The Cellar - View Single Post - 7/12--Ira Einhorn's Attempted Suicide

wolf · 07-23-2001, 10:48 PM

Just an itty-bitty technical detail ...

One CAN attempt suicide.

One can also make a suicide gesture ... or have suicidal ideation ...

However,

just to keep things professional ... when somebody does it "right" (uses the "across to the hospital, down to the morgue" instructions for a wrist-slitting, for example) we call it a "completed" suicide, not a "successful" one ...

07-23-2001, 10:48 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Just an itty-bitty technical detail ... One CAN attempt suicide. One can also make a suicide gesture ... or have suicidal ideation ... However, just to keep things professional ... when somebody does it "right" (uses the "across to the hospital, down to the morgue" instructions for a wrist-slitting, for example) we call it a "completed" suicide, not a "successful" one ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis