39 people just isnt even. ... I think one guy turned yellow. There is someone out there who knows the story.
Ryan Watts
ryan.watts@voyager.umeres.maine.edu
This massive suicide situation is a complete joke. These people have got to be crazy to begin with or on drugs to think that if they kill themselves they will have a better life. I will never understand why someone would want to take their own life. It is not that bad to live in this world today. Yes, there are going to be hard times in your life, but those hard times make you a stronger person, enabling you to lead a better life.
Christina McHenry
... Have you considered the fact that these Higher Source cultists could in fact be a millennium group? It all shows: the mention of the comet, the shedding of the shell, and the idea of the alien passport to another place. It all leads to the sign that they were a millennium group worried about the future, thus the fact that they made themselves computer literate. Look at that Web site -- it may not say anything directly, but there is something subconscious in its layout. The millennium groups can be very interested in Egyptian customs, such as the purple (color of royalty?) triangular death shrouds. ... The common no-material-goods and appearance themes look like a group expecting the end of time.
Rik Ehmcke
rehmcke@gent.centenary.edu
I think this kind of act is barbaric. Why should they believe in aliens and lose their lives for unseen things?
John Kesmond
so5531@grog.ric.edu
As a former cult member and current Web developer, I know how easily these events can take place. ... The irony of it all is that the members died doing what they believed was right. Their only suffering was their ignorance (much of which is self admitted), which in the end was their bliss.
Gregory Roberts
As a former resident of Rancho Santa Fe for over 20 years and a son of current residents of this fine community, this event doesn't surprise me. However, the color choice of the veils is interesting.
William F. Walton III
wfwaltonIII@msn.com
This is a terrible shame. These men were very talented Web designers, and after looking at their site, they certainly would have had bright futures in the business. Their code was first rate stuff. I am in the business myself, and this is a real loss of colleagues who could have gone on to help define and impact our profession in a positive way. ... My heart goes out to the families and friends of these people, and I can only hope that we see no more of this kind of thing again. Hopefully the media can use this to emphasize the value of human life and to discourage a thing like this from happening again.
Jon F. Almada
almada_jon@aphub.aerojetpd.com
Millennium madness: It's easy to believe the world is coming to an end with comets, mass suicides, floods, plagues, and of course the year 2000, but is the underlying pattern real or delusional? I suspect that if there is to be a universal reordering it will mainly be due to people going off the deep end from anticipating Armageddon rather than divine intervention. Not to say the patterns aren't there.
Craig Weinberg
whatson@frontier.net
Everyone will be looking for answers to the mass suicide in San Diego. The answers are in the book "The True Believer," written by the self educated genius Eric Hoffer. He was known as the Longshoreman philosopher. The book was originally published by Harper and Row in 1951. I believe it is still in print. Hoffer called "The True Believer" his finest hour (he wrote 11 books). In the book Hoffer describes the conditions that can precipitate mass suicide. Hoffer was also the subject of an hour-long documentary with Eric Sevareid in the '70s. Thought you might like the info.
Dan Stroud
A35mmman@aol.com
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