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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Non-peaceful methods to say goodbye

The Sydney Morning Herald report on 29 January 2007, in an article entitled, Violent end only option for many sick old people, quoted Marshall Perron, a former chief minister of Australian's Northern Territory, on the Bureau of Statistics: Three people aged over 75 committed suicide every week. "Most of them hang themselves," Perron said. Others shot or drowned themselves, used drugs, gas or electricity, or jumped off buildings or in front of trains. "Most of them die alone because they are afraid to implicate friends and family."

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