Today is August 15, 2013. Today is my 60th birthday. Today is the last day of my life. Today, I committed suicide. Today, is the first day this site is active.These are US sports analyst Martin Manley's final words on the digital tombstone that is his site, a kind of "necroblog" now hosted by the hacker group Anonymous. On that same day, it can be estimated that between 100 and 150 other Americans (pdf) committed suicide. But Manley was the only one who authored a blog about it.
On his extensive, occasionally strange blog, Manley attempted to detail his decision. He claimed to have no mental health, financial or other significant issues that typically lead to suicide.
The major reasons adults commit suicide – health, legal, financial … none of those issues are relevant to me and, for the most part of my life, have never been.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/07/michael-manley-stigma-suicide
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