Re:The Ripple Effect of Death in a Hotel
by brazzy on Friday November 23, 2018 @03:51AM
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> But I do never want to die in pointlessly extended agony, unable to think because the painkillers of my disease are fogging my mind like a bad dream.
Yes, that is the case where you can get pretty broad consensus that suicide should be an available opion.
> Or withering away in an old peoples home because the kids are living in far away countries.
I don't think you can really assess how you would actually feel in such a situation.
> Not sure how somebody would want to deny that right, or automatically label suicidal people as depressed or mentally unstable.
Because, as I wrote before, the vast majority of suicidal thoughts and actions are not based on objectively bad and unescapable circumstances.
> Optimists will simply never learn. It's another form of extremist or elitist thinking.
Exactly the same can be said about pessimism. It's a lazy way to avoid responsibility for your own life and at the same time cultivate an empty feeling of superiority.
Yes, that is the case where you can get pretty broad consensus that suicide should be an available opion.
> Or withering away in an old peoples home because the kids are living in far away countries.
I don't think you can really assess how you would actually feel in such a situation.
> Not sure how somebody would want to deny that right, or automatically label suicidal people as depressed or mentally unstable.
Because, as I wrote before, the vast majority of suicidal thoughts and actions are not based on objectively bad and unescapable circumstances.
> Optimists will simply never learn. It's another form of extremist or elitist thinking.
Exactly the same can be said about pessimism. It's a lazy way to avoid responsibility for your own life and at the same time cultivate an empty feeling of superiority.