she meant to do it. Seemed pretty determined. She was young, pretty and a talented artist, but unhappy. Her parents were devastated. I knew an older man, lonely, who shot himself. He probably was just lonely. I knew a sort of father figure, a professor who did not get tenure because he wrote love poems to young men. He came down with hepatitis C. Maybe he had AIDS, but if he did, it was early, not debilitating yet. All three of them died after we had had uncomfortable exchanges, and I felt bad because I could never make up with them. The first man killed himself after I was appointed to a political position that he wanted. The second man killed himself after we had a falling out over a business deal. I don't think I was responsible in either event, but I have always felt guilty.

To: E who wrote (30957)	2/16/1999 12:01:00 AM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 108807

I have decided that if I ever commit suicide I will not use a gun. I don't want to give the antis the satisfaction. Solidarity thing. And I DO have access to some really nifty poisons. Heck, in low doses they're quite entertaining. The Mad Russian and I once got into a long beer-soaked argument about suicide (the technical side). "No. Leather. You should use gun. Poison is method of pregnant schoolgirls." He was a hoot. A few beers later, he decided that the best suicide method (for someone of his abilities and , uhm, inclinations) was "exploziff khelmet". Shape three-four kilos of C-4 into a nice approximation of a motorcycle helmet, garnish with a few detonators, and ... bottom line is before your neurons have the first chance of saying "wha...??!" they're already vaporized. Guaranteed painless!