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Old 10-04-2002, 12:33 PM   #7
Melusine
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Join Date: January 8, 2001
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Age: 45
Posts: 6,541
Quote:
Originally posted by Lord Shield:
nope. if someone wants to commit suicide there are dedicated phone lines for help, NOT roleplay forums. otherwise members will think it is, well, ROLEPLAY
I have to disagree. First of all, if one of our members felt that way, I think they'd rather discuss it here, among friends, than with some stranger on a phone. It's a pretty high treshhold to just up and call to one of those lines - posting a topic here I imagine would be the more natural thing to do.
Second, we're not just a roleplaying forum, GenD in fact doesn't even allow roleplaying. So in our case, there would be no such risk.
Of course I don't think people should post threads like these to draw attention, and it's always good if they can find offline help (say from a friend or parent) rather than having to post here. But I can understand if there's no other option and I think this too is one of the many purposes this community serves...
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