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...Maxwell, 68, commit suicide because he was distraught about the tangled affairs of his debt-laden companies? Was his death somehow related to his alleged links with Israeli intelligence? Only two weeks earlier, Seymour Hersh had alleged in his book The Samson Option that the billionaire maintained ties to Mossad. (Maxwell promptly sued for libel.) If he did indeed have a Mossad connection, did that give someone a reason to have Maxwell killed? Other seemingly farfetched speculation suggests a CIA connection. Or, alternatively, did a member of his crew, rumored to be occasional victims of his wrath, exact revenge...
Alan: It is possible that you're no longer competent enough to make that kind of decision. But my view regarding the right of a terminally ill person to commit suicide does not change my belief that publishing a book like this is reckless and negligent. The dangerous thing about the book is that it falls into the hands of teenagers and clinically depressed people...
...became obsessed with the book. It showed him the way. He wanted it to be a nonpainful way. The book was clearly the answer to his dilemma of how to commit suicide without feeling any pain. He said he would never shoot himself or do anything like that...
Guns don't commit crimes, parents do. From tales of incest and divorce to complaints of less serious parental shortcomings, everyone seems to be blaming Mom and Pop for whatever ails. Get ready for lawyers pleading the Dr. Spock Defense...
...that, because CUNY happens to be publicly funded, it need not adhere to the absolute standard of academic freedom. Unlike other forms of public schools in which the government can exert influence on what is taught, CUNY is in fact a college, just like Harvard. As such, it should commit to the same principles of academic freedom that private institutions hold so dear...