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[Howard Lowndes]

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Michael Still wrote:

> 
> > New laws for Internet websites
> >
> > The Federal Government will create new offences for those who use the
> > Internet to incite or promote suicide.
> >
> > The Justice Minister, Chris Ellison, says recent studies have shown
> > information about suicide on the web may encourage suicidal responses.
> >
> > He says there are more than 100,000 such sites on the Internet.
> 
> I was thinking about this when I heard it on the radio during the drive
> home. How on earth did he come up with that figure? I do a google, and get
> 3.9 million pages for "suicide"...

Either they don't use such a good engine as Google, or they stuck the 
wrong finger up to test the wind.

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