Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade

Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:19AM (#7143048)

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?

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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by MarkTee on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @06:28AM (#7143223)

If they truly wished that they'd died younger, then they'd already be dead.

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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @08:18AM (#7143594)

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.

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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by MarkTee on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @10:02AM (#7144182)

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).

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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:32PM (#7146615)

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.

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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by benched on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @12:00PM (#7145099)

I'd say you're completely full of shit. Suicide is hard, and, contrary to the propaganda about it, takes a great deal more courage than, say, skydiving.

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