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textualdevianceJust a philosophical ponderance...
Why is it that most people accept the idea of suicide to end uncontrollable physical pain, but not to end uncontrollable emotional pain?
No, that doesn't mean I'm suicidal, btw. Far from it. In a good mood today. It was just a question that came up from reading something somewhere.
I guess I've never thought of death, in and of itself, as being a bad thing. The circumstances surrounding a death are very often awful. A too-soon end, or a death from violence or something horribly painful or frightening. But death itself isn't necessarily bad, I think. I've often looked at people who have really awful lives, for various reasons, and can perfectly understand the concept of euthanasia, or suicide-as-euthanasia in some cases.
Hmmm.
Why is it that most people accept the idea of suicide to end uncontrollable physical pain, but not to end uncontrollable emotional pain?
No, that doesn't mean I'm suicidal, btw. Far from it. In a good mood today. It was just a question that came up from reading something somewhere.
I guess I've never thought of death, in and of itself, as being a bad thing. The circumstances surrounding a death are very often awful. A too-soon end, or a death from violence or something horribly painful or frightening. But death itself isn't necessarily bad, I think. I've often looked at people who have really awful lives, for various reasons, and can perfectly understand the concept of euthanasia, or suicide-as-euthanasia in some cases.
Hmmm.
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in both cases, i'm only okay if the person going through the pain organizes their affairs first.
i had to deal with the nasty end of a suicide a few years back. bitch roommate left her mother - and me - a lot of debt, unpaid bills, and a nasty surprise when i got home from the boyfriend's on a sunday. not okay.
and i think it would give the person dying time to think about whether or not they *should* commit suicide.