The problem with making suicide "legal" is that a person who is going to commit suicide is in 99% of the cases in not in control of himself/herself. When suffering from depression you're not really in control of what you do.
It is a lot better to attempt to treat the reason why said person wants to kill him/herself rather than just go "Its your life! If you wanna jump off a bridge, I'm not gonna take that freedom of choice away from you.", wouldn't you agree?
The problem with making suicide "legal" is that a person who is going to commit suicide is in 99% of the cases in not in control of himself/herself. When suffering from depression you're not really in control of what you do.
It is a lot better to attempt to treat the reason why said person wants to kill him/herself rather than just go "Its your life! If you wanna jump off a bridge, I'm not gonna take that freedom of choice away from you.", wouldn't you agree?
Agreed. It would be most disturbing for the "survivor" to live on knowing that the suicide attemot could have been avoided. (from egoistic point of view)
Because I believe if the act is succesful, the one committing it isn`t the one suffering afterwards - but this kinda falls into Afterlife discussion.
I respect your right to believe what you feel is right, but want to say this: Suicide being a "mortal" sin has a fairly short history, and no basis in the Bible:
The first comprehensive Christian-era legal code was the Code of Justinian. This codex, drafted about a century after St. Augustine, did not punish suicide, if the person had a good reason for killing himself; good reasons cited include, "impatience of pain or sickness, or by another cause, weariness of life... lunacy or fear of dishonor." In short, every reason except no reason at all, and that was punished only on the grounds that it was irrational: "whoever does not spare himself will not spare another."(8) Suicide did not become a crime under English Common Law until the 10th Century, in the appropriately-named Dark Ages.
WARNING-Bible verse only for those who are interested:
Romans 14:8, where it is written "For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's." Therefore, even according to the Bible, Christians cannot destroy that which belongs to God. Note also that according to this verse, they belong to God after they die no matter how or why they lived or died.
Tsuyu;310891 said:
The problem with making suicide "legal" is that a person who is going to commit suicide is in 99% of the cases in not in control of himself/herself. When suffering from depression you're not really in control of what you do.
It is a lot better to attempt to treat the reason why said person wants to kill him/herself rather than just go "Its your life! If you wanna jump off a bridge, I'm not gonna take that freedom of choice away from you.", wouldn't you agree?
I agree with you. This is not an attempt at humor, I really believe suicide, preferably assisted, should be legal, but with a medical/pschycological evaluation and a "waiting period" similar to that of purchasing a handgun.
The problem with making suicide "legal" is that a person who is going to commit suicide is in 99% of the cases in not in control of himself/herself. When suffering from depression you're not really in control of what you do.
It is a lot better to attempt to treat the reason why said person wants to kill him/herself rather than just go "Its your life! If you wanna jump off a bridge, I'm not gonna take that freedom of choice away from you.", wouldn't you agree?
I'm definitely not saying it should be a free for all. Assisted suicide should be allowed after a mental examination thing, no matter what the other circumstances are.
jwc2200;311134 said:
I agree with you. This is not an attempt at humor, I really believe suicide, preferably assisted, should be legal, but with a medical/pschycological evaluation and a "waiting period" similar to that of purchasing a handgun.
Hey. I know suicide is illegal in most countries. I think only TJ Griff understood what I meant. You can't put a corpse on trial. They can't stop you if you do it right.
@ Topaxi. There is nothing irrelevant about sharing my opinion. I wasn't trying to enforce my belief on anyone.
Of course you have the right to kill yourself. And ending it is fairly easy.
I don't care whether it's legal or not. I don't care much about heaven or hell either. (Don't think such places exist anyway.) I only care about my loved ones and I don't wanna cause them pain coz I don't wanna be a selfish bastard.
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