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[matko]

[captain kirk]

A poster in this thread described suicide as a selfish, cowardly act. That would be true if life were like a battleground and a member of the 'army of good' fighting for the freedom of others suddenly stepped aside, forgot what he was there for, and took the liberty of offing himself. But a suicide thinks of themself as on their own, useless, and a burden. The anger at 'life' for contributing to their alienation they recognize as unreasonable. With no-one to help them, that anger is turned towards themselves. Suicide is the result of a deep, immobilizing depression. I'm no psychologist but to think of suicide as selfish and cowardly likely means that the person judging here would look down on 'misfits' and 'lurkers' as lowlifes and shirkers. The thing that separates humans from animals, the 'way of the fishes' where the powerful consume the weak, is understanding and compassion. Sure, depressed and angry people aren't 'fun to be around' and tend to push people away. But suicides as selfish cowards?
My condolences to the survivors in their grief.

[Mosley]

Tiberious: I never dreamed I would've said this a week or so ago but you showed some class with your apology-kudos for your humble pie.

rapier: you startled me on p.1 w/a reference to rumours about suicide in Mody Ba's death. I'd like to state here that I was relatively close to the guy and I have not heard of any SUBSTANTIATED claim that his death was due to his own hand; nor did I have any first hand evidence from knowing him that this was the imminent case. If you think that those "rumours" have any real basis in fact from credible sources(I severely doubt so), please PM me. Mosley

[diver]

Urban Myth,

There is not much wrong with my reading skill. One does not have to view MBC, or its website, to know that it carried the story. Perhaps indiglo was told by someone else that the story was carried there.

"I found out tonight that the story was on the MBC news". There are, I would think, more ways than one to find something out.

Therefore, I regret to inform you that I will not be accompanying you to reading class. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

[RedRob]

[TECO]

[cisco kid]

Hope you people are doing well this holiday.

[Deconstructor]

Guys, the man is dead or not dead. We're trying to understand what happens when someone deliberately kicks the bucket. There is no need to become close analyzers of text.

Whether the story is true or false really doesn't matter since there is no such thing as a true story!.

All is language, my friends, as we are all born into, and die in, it.

[Ya-ta Boy]

This was certainly a bizarre thread to read, especially on New Year's Day.

It brought to mind a special problem I think all of us have, and it's kind of morbid. We have a restricted social circle made up of the couple of other foreigners we work with and the ones we met in a bar somewhere. Many of us work as the only foreigner in our school. We may know a few other teachers from other cities.

From time to time I wonder how my friends from other parts of the city or from other cities would find out what happened to me if I were killed by a runaway taxi.

I suggest that posters here write to the Korea Herald and ask them to begin a obit column.

[Cthulhu]

We live as we dream--alone.

--Joseph Conrad

[The Man known as The Man]

[The Man known as The Man]