Re: Hiroshima suicides
On 7/8/2003 10:41 PM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> Scott Reynolds wrote:
>
>>On 7/8/2003 8:28 PM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>>
>>>He could have quit or retired. Just like anyone else who killed themselves.
>>>These people are sadly mistaken if they think even their own deaths will
>>>succeed in changing people's minds.
>>
>>I don't think he was trying to change people's minds. It seems that he
>>was trying to escape from an intolerable situation.
>
> Would you believe there are other ways to escape the intolerable situation than
> what over 31,000 Japanese per year choose?
Yes, I would.
Oh, wait! I suppose that was just a rhetorical question.
In that case, nevermind.
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