U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins Saturday

Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by kalleboo on Saturday July 16, 2022 @10:34PM (#32123936)

I think the idea is to get these people into the support/psych system by dangling the carrot of assisted suicide in front of them. The goal being that nobody ever makes it to their goal but get "fixed" somewhere on the way, by getting in touch with help they would never have seeked if they thought their only path was ending it on their own.

Lots of people kill themselves without seeking professional help for various reasons, the hope is that luring them into the system will help them not actually kill themselves.

And for the people who are truly suffering and for whom there is no helping, maybe it really is more humane to let them be free.

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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by TechBro8615 on Saturday July 16, 2022 @10:51PM (#32124036)

I can see the appeal of this argument, but my default moral stance is usually non-intervention, so it’s hard for me to grapple with the stochastic downstream effects of state sanctioned suicide.

That said, I also believe the government should provision every citizen with a personal firearm on their 18th birthday, so I guess you could say I do support government facilitated suicide.

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