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Canada suicide hotline to open only from 9 to 5
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| 05-26-05
| WestVirginiaRebel
Posted on 05/26/2005 2:46:58 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
Two updates (from CBC):
1) This line receives 1400 calls a year total, of which 50 calls are from people contemplating suicide. The remaining 1350 are about mental illness, but not suicide. So, 4 calls per day total and 1 suicide call per week. I can now understand why they would want to cut it.
2) After media got upset, they reversed the decision. Line that handles 4 calls per day is going to stay!
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posted on
05/26/2005 3:10:05 PM PDT
by
AdrianR
To: reagan_fanatic
I bet you that is open 24/7!!!
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posted on
05/26/2005 3:10:14 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(Orwellian Relativism: All philosophies are equal, but some philosophies are more equal than others.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
Make sure you feel like killing yourself during office hours...
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posted on
05/26/2005 4:12:39 PM PDT
by
Conservatrix
("He who stands for nothing will fall for anything.")
To: WestVirginiaRebel
I don't know how things are run now,
but locally, 30 years ago, these HelpLines used Volunteers to answer the phones.
Maybe the government should get back to what they know best, stealing our money
and let folks in the community have their responsibility back.
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posted on
05/26/2005 4:29:15 PM PDT
by
kanawa
To: WestVirginiaRebel
"You have reached the suicide hotline. Your call is very important to us"
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posted on
05/26/2005 5:26:02 PM PDT
by
Montfort
(President George Allen)
To: Ron in Acreage
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posted on
05/26/2005 5:31:26 PM PDT
by
SeaBiscuit
(God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
I'm not sure why suicide hotlines exist. Almost nobody who commits suicide uses them.
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posted on
05/26/2005 5:35:12 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
Left on the service's answering machine: "Didn't you guys get my note?"
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posted on
05/26/2005 6:06:25 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
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