Suicide

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

let's send the old and terminally ill off to fight the war!

[DakotaK1 1]

My opinion is: God gave you the gift of life and you should not commit suicide.

Anybody that has thoughts as such needs professional help as soon as possible.

[mawilson 2,133]

What do you mean by the "right to commit suicide"?

If you want to commit suicide, who's going to stop you?

And if someone tried to stop you, why would you give a ####?

Edited April 16, 2008 by mawilson

[DeadPoolX 9]

What do you mean by the "right to commit suicide"?

If you want to commit suicide, who's going to stop you?

And if someone tried to stop you, why would you give a ####?

In the U.S., it's considered illegal to commit suicide for any reason. This is why Kevorkian got thrown in prison, despite the fact his patients went to thim and asked him to end their lives. But the U.S. legal system feels that even if you're going to die, you still can't termnate yourself. So the only two ways to die legally are through natural or accidental means; suicide is, at the moment, very illegal.

[Nessa 23]

I don't get the ''right to commit suicide'' thing. If you don't have the right to commit suicide, but you decide to commit suicide, then you're breaking the law, cuz you have no right to do such, but you'll be dead. Is there a fine you'll receive in hell for doing such?

[Jenn! 918]

I think that beneficiaries are unable to collect on life insurance if the death is ruled a suicide.

[*JG* 2]

I believe everybody has a right to die if that person believes it is his/her time.

We can send young whole strong men off to war to fight for their country and if they die in the line of duty, they are honored as heroes.

Yet we fight to keep the aged and terminally ill alive artificially with machines against their wishes and it's considered wrong to let them die.

The former is heroism, the latter is suicide. We honor heroes, we condemn suicidals.

War is unnecessary in this day and age and quality of life is more important than quantity. Risking the whole and strong in a futile gesture is as wrong as forcing those who no longer wish to live to do so.

Condemn not the soldier nor the diseased one, but the government that insists it is okay to let the one die but the other must be forced to live.

Wow.....I never really thought about the two together like this. Thanks.

let's send the old and terminally ill off to fight the war!

Ha Ha.............

[almaty 19]

i have put many...100s of people in lock-up on the psych unit..for suicide attempts or ideations.....it is a major focus of mental health care

[mawilson 2,133]

What do you mean by the "right to commit suicide"?

If you want to commit suicide, who's going to stop you?

And if someone tried to stop you, why would you give a ####?

In the U.S., it's considered illegal to commit suicide for any reason. This is why Kevorkian got thrown in prison, despite the fact his patients went to thim and asked him to end their lives. But the U.S. legal system feels that even if you're going to die, you still can't termnate yourself. So the only two ways to die legally are through natural or accidental means; suicide is, at the moment, very illegal.

Illegal to commit suicide? I think you meant "illegal to help someone commit suicide" - otherwise

it doesn't make any sense. What are they going to do - prosecute you for killing yourself?

Euthanasia is another story.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

It is illegal to try to kill yourself. Most attempts don't succeed, you know.

[mawilson 2,133]

I think that beneficiaries are unable to collect on life insurance if the death is ruled a suicide.

Not true - most life insurance policies allow suicide with an exclusion period (2 years is common.)

The presumption is that most people who want to commit suicide are not going to wait 2 years

so that the beneficiary can collect the death payment.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_you_collect_...after_a_suicide

Edited April 16, 2008 by mawilson

[mawilson 2,133]

It is illegal to try to kill yourself. Most attempts don't succeed, you know.

Well who gives a rat's ###. If you're ready to die, you sure as hell are not going to care about legality.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

Yes, and the penalty for attempting suicide is death!

It is illegal to try to kill yourself. Most attempts don't succeed, you know.

[jundp 191]

Hmmm....I am pro-life. Anti-abortion, anti-capital punishment, anti-war, anti-suicide.

My faith is that life is a gift from God and neither I, nor any other human, has the "right" to take that away.

But, I have never been depressed and I have never experienced the murder of a loved one, so I cannot truly make a judgment.

I can only say what I believe. Perhaps if my child was killed I may look differently on capital punishment, but I don't believe so.

When Kevorkian was first brought into the news many years ago, I though that what he was doing was wrong. I still do.

Yet who am I to pass such judgment? My brother died of colon cancer, after a 5 year battle. My mother died of complications

from diabetes, after many many years of sickness. My best friend's brother died of cancer and my friend's husband died of cancer.

I have seen people suffer greatly through the process, and therefore who am I to judge someone for wanting to end that suffering?

Just because I think something is a sin doesn't mean it is my right to judge the person.

I believe in life, not "choice" because of my belief in God. But my faith also tells me that the only one with the right to judge is God.

[chri'stina 190]

No...but I don't think it's fair to say it's because I think it's the "cowards way out" that I am saying no. I know people who committed suicide and I don't judge them as cowards. They did leave lots of sadness and broken hearts behind them. I couldn't condone that at all.

Both-he might have meant well but I don't agree at all with him

NO/NO

Edited April 16, 2008 by stina&suj