Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 21
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This thread needs some cynicism. I personally would not attempt to derail his plans. If a person wants to kill himself, then I say go ahead. Who am I to interrupt him?
We all grew up being taught the same concept: everyone has the right to life. But why should we stop someone who is giving up one of their rights?
If a teacher brought a brownie for each person in your class and said each one has the right to one brownie, should be try to persuade someone who wants to give up their right to a brownie?
Of course, you all feel giving up the right to life is more of an extreme (obviously), but why? I think it's because you fear death and view death in your own personal perspective. You guys feel death is the ultimate punishment and shouldn't happen to people. Good people, at least. I doubt many of you would, if you were in the situation, scream:
"OMFG!!! HITLER, NOOOO!! DON'T KILLZ URSELF!!"
Why is that? Because you consider Hitler to be a bad, bad boy and maybe even think he deserved death. So then your views on death/suicide is narrowed. You wouldn't want someone to die and you'd try, within your own power, to stop someone committing suicide...unless of course they've been bad.
If, in general, you viewed death to be the ultimate punishment and suicide should be prevented, then you wouldn't care about the track record of the person committing suicide. However, by adding stipulations to your perspective on suicide, your not really against suicide/death. You're actually just showing that you feel certain people deserve the right to live and certain people do not. And I find that interesting.
Hmm...I wonder what's on TV tonight.
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