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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: Suicides R (not) Us |
| Date | Fri, 24 Oct 2003 00:15:48 -0400 |
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At 11:45 PM 10/23/2003 -0400, garymaher@juno.com wrote:
>On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:00:11 -0400 Stewart writes:
>> in some ways, Elliott Smith chose to
>> commit suicide, and specifically that he chose to commit suicide in the
>> manner that he did, in order to become a legendary tragic figure.
>
>I don't care what you've experienced or what you think you know. With a
>statement like that, you will never convince me that you truly understand
>depression.
Good thing I don't have to convince you of anything, then.
>
>Either that, or what understanding you do have has been overshadowed by
>the music geek's instinctive "everybody's saying great things about it,
>so it must suck" reflex.
Then I must be psychic, because the point when I decided that I disliked
Elliott Smith's music and found his personal behavior abhorrent was a good
two and a half years before he was crowned the Nick Drake of his
generation. However, last time I checked, I wasn't psychic. But again,
good thing I don't have to convince you of anything.
>If he was REALLY, rationally doing it for the effect, wouldn't he have
>left a cool / mysterious / profound suicide note? Wouldn't he have
>finished the new record first? It doesn't make sense. Because it's not
>supposed to. It was an irrational act by an individual in the throes of
>severe mental disease. That's not CHOICE.
Funny thing how you so conveniently cut off the part of my quoted paragraph
above where I stated that I don't believe he was doing this on a conscious
level. However...all together now...good thing I don't have to convince
you of anything.
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