[at-l] RE: Suicide Penalty <OFF TOPIC>

[turtle at min.midco.net (Howard)]

Orangebug,
I'm sure you will agree, the penalty is being suffered already.  As a 
mental hosp. chaplain, I found that the ones who want to kill them 
selves evenually will, the rest are just looking for "time 
our"--something we all want sooner or later but do it constructively.

Turtle

W F Thorneloe wrote:

> There is a logic behind a penalty for attempted suicide. Often, the 
> general public is endangered or severely inconvenienced. For instance, 
> the driver who aims for a truck. The bridge jumper who stops traffic 
> for hours as authorities attempt to save him. The building jumper who 
> injures a fireman attempting to grab him. The children who witness or 
> discover the shooting.
>
> The penalty serves primarily to enforce continued treatment following 
> the voluntary or involuntary hospitalization - assuming that the 
> survivor has access to such care. Frequently, prosecution is pointless 
> and abandoned.
>
> OrangeBug
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