The Burning Man Suicide is an incident where a "Burner," as the festival attendees call themselves, hung himself from the inside of a two-story tent.
Burning Man Suicide News and Information
Boing Boing: Suicide at Burning Man
Culture Blog!: Playa Suicide
USA Today: First suicide at Burning Man; friends thought it was performance
RGJ.com: Identity of apparent Burning Man suicide victim still unknown
Google News: Burning Man Suicide
What is the difference between suicide and sacrifice?(3 Answers)
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No, they are not the same, not even close! Suicide is (mostly) selfishness. They 'know' that they can't do anything else to better their lives, so they ...
How dangerous an activity--on a percentage chance of death basis--must a n activity be to be considered suicide? (9 Answers)
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My therapist told me there are two types of suicide; active suicide and passive suicide. Active suicide would be the more usual types; gun to the head, deliberate ...
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Fast Facts
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The suicide victim was hanging for two hours before his fellow "Burners" brought him down
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The victim's friends claim that they believed that the hanging was a staged artistic performance
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The suicide is the festival's first in 21 years
