Posted by jenwolf on September 22, 2002, at 22:54:10
In reply to consensus out of chaos and alt.suicide.holiday, posted by kid_A on February 8, 2002, at 10:41:21
> It's probably too archaic an organization to be
> remembered but long ago, I stumbled across the
> alt.sucide.holiday usenet thread and accompanying
> FAQ... Grimly enough the FAQ described various
> methods of suicide and provided many links about
> suicide... Some of the posters on the newsgroup
> came together to form the #ash IRC channel...
> IRC for those who havent used it is a much more
> robust form of Internet chat than normaly is
> found on boards like Yahoo and the like, and
> has been a staple of the internet community
> since well before there were shrines to
> Britney Spears by the hundreds...alt.suicide.holiday is alive and well and the
website can be found at http://ash.xanthia.comThe IRC dalnet channel #ash was taken over by
fans of some punk rock band, but there is a channel
on the same network (dalnet) #alt.suicide.holiday with much
the same spirit you describe. There is also an active
mailing list: ash-l-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.Of course, the general idea is the right to choose
suicide, but it ends up being a major support for
a lot of people including myself.I'm not thrilled about ashers being lab rats for this
little study, but you've already mentioned it and it
couldn't possibly be as bad as the documentary being
shown all over europe, blah.Anyway, I'm sorry to hear you lost track of us,
please join us again if you feel the need :).
poster:jenwolf
thread:17888
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20020908/msgs/30474.html