OH! MY GODDESS

WEEKLY GODDESS CHAT # 3

Alicia: Hi. We went out to the mall last night and didn't come home till real late so we missed our Weekly Goddess Chat. Sorry ^_^;; If it's any consolation, we're doing a themed show tonight.

Urd: That's right! It's "Confidential Confessions" night here on WGC! That means we're dealing with the many issues that the manga "Confidential Confessions" raises. So please welcome me, Alicia, and Marla- tonight's three chatters!

Alicia: *opens "Confidential Confessions"* "According to police records, approximately 31,957 people committed suicide in Japan in 2000. That means 87 people a day, or 3-4 people every single hour, chose to throw their lives away."

Marla: Hmph! Pathetic!

Alicia: None of us here at the Weekly Goddess Chat condone suicide... except for me Urd and Belldandy, who believe forfeiting one's life is alright so long as it is to save another.

Urd: We find suicidal thoughts unacceptable as well.

Alicia: ^_^;; Once again, except for me. I think about suicide myself sometimes so I really have no right to deem it wrong and wicked.

Marla: What are we wasting time for!? If 87 people a day wanna kiss their lives goodbye some stupid chat isn't gonna change their minds! Let the fools die!

Alicia: Marla, you may have no responsibility here but we do! We goddesses exist to benefit mankind! It is our job to try to stop this exact type of thing!

Marla: You two are goddesses; I am not. I am a sorceress and demon with a first class license. My only responsibility is to drive these pathetic humans to commit this sort of crime! And it works!

Alicia: SECURITY!

*Two muscle-bound men from a nearby mental hospital come and take Marla away*

Urd: Getting back to our discussion, I believe something must be done about this... I mean, if 3-4 people an hour in one highly-sophisticated nation decide to throw away their one chance in this world.  That means there are probably 15-20 suicides an hour in some third world countries. And think about it- There's something like 230 different nations in this world. Even if each country only has 2 suicides an hour, that makes about 11040 suicides a day.

Alicia: True, something really must be done. But where to start?

Urd: Web postings such as this one could help. We can use the internet to tell people that life must go on- that the bad will pass.

Alicia: And it couldn't hurt any to have some commercials on TV. I mean, I see dozens of anti-drug commercials a day. I've never seen a single anti-suicide commercial. You?

Urd: No. Also, I know not many people even watch this channel much but for God's sake! PBS!! Put something on to discourage suicide! You have something to discourage every other semi-bad act under the sun! Why not suicide!?

Alicia: Like you even watch PBS to begin with. You don't know what PBS talks about and what it doesn't.

Urd: It's a hunch. I have a very strong feeling that I'm right.

Alicia: We'll just have to check the PBS schedules and see. Wow, time's up already?

Urd: *looks at watch* We've actually over-extended the show.

Alicia: And we aren't even finished discussing suicide... I know! It's an even better special! It's "Confidential Confessions" Goddess Chat Week!

Urd: Doesn't that kinda mess with the title of the show? It is the Weekly Goddess Chat, after all.

Alicia: "Confidential Confessions" is a very trouble-filled manga! It'll take seven weeks to discuss it all if we don't do a full week now.

Urd: Seven weeks? @_@ You are so right Alicia! A full week would be great!

Alicia: Good! Goodbye viewers/readers! Till tomorrow!

Urd: Bye!

Alicia: Hey Urd, you were really on the ball today- unusually sharp, clever, and interesting- I like it. Keep it up okay?

Urd: I'll try.