Western Suicide Cults: Church Of Euthanasia

IN “Predators tell children how to kill themselves” we meet: “One of the most notorious figures on the internet suicide scene is Nagasiva Yronwode, a self-confessed satanist who runs a shop selling occult books and charms in the small Californian town of Forestville, north of San Francisco.”

Yronwode is the sel-styled “outreach director” for the Church of Euthanasia, which advocates suicide as a means of saving the world from the effects of overpopulation.

Writing under the name Boboroshi, he has edited a suicide guide, which details various methods. Yronwode’s own website contains links to online suicide discussion boards and forums.

Says he: “The guide is there to make it easier for people who opt for suicide to carry it out. The purpose of my information is empowerment for competent human beings who have an interest in ending their lives. What’s the problem with that?

“I haven’t seen any evidence that any person has acted as a result of reading the guide. But, of course, people who have an interest in ending their lives may well seek out information that relates to suicide and in some cases that leads them to end their lives…”

That’s the picture of him. His message might be attractive to the despressed and suicidal, but Mr Yronwode does not aid his mission by looking like he is uncertain which way up his head goes.

He also looks like someone trying hard to be “fun”. While the title of “Funniest Man In Sxitzerland” is within his reach, Mr Yronwode faces sterner competition in the US.

He could try this gag: When asked to identify the disembodied head of a suicide bomber, a relative surveys the scene before announcing: “No. He was taller than that.”

It might be that he thinks this cult is a good way to meet new and interesting people….

Anorak

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