Japanese suicides top 30,000 -- again

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Apparently no one here really feels that suicide is a problem. After all, it's what someone else does to themselves. I suppose, too, there are good, or at least logical, reasons for suicide. Bad health, loss of a loved one, usually a spouse, exceptionally difficult economic circumstances, personal shame over something one has done but ultimatly, it is frustration with being unable to deal with these things. It might be seen as the ultimate expression of frustration. That's mainly for older people. It seems that younger people have their own sets of problems they can't handle. It can be a mean world and that's not even including the bad people.

It has been said that in Japan the reaction with some problems is to go in your room and kill yourself. Here, the reactions seems to be to go to someone else's room and kill other people.

I would hardly call Japan a godless country just because their religious traditions are a little different from yours. They are an exceptionally traditional country and they have a thing about ancestor worship. Well, I live in Virginia and we understand that perfectly well here.
 
I said that we DO NOT discuss religion. End of story.

There is a massive literature on suicide, culture and firearms. I don't see the need for endless uninformed speculation based on cliches.

If someone wants to go review that literature and post a cogent review - PM me.

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