Suicide

[Spartan Bannana]

These days, there's much talk of suicide, and while I personally think of it as a terrible thing and decision, I consider it to be a person's right. They should be allowed to take their own life if they really want to. However, many people see fit to stop other people from committing suicide, and I think that this is a form of oppression. So what do all of you think, is suicide a right? Should people be allowed to commit suicide unobstructed?

 

[BallPtPenTheif]

Most people who committ suicide are suffering from severe mental illnesses. That being said, I believe suicide should be legal in a controlled environment just so these people can be outed and offered social services to help them in case they are unsure.

 

[Jamanticus]

Wow.

Erm....Suicide?

Well, maybe it should only be allowed if one's quality of life is so terrible that it's less painful to end one's life than it is to keep on going.

That said, many people, like Theif stated, are suffering from severe mental illness. I think that mental illness should be treated before anyone has the right to ask for suicide (mental illness can make people think and say things that they'd never think otherwise- a person in the throes of severe depression, for example, might feel that there's no reason to live in the entire world, even if that's not what that person would think with a healthy mind).

 

[NeedAUserName]

Suicide. I don't get the laws for it, they lock you up for trying to kill yourself, kind of prolonging the inevitable. But seriously, I think if someone wants to take their own life, they should, but there should be special buildings for them to do it in. Or else the world could become a grim place, just walking under a bridge, and flattened by a falling jumper.

 

[perfectimo]

If you were in the right state of mind and said "Yep. I just want the needle to go in my arm." Then I think that is fine but people who are depressed should probably be attended to before they make the decision.

 

[Mr Frogurt]

No, suicide usually takes place in mentally diseased people and can be stopped. Euthanasia on the other hand, i believe should be legal. I would rather be able to die peacefully than live for another month of horrible pain.....wouldn't you?

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

Like I always say, Who cares?
But seriously, You really really needn't care about suicide unless you or a friend/loved one are thinking about it. For everyone else let them deal with it

 

[gmer412]

One big opposition to suicide comes from religion. In Christianity, suicide is like throwing away a gift that someone had given you. God gave you life, and it's not your right to take it away. That said, I'm not religious. I think that the ONLY time it should be allowed is when someone has a terminal disease/condition. Or possibly something that can't be treated and causes excruciating pain.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I believe in the "Right to Die" but people who are comitting suicide because they have undiagnosed clinical depression (like my Roomate who tried to kill herself) really need to be helped.

 

[fluffylandmine]

Suicide, the only crime you can get away with.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

This is a REALLY tough one. I am an absolute freedom fanatic. I really believe that people should be the ultimate masters of their own destiny. At the same time... wtf... what is it that life has done that makes you want to go against every single instinct in your body and kill yourself? Maybe we should start asking about why developed countries, where people have so much, are suffering from a suicide epidemic right now.

There is the criminality aspect of it too. If someone dives under a train, that is something that is going to stay with the driver for a very long time. Pretty shitty thing to do to another human being.

 

[gmer412]

I once heard that attempted suicide carried the death penalty in a certain place.

 

[fluffylandmine]

I once heard that attempted suicide carried the death penalty in a certain place.

The Land of Irony

 

[BallPtPenTheif]

One big opposition to suicide comes from religion. In Christianity, suicide is like throwing away a gift that someone had given you. God gave you life, and it's not your right to take it away. That said, I'm not religious. I think that the ONLY time it should be allowed is when someone has a terminal disease/condition. Or possibly something that can't be treated and causes excruciating pain.

I know you are not pressing the christian perspective as you're own but I'll bite anyways.

Christians are already christian, they don't need to kill themselves if they think it's wrong. However, there is no need to have a law imposing their perspective on non-christians.

 

[Jamash]

Suicide. I don't get the laws for it, they lock you up for trying to kill yourself, kind of prolonging the inevitable.

I think in Victorian Britain & still in some other countries today, (attempted) suicide was punishable by death.

If only other crimes were like that, like the punishment for stealing a loaf of bread was a sandwich.

 

[Devil's Due]

I think it's perfectly okay, but I guess my depression and desires for it might be clouding my judgment in the matter.

 

[wewontdie11]

If you have thought it through long and hard, sought medical and psychological help and still feel the need to shuffle off your mortal coil then I think a person should be allowed to waste their life if they wish. It is theirs to do with what they will.

 

[gmer412]

One big opposition to suicide comes from religion. In Christianity, suicide is like throwing away a gift that someone had given you. God gave you life, and it's not your right to take it away. That said, I'm not religious. I think that the ONLY time it should be allowed is when someone has a terminal disease/condition. Or possibly something that can't be treated and causes excruciating pain.

I know you are not pressing the christian perspective as you're own but I'll bite anyways.

Christians are already christian, they don't need to kill themselves if they think it's wrong. However, there is no need to have a law imposing their perspective on non-christians.

I don't think that it's really a conscious decision. It's just become part of the accepted culture of the world and the laws reflect that. Also, remember that religions love to force their views on everyone else.

EDIT: Aside from the church, that is.

 

[NeedAUserName]

Suicide. I don't get the laws for it, they lock you up for trying to kill yourself, kind of prolonging the inevitable.

I think in Victorian Britain & still in some other countries today, (attempted) suicide was punishable by death.

If only other crimes were like that, like the punishment for stealing a loaf of bread was a sandwich.

Well the punishment for watching films, you aren't old enough to see, is to be bombarded with 18's.

 

[fluffylandmine]

Suicide. I don't get the laws for it, they lock you up for trying to kill yourself, kind of prolonging the inevitable.

I think in Victorian Britain & still in some other countries today, (attempted) suicide was punishable by death.

If only other crimes were like that, like the punishment for stealing a loaf of bread was a sandwich.

Well the punishment for watching films, you aren't old enough to see, is to be bombarded with 18's.

These all follow the logic of "Live or I'll kill you!"