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To: nihil who wrote (8373)	3/21/1999 5:10:00 PM
From: Bosco	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

<o.t.> hello nihil, you are absolutely right about of the unreliability of this sort of stats, especially in suicide, which is still very much a taboo subject to many people in the US, whether they are religious or not. However, you missed Mitchener's point [also, his book was circa 70s, so take it FWIW.] Basically, it is a simple idea that one doesn't get the chance to contemplate killing oneself when the society is a murderous one - someone else might do it for oneself - say, in S. C. LA! Also, there is one theory that suicide is aggression turned inward. To back track, emergency medical care has nothing to do with suicide - or should I be more specific, suicidal attempts. The sad thing is that they can be prevented before "Jack crashed his car into the tree but Jack was such a good driver!" This is the tragedy of taboo. There is a glimpse of hope, however. Recently, some police force of some major metropolitan areas have begun to slowly acknowledge some of the cases in which police officers accidentally shot themselves while cleaning their service pistols were not the case. Of course, there are many facets to this sort of incidents. An officer died on duty is easier financially as well as the perception. Also, recently, the arm force has also begun running awareness programme. Another triumph of reason over pride! best, Bosco