Posting as Lara... not mod.

icelander, I don't think David is saying that at all.
I read him asking for courtesy for one another.

I haven't seen members here trying to shame anyone or to shut them down. I'm wondering why you would think that.

What I have seen are dozens and dozens of posts by very caring and sensitive people who have tried to the best of their ability with the written/typed word to help others who appear to be suffering. What I have seen are posts by people who care. These people, all of them I call friends, have suffered such immense loss in their lives in one way or another that it has filled them with nothing but empathy.

Perhaps reading DMACK's post again may help you. He wasn't suggesting where people should post or not post. I certainly didn't read it that way. He's just asking for some respect and courtesy regarding an extremely sensitive subject.

It would be remiss of us as human beings to not try to understand or to help another who may find themselves in the depth of despair with life and on the very edge of a "cliff" when there may be alternative treatments or some type of help that might allow someone to feel better again.

Some of us know each other very well. Other times we really don't know each other at all, but if we sat here and told people to go away and kill themselves every time someone came here saying that's their intent, then there would be something very seriously wrong with us.