A Bleeding Heart Writes
Dear John Russell,
Of all the ignorant things to write. In your review of the book Never Fade Away, you state that Kurt ’ Cobain “explained and justified” his suicide. This is just not possible. No matter how bad someone perceives their life to be, taking their life is not the answer. .
There are too many unanswered questions left behind for the families of suicide victims to say that a suicide is justified. Kurt Cobain’s death was nothing but a waste of an incredible human being. Matthew Laidlaw, Ponsonby.
John Russell replies: For you to state that no suicide can be Justified shows an
incredible degree of self righteousness. Obviously Cobain’s state of mind was such that he could Justify his suicide, and ultimately, that is all that counts — he made his mind up. When someone has descended to the point where even their baby daughter cannot summon in them any sense of wonder about being alive, then who has the right to say they can’t throw their hand?
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Rip It Up, Issue 211, 1 March 1995, Page 8
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