Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade
by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:19AM
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You mean their actions like having a living will that says to let them die in some circumstances, or outright filing "right to die" lawsuits? Or their attempts at suicide, which come at a rate well above those of the general population?
Those actions?
Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade
by MarkTee on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @06:28AM
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If they truly wished that they'd died younger, then they'd already be dead.
Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade
by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @08:18AM
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Are you honestly claiming an unsuccessful suicide attempt is an example of wanting to live? That's getting near "revealed rational preferences" in its level of sheer bullshit.
Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade
by MarkTee on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @10:02AM
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Nice strawman.
But yes, if somebody makes a failed suicide attempt, and doesn't follow up on that, I'd say that they wish to live (except for those who are left physically incapacitated due to their attempt, obviously).
Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade
by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:32PM
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Look, I apologize for the curseword, but you have to admit, in suicide as in all other actions, there are a million things that come between people's real intentions and their realized actions.
No they don't. Old people might say they wish they'd died younger, but their actions show otherwise.