I would agree (I believe in euthanasia for example) but I have qualms about how deluded people can be about suicide and the supposed "alternative" or "resolution" it provides... I thought of drugs as "a person's choice" for a while, and in a sense I still do, but I think people need to understand the actual meaning and affect of actions such as that. A human being is NOT autonomous: every action affects/is affected by another.
The point of all this is that anything that will make people rethink potentially destructive actions is a good thing.
But, if it wasn't so opinionated, would people read it and spread it around? If it was a sanitised, statistical, unopinionated piece of writing, would it be getting across the right message?
And I think that while it is hypocritical, you could justify it by saying that the grief and pain you pass on lasts 'longer' because it is carried by more people. The pain that the person who commits suicide because of it feels is trivial compared to the near lifetime of loss that the family will feel and carry (imho).
I think here the point is "is it really worth it?"... and I think that's the kind of message that needs to be gotten across to prevent youth (and adult) suicide.
Just as one last thing, I see you say "unnecessary suicide". When is suicide necessary?
It seems rather hypocritical to summarise the would-be-suicide's pain as 'temporary' while describing the pain their death would cause as 'unending'. See the inequality?
It's juxtaposition. It's supposed to be unequal.
One point about the '"loving" suicide note'. Not all suicide notes goes off with Don't be sad when I leave... blah... blah... Suicide notes can be demanding. Be glad that they're even loving.
What I meant about the comparison was: Say you've told a guy that his pain might only be temporary, and that his death will cause others unending pain. Then he kills himself. To the close friends and family behind, do you then say that all of them, whatever their despair, should try to hold on, because their pain may only be temporary, and that their deaths will cause others unending pain..? Someone - whether the original sufferer or people after him - must learn to cope with and heal themselves of despair.
(Oh man, that sounded angsty.)
Yeah... I think the point was that not even the nicest suicide notes are comforting... and some can be plain traumatic...
The first part was only about failed suicide attempts. The people have only attempted suicide, not commited suicide. Is it trying to say be successful when you try to kill yourself? Now, that's a difference from don't kill yourself
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The point of all this is that anything that will make people rethink potentially destructive actions is a good thing.
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And I think that while it is hypocritical, you could justify it by saying that the grief and pain you pass on lasts 'longer' because it is carried by more people. The pain that the person who commits suicide because of it feels is trivial compared to the near lifetime of loss that the family will feel and carry (imho).
I think here the point is "is it really worth it?"... and I think that's the kind of message that needs to be gotten across to prevent youth (and adult) suicide.
Just as one last thing, I see you say "unnecessary suicide". When is suicide necessary?
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It's juxtaposition. It's supposed to be unequal.
One point about the '"loving" suicide note'. Not all suicide notes goes off with Don't be sad when I leave... blah... blah...
Suicide notes can be demanding. Be glad that they're even loving.
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(Oh man, that sounded angsty.)
Yeah... I think the point was that not even the nicest suicide notes are comforting... and some can be plain traumatic...
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