Posted by DamoniteUK at webcachem06b.cache.pol.co.uk on June 24, 2001 at 10:32:41:
In Reply to: A thought on Dogma posted by dissonant on June 24, 2001 at 00:10:54:
: I was just watching Dogma and I realized something I had never thought about before. Bartleby's plan is to become human, go into the church, and come out and be killed by awaiting cops. The question this brings up is isn't that "suicide by cop"? I know its not conventional but it is suicide nontheless and would send him to hell.
: "Suicide-by-cop: A colloquial term used to describe a suicidal incident whereby the suicidal subject engages in a consciously, life-threatening behavior to the degree that it compels a police officer to respond with deadly force."
Iam a Roman Catholic (well i was until that incident) anyway the meaning of suicide in the church is for man take his own life. Suicide by cops is not the same as he would of died at the hand of another. I hope that makes it clear, suicide is self termination! Dying at your own hands.