According to the article from amNY, "Suicide is the third-leading cause of death among young people between the ages of 10 and 24". I think it should be viewed as a national crisis. The same article claims that because it is not discussed widely, efforts are not made to fully help people at risk.
Unfortunately, some morons do visit this site and see it only as Bush/Kerry, Republican/Democrat, conservative/liberal type of issue. Same morons who would cry on a picture of unborn fetus, but gloat viewing videos of death from ogrish.com.
Thanks for posting the article.
P.S. Here is the link to the amNY issue
http://www.nynewsday.com/other/special/amny/. Click on the issue's graphics, the article is on page 4.
Agreed, and thanks for this link. I'm disappointed that this thread took on the tone that it did, but such is the law of unintended consequences.