Dexter, thanks for your post. I too think this is a subject that needs to be handled with great care. One of my concerns pertaining to the chat room is that it's not moderated. While people have every right to say how their feeling, I am afraid that since there's no one in there with professional expertice than it's very unfair to inform the room that you are going to "end it." Also, I never know how to respond to people when they are struggling so desperately to hang on.
I would never want to push someone over the edge, but it's also unfair to expect those of us in chat (or the forums for that matter) to have the words to say to keep them in this journey.
Part of my insensitivity of my prior posts in this thread is that I'm afraid of losing people I care about; and I truly care about everyone here.
Dexter, thanks for your thoughts--to everyone else, this thread has been interesting, I think these are important discussions to be having.
Jon