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I mean this stuff is medically testable. They can simply tell you whether these things are properly in balance or not, so once again, I don't think a) Society concludes that suicidal people are -insane- so much as troubled of mind or b) that you need to somehow have been suicidal to analyze someone's brain chemistry and see that things aren't right. Last edited by devonin; 04-6-2008 at 04:04 AM.. |
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controversial isn't it. I would say that:
"Appropriately trained psychiatrists and psychologists do. If the person is found to be of sound mind and still wishes to kill themselves, then I support their right to do so 100%. If they are found to not be of sound mind, they should be treated as such." sums up the whole topic of suicide being acceptable. Last edited by Zythus; 04-6-2008 at 11:24 AM.. |
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Nothing is new or unique about suffering, and neither are the varying abilities of individuals to cope. The only thing to judge, which should be judged, is the severity/longevity of an individual's situation compared with their mental state.
How do you feel about someone who is just bored with life and doesn't want to continue? Assume that they are considered mentally stable. |
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If they wish to suicide, by all means do so.
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Nobody is saying that suffering is a new experience. However, if a girl who was raped kills herself [hypothetically] and she is deemed insane that's not right. The people that stereotyped her that was most likely haven't experienced rape, therefore are unfit to judge the emotions of its aftermath.
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I find suicide acceptable when the suicidee is in great deals of pain. Not because they are "emotional". If you are drawing A LOT of blood but you don't wanna wait till the death, that is a good time to kill yourself. If you lost your girlfriend or your dad/mom/yiff died, NOT SUCH A GOOD IDEA.
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When a person is autho to pose their only doing it to fit into a certain crowd or be like their friends i.e. peer pressure. When a person is doing it for control it's because they don't have any control in the rest of their lives. When they can control their pain they feel the strength. Personally, when I used to cut myself it was for control. I would do it slowly and up my arm because I could control how much blood was released and how much pain I felt. |
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What would be a justifiable reason to commit suicide? Things beyond one's control: medical conditions, etc, and even then it could be sketchy. Why am I an adequate judge of character? Because everyone else is, too. It is them who stray away from common sense and go down the path of greed. We are who reel them back in. Last edited by FictionJunction; 04-6-2008 at 03:09 PM.. |
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Just because they seek suicide as a final resort doesn't at all mean that they are cowards. In fact, it's more courageous than anything the 'vast majority' can think to do, or has the courage to do on their own.
The problem is, many people has commited suicide. Many. But they are dead and can no longer tell us of what drove them to do it or the suffering of which they endured. |
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back to why it's a matter of perspective. Perspective like opinion can be either educated or not. Educated opinions have much more value than a simple I don't like it or opinions influenced by what is inherently wrong, naive, and stupid under normal circumstances (i.e trying to eat soup with a fork, or insulting a friend who helped you get up after performing a stunt you didn't land just because your pride was hurt - it's wrong of you to insult your friend for helping you, and it is plain dumb to scoop liquid with a fork). If I were to claim I need to commit suicide because I cannot bear the troubles of my life I'd be wrong in claiming so. I wouldn't be aware of it at that present time as I would be influenced by the poison that catalyzed that channel of thought. |
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Well, don't neglect to bring up the other two types of suicide (off the top of my head). Suicide bombers and forfeiting one's life for anothers to be saved. Neither of those two are looking for a simple escape, but know perfectly well what they are doing.
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Then prove to me that it is a cultural majority judging out of ignorance to define "suicidal" as "Having the desire to end ones own life" It's what the word means. When you demonstrate that behavior, you have that term applied to you. This is the equivalent of trying to say that you only have black hair because the blond majority judges you as being different. It's a truism by definition: "Suicidal people want to end their own life" it's very simple and straightforward and culture has nothing at all to do with it. Quote:
Biologically it is -NEVER- in your personal best interest to terminate your own life unless you have rationally concluded that the betterment of your tribe/species is assured. You'll also notice that I said if you can prove you are rational and in sound mind, I support your right to kill yourself. If you have a terminal condition and are draining your family's money despite knowing you're going to die from this anyway, I support your right to suicide. If you have a chemical imbalance in your brain that is lowering the production of endorphins leading you into clinical depression which doesn't reflect your healthy state of mind, and you can be easily treated, I don't support your right to suicide. Quote:
Nothing you've said has addressed the basic premise of my position that several others seem to be willing to accept: "If the person is found by appropriately trained psychiatrists and psychologists to be of sound mind and still wish to kill themselves, then I support their right to do so 100%. If they are found to not be of sound mind, they should be treated as such." What objections remain to this position? |
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Because I don't feel like quoting everything you just said I will bed my input like this:
When my suicide attempt failed I most certaintly did not regret trying. I did regret than it was my own mother who found me hanging, and I did regret that I failed in the attempt, but I did not regret trying and (hypothetically) wouldn't have regretted it had I succeeded. Also, my attempts were induced because of physical abuse. You say the suicide attempters can be easily treated etc? Well, again with the personal experiences, I was beat WHILE in the mental hospital for rehabilitating my state of mind. Finally, obviously it is biologically irrational to commit suicide. However, if you were put in the following situation what would you do: You and your life partner/mother/father/sibling etc have both been bitten by a poisonous animal. You have enough of the antidote to save one of you. You pick the other. That is technically suicide, but it would be a form of suicide to praise one for choosing. |
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That is not suicide. Suicide is the act of ending your own life. This is not the same as allowing yourself to die to save someone else.
Sacrifice != Suicide |
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No, it is suicide. One could just as easily sacrifice the other to save their own life.
They're in there right mind and are completely aware of their actions. Sacrifice does = suicide. |
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Sacrificing the other to save your own life = murder
Sacrificng yourself to save their life = sacrifice Killing yourself in a largely consequential vacuum = suicide |
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No. Sacrificing yourself is the same as suicide. Sacrificing others for yourself is murder. But sacrificing yourself to save others is also a form of suicide. You know what you're doing. You can control it. You can stop it. But you continue to do it.
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I tend to view suicide as a personal decision to take your own life...thus I side with devonin in saying that sacrifice would not be suicide...in most situations...because you are not the one taking your life, you are simply being forced into a place where you or the other person will be killed...on the other hand there are "sacrifices" such as the japanese kamikaze or seppuku where you are merely asked to kill yourself to benefit others; I view these as a true form of suicide as the people committing them aren't put into a situation where death is guaranteed.
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I can think of one situation where suicide would be an option, and that would be in the case of quickening an already imminent death as a means to end suffering. I literally cannot think of any other circumstance to justify suicide, but if anyone can think of another you can let me know. I won't debate whether suicide requires courage or bravery, I think it can be either, but by nature suicide is a selfish act. And let's say that I've attempted suicide--not to hold it over anyone's head or pretend it somehow makes my opinion more valid--but so that "suicide elitists" will consider my opinion instead of dismissing it. Edit: Also, allowing yourself to die to save someone else IS NOT suicide. I don't even see how it's related or why it's being discussed. Last edited by Das Mustafah; 04-6-2008 at 06:40 PM.. Reason: lulz |
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A coup de grace' as suicide? Possibly, but not unless the person to be killed requested it.
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