"The fashion industry is no more able to preserve a style that men and women have decided to abandon than to introduce one they do not choose to accept."

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From the perspective of the one committing suicide, his or her act can be one of the most perverse forms of moral manipulation, as it abandons those left behind to their shame, guilt, and grief. Suicide is something like a metaphysical "I gotcha!" It is often an attempt to kill or wound others.

— Stanley Hauerwas