Does a person have a right to commit suicide?
Do you think they have the right to end their life?
| Yes. | 76 | |
| No. | 14 |
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Rusty-Rider
As long as they do it quietly and don't leave a mess for someone to clean up.
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Ellenna
Believe me, there's ALWAYS mess to be cleaned up after a suicide - if not a physical mess an emotional mess for the person's friends and family.
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BetaMale
That isn't totally true at all. Some people have NO one in regards to friends and family. These people would not leave an "emotional mess" to clean up at all.
Maybe a physical mess to clean up but the people tasked with doing that are already used to doing it anyway.
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Fall_leaves
Yeah but I would hope their friends or family would notice the signs and try to get them the help they need but it can easily go unnoticed. There are times when someone is crying out for help but no one really takes the time to listen.
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ShereKhan
forbidding people to kill themselves is intruding on their rights, it's their body their rules. we don't stop anyone from slowly poisoning themselves from smoking and alcohol that lead most people to their death, so you can cut out that morally incorrect bullshit. you can't just focus on one thing than completely ignore the other legal things that destroy peoples health and causes them to suffer.
we're overpopulated anyway.
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charli.m
Yes, but that doesn't mean they should. It's still a tragedy. Ideally, they would have support and care until they get past it. That doesn't always happen, though.
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Gurl_Power
Sometimes the actual tragedy is the suicidal person's life. Some people don't really "get over" the bullshit in life and every single day begins with disappointment at waking up. If you (meaning anyone) had to wake up every day with that feeling and you've been doing it for 20+ years with nothing but old age to look forward to....well I wouldn't blame anyone who finally took control of their own life.
I mean this generally speaking not directly towards you or your own thinking.
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mysistersshadow
Ppl can do it but its normally a very bad idea. Its a permanent solution to whats usually a temporary problem.
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McBean
I like your answer, and agree with you about 85%. I'm in favor of the Australian Northern Territory Rights of the Terminally Ill Act of 1995.
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mysistersshadow
I'm sure there are times like terminal illness or suffering where it would make sense but I don't think thats usually the case with suicide.
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McBean
Yes, it makes a lot of sense especially for terminal patients. You are only allowed to end your life by stopping consumption of all fluids. Usually death by dehydration (aka hospice) is a good way to go. But, patients with extremely painful conditions like bone cancer, or esphageal cancer have terrible pain in the end.
Only 4 of 50 states allow them the dignity of a quick painless death by inhaling nitrogen, or slow but calming lethal doses of barbiturates. I think this is terrible. Canada allows death with dignity for these special cases. Why do make these special case terminal patients suffer?
Because we have no mercy, that's why.
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mysistersshadow
I wouldn't have a issue with someone wanting to end there life in the case of a terminal disease but it should be fast and painless. I would think the humane benefit would outweigh the cost which I would think would be minimal compared to the cost of letting them waste away.
I'm not sure terminal illness was the intent of the question tho. Maybe the OP will clarify.
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[Old Memory]
Yeah they do. Sometimes life can become so unbearable that suicide is actually the only option left. Many people with painful sicknesses take their own lives.
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NormaLeeSane
I think it depends on the situation. I think that someone who is suffering horribly from Stage 4 cancer, for example, with no hope of a cure, should certainly have that option.
But if you're simply dissatisfied with how your life is going, and you have a spouse and young children who love you and are depending on you, suicide would be a particularly selfish, cruel and cowardly act under such circumstances.
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