Re: Samaritans, good thinking chaps


DVDfever Dom wrote:
> jermec wrote:
> > Sam Nelson wrote:
> > > I have no problem with the existence of the Samaritans, I do not choose
> > > to judge them, and I've been known to donate. What was your point?
> >
> > Samaritans *never* try to talk someone into or out of anything.
> > If you truly want to kill yourself, that's fine, and they'll talk to you
> > about why you've decided to do that. They will even keep talking to you
> > while you do it, so you don't have to die alone if you want. However,
> > they will try and talk to you about why you feel that way. Sometimes the
> > talking can take the urge to kill oneself away. Sometimes it doesn't.
> > Regardless, no wheedling, persuasion or guilt trips will be used to
> > influence someone's decision.
>
> They talk to you WHILE you do it? That'll rack up a bill if you die
> without replacing the receiver, and I hope they're sending an ambulance
> round at the same time.

hmmm the latter is an interesting point.

...and yet that surely *wouldnt* be the wish of someone sincerely
wishing to die. So I presume they dont?

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