Suicide is painless

Cyco

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And I can take or leave it if I please

Can't believe I know this.
 

Slacker

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O.K. it is a line from a poem, but is it more? or less?

Suicide is Painless
Mike Altman & Johnny Mandell

Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see

That Suicide is Painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please


Try to find a way to make
All our little joys relate
Without that ever present hate
But now I know that it's too late


And That Suicide is Painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please


The game of life is hard to play
I'm going to lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say


That Suicide is Painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please


The only way to win is cheat
And lay it down before I'm beat
And to another give a seat
For that's the only painless feat


'Cause That Suicide is Painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please


The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works it's way on in
The pain grow stronger watch it grin


For That Suicide is Painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please


A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
Is it to be or not to be
And I replied "Oh why ask me."


Cause That Suicide is Painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please;

And you can do the same thing if you please.
 

SWirth86

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Suicide is not painless. It's only painless for yourself. Its pointless, as Atrail said.
 

diskop

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When's the third season coming out on DVD?
Btw for those that haven't figured it out it's the theme from MASH.
 

shiner

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The game of life is hard to play

Gonna lose it anyway

The losing card I'll some day lay

So this is all I have to say
 

athithi

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Originally posted by: Atrail
suicide is pointless too

My cousin commited suicide last year. He was the oldest child in our generation and we all looked up to him as kids - the whole extended family still hasn't got over it. Suicide is unpardonable for the anguish that it imposes on others :(
 

Atrail

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Sure it might not hurt you, but it is bound to hurt those that love you.
It such a self righteous act...
Wait your turn like everybody else...
 

Soybomb

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Originally posted by: SWirth86
Suicide is not painless. It's only painless for yourself. Its pointless, as Atrail said.

I suspect actually many suicides are quitefull, not the mention the many many botched or failed attempts, those must really hurt. Mash sucked too btw ;) :D
 

mkchambers

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Originally posted by: athithi
Originally posted by: Atrail
suicide is pointless too

My cousin commited suicide last year. He was the oldest child in our generation and we all looked up to him as kids - the whole extended family still hasn't got over it. Suicide is unpardonable for the anguish that it imposes on others :(

Can anyone actually imagine how low you would have to be to have the ability to kill yourself? I sure can't. Maybe we shouldn't look at how the suicide affected everyone around that person, but how those people around that person may have contributed to driving him or her to suicide. Prevent the cause, don't dwell on the effect.
 

athithi

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Originally posted by: mkchambers
Originally posted by: athithi
Originally posted by: Atrail
suicide is pointless too

My cousin commited suicide last year. He was the oldest child in our generation and we all looked up to him as kids - the whole extended family still hasn't got over it. Suicide is unpardonable for the anguish that it imposes on others :(

Can anyone actually imagine how low you would have to be to have the ability to kill yourself? I sure can't. Maybe we shouldn't look at how the suicide affected everyone around that person, but how those people around that person may have contributed to driving him or her to suicide. Prevent the cause, don't dwell on the effect.

He was 32 and an alcoholic. Most of my family's been through the same/similar troubles that he had financially. No one took to alcohol and no one else committed suicide. People who commit suicide have only their pain in mind and to end it they kill themselves. His pain ended with his death. Our's multiplied several fold.
 

FelixDeCat

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Just smile, even when you dont want to. Making other people happy makes you happy too. Just smile.
 

Jfur

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Originally posted by: athithi
Originally posted by: Atrail
suicide is pointless too

My cousin commited suicide last year. He was the oldest child in our generation and we all looked up to him as kids - the whole extended family still hasn't got over it. Suicide is unpardonable for the anguish that it imposes on others :(

Even though this thread is about the MASH song, I want to echo the above comment :( Suicide is selfish.
 

Amused

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Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: shinerburke
Have some of you people never seen M*A*S*H??

There's no damn words in the theme, as far as I can remember.

The theme is from the movie, and it HAS words. The very words posted above.

The movie is the REAL, original MASH. The TV show is but a shadow of the genuis that is in the movie.

I can't believe more people have not seen this movie.