LOL at the cowardly act stuff. I find that interesting that people really think that way. Kinda callous if you ask me, which you didn't but I said it anyway. I don't want the K, please. But I will participate. In no way, shape, or form is there a simple reason. In some countries don't they burn themselves when they know certain things like they are dying of something to cleanse themselves? I will look that up and get back with you. But if it were true, would you call that suicide? Is a belief suicide? There are way too many factors in suicide that we just cannot understand or explain. It's the individual you have to look at. You just cannot look at it as suicide. We always have to label every little thing and go into great detail but in this area it will always be a failure. How do you study someone who is dead? You could do forensics (sp?). Sure. But that is after all is said and done.
It's a sad subject really, and I rate it up there with S.I.D.S. It's just something we cannot figure out.
Yeah, depression, WTF it's way beyond that. I would be a goner if that were the case.
Good luck though.
Walli