Subject: Re: suicide
From: Reverend R. Pigeon (thealbanic@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Feb 29 2000 - 21:06:51 EST
>Oof. You can say it and re-say it however you like, but my point
>remains that "cowardice" is just a very, very bad word to use in that
>context. The word "coward" is an insult, and calling cowardice a motive
>for suicide is not entirely unlike calling stupidity a motive for
>suicide.
The act of actually pulling a trigger while holding the barrel of a gun to
your head may be a ballsy thing to do, but all-in-all, suicide (sometimes,
in the type we're discussing I suppose) is a "cowardly" (for lack of a
better word) thing to do.
Suppose I had a big fight with my wife...a huge fight. Would it be easier
for me to discuss the whole problem and our relationship and our future, or
would it be easier for me to kill her and avoid it entirely? It would be
EASIER to shoot her. Pulling the trigger would be a very hard thing to do,
because she's my wife. However, it is still easier to kill her than to have
to discuss our problem (yelling, crying, shouting...it's not easy).
I mean...you're attaching the severest possible interpretation of
"cowardice" to the situation while the implication (at least mine) is just a
general statement that lacks a better word.
coward (n) - one given to fear
and that's Webster...
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