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Suicide is very wrong, people should not give not give up their lives under any circumstances.
 shu  04 Dec 2007 14:59
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You where given a life to live it to its full potential, there's no point in killing yourself when you don't know how your life is going to change. Also if the person make a poor suicide attempt they will be taken to hospital costing health services money to help them heal when they want to waste their life. Wasting peoples time and money
 
 GordxX  02 Apr 2009 23:56
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I believe suicide is wrong, personally. Nothing is impossible is you try hard enough at it, there is always a solution you just have to find it, and if someone does not have the will to do so themselves, then the people around them should help them in finding it. Life is a gift, for all we know we may only get one life, live everyday to the full, have no regrets, take chances when they arise and don't let them pass you by. You never know, you may never get another chance, think of all there is to live for, than all there isn't to live for.
 
 xXCursesXx  02 Apr 2009 23:34
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I believe suicide is wrong. It is a gift of life. And the most wretched lives people have lived have brought beautiful things into our world. And it is a true tragedy when people feel cut out from people and feel this is there only way to resolve their issues. I sympathize with anybody who faces issues and I myself have contemplated suicide. Hey, death's easy and life's hard. I believe God bestowed life, but don't be so hard on people that are tearing themselves apart. Something clearly has them in a dump. AND for all the people that think suicide isn't wrong... Yes. It is a choice. You can do whatever you want with it. But it's unethical. You can run across the street and make a fool of yourself, but its unethical.

Even abortion. I believe in my heart its wrong and unethical. [agree to disagree]. But you possess free will. And again you can do it.
 
 gottfried  15 Mar 2009 00:43
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Suicide is very wrong!
 
 swimmer724  09 Mar 2009 18:40
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Yes. Because you've been given a life but you decide to end it because of a few problems.
I know people kill themselves for different reasons.
But what about those who are in 3rd world countries and have nothing but scraps to eat. They still eat where as to you your very privileged.
Some people don't have what others have so you can't just go killing yourself because of a few problems.
Children who get bullied and commit suicide should not do that. Because life still goes on. The bullies are just cowards who pick on people that are physically and mentally lower than them. Everyone has reasons but suicide should not be the answer...
 
 Rainbow_x  08 Feb 2009 19:17
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No one should commit suicide. No matter what the circumstances because life belongs to God. People don't have the right to take their lives. Suicide is a bad thing.
 
 charlie512  01 Feb 2009 08:10
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People who commit suicide or contimplate suicide are stupid. Be offended if you want.

You are ignorant if you think that you have the worst life in the world. There is ALWAYS somebody worse off than you. And for those of you who say that there is no other way out, then I say you're wrong, because there is a way but you're too lazy or weak. You're never in a situation that you can't somehow control, even if it's very little control. The only people I could symphathize with this debate are people who've been in situations like the Holocaust, but I still say that you'd be weak. (Don't yell at me on this one, because I would at least highly consider running into an electric fence if I was in the Holocaust. Yes, I would be weak in that kind of situation).

My friend contimplated suicide and cut herself a bit and she was DUMB. She says her life sucks but she's too dumb to see that she is lucky. She has a family (who's together), a house, clothes, food, an education, a free life, and a chance to do whatever she wants. But like I said, she's too dumb to see it. My other friend contemplated suicide (and still goes to therapy for it), just because some people were saying stupid things to her. She's a baby as well. Who cares if a couple of people you don't care about say some things? Granted they were mean things, but still...get over yourself. Be hurt, but don't go overboard. You will go to hell if you kill yourself.
 
 bookworm3  04 Dec 2008 03:59
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Many people think, before they kill themselves, that nothing worse could happen. That's true most of the time. But things can get BETTER. If people would just realize this, suicide would go down.
 
 heracross1  26 Nov 2008 23:18
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Froggy thinks this debate pops up WAY too much.
Hasn't anyone else seen it?!
 
 froggy101  30 Sep 2008 04:39
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Suicide is selfish because then it hurts everyone that loves them...and its not like its a way out of anything..nothing in anybodys life is bad enough to end it...believe me there are people in worse places and they have a lot harder of a time.....and that goes for cutters too...i personally am not against anyone..i have many friends that went though that stage...i had to help them.... Its very hard to see your friends in that way....there isn't a reason to end your life or even hurt your self... And if you do have thoughts about it i recommend a good friend ♥
 
 pikachu  26 Sep 2008 02:27
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It's a great idea to kill yourself just because your emo goth- yeah it's fun! OMG! JK! KILLING YOURSELF OR ANYONE IS WRONG!
 
 hb_26  26 Jul 2008 21:23
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 There can be times where killing someone or yourself is neccessary. What happened if you cant move and just think, you would get so annoyed. And it's not only emos or goths who kill themselves.
by  alioph
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Suicide is wrong, it is difficult to stop someone if that is what they intend to do. For those left behind it is important to understand that no matter what you do or say, if they are determined you can only put it off, till another time. If they can be stopped at all it will only be accomplished by a true professional.
 
 keepmindok  16 Jul 2008 10:44
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Is suicide wrong when there is no chance of the person recovering from an illness or if they refuse treatment?
 
 beespleese  24 Jun 2008 17:27
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When will the world see that we need Jesus? When we realize that there is a God that cares about us .That cries for us. HE wants to help you, he really does. Ask him to take away your depression. You are worth more to him than diamonds
 
 please  24 May 2008 18:22
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 Leave the bubble.
by  Snipex
 24 Jun 2008 17:31
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Suicide is a selfish way to die because it leaves everyone thinking they could do more
 
 Satchel  23 May 2008 04:26
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 But that's why the Bible calls it a Sin right? So it shifts the negative feeling back onto the person who killed them self. "Oh it's not my fault, that person sinned by committing suicide, I cut all ties with them and they don't have my sympathy because they are going to Hell"
by  Intuition
 24 May 2008 14:59
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Correct. Suicide violates natural law and shows you are a coward who can't face the world.
 
 Mark  22 May 2008 21:07
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 No it shows you are so depressed, so low, so ill that death seems a better option than life! I hope you are never on a bridge when someone is going to jump.
by  julieann
 06 Jul 2008 14:56
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Suicide is just taking a life, i it could be labeled as murder, i think that suicide should be illegal, e.g if they person trying to committed suicide is stopped then they should be punished afterward, they only reason i think they are not punished is because people watch TV and do what they see and what they see is that they have to feel sorry for a person that tried to committed suicide when in reality that person that tried to committed suicide was either trying to take a life, or trying to get attention
 
 tourza  19 May 2008 21:25
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Of course yes,as long as you live,there is hope so why suicide?
 
 sah01  26 Apr 2008 23:24
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Committing suicide is just a weak thing to do, why not at least try to rebuild your life before you throw it all away.
 
 gogo303ng  10 Apr 2008 11:06
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Most of the time, I believe suicide is wrong. Not really because of the so called invaluable life.. More that it's among the really worst things you can do to the ones you've got left.
 
 BobLobster  07 Apr 2008 21:02
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Although there may be extreme exceptions, suicide is wrong because it murders a human life which is of supreme value, dignity and worth. To destroy the most valuable physical thing is immoral.

The exceptions may be along the same line of thinking as capital punishment where the crime is so horrendous i.e. The murder of other innocent human lives, that the perpetrator may be justified in taking his own life as a form of justice.
 
 charlee  03 Apr 2008 03:22
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People are twited they probably had not found God and they did not have Him to make their life better
 
 huntcowboy  08 Mar 2008 02:16
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 I think people should make it their own responsibility to better their lives. God seems nothing more than a crutch to people who need to stand on their own and make something of themselves. Taking away personal responsibility and transferring it to a magical being seems irrational.
by  Moegreche
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Suicide is verrrry wrong in many ways
 
 HuntinGurl  07 Mar 2008 02:51
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I agree
 
 vgking13  02 Mar 2008 02:55
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I am extremely compassionate to the life and I take pleasure in living my life very much. Life is a very dear thing and no body has the right to terminate this life in any way. If we do not explore our life fully how could we get the experience of what the life is? Suicide is completely wrong approach to life. Whatever bad and unbearable situations come to the way of life, no one should get defeated to the exam of patience. Every body should take the challenge rather than escaping from the precious gift given by their parents. An individual who feels that the conclusion of his or her life would discard all the problems should think logically because who can say that life would not gift him or her a much unexpected moment one day? That day he might feel like live a lively life again.
 
 sudipa  23 Feb 2008 00:12
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I agree! Suicide is wrong in the terms that it is unjust to put your family, friends and loved ones through the tragedy of living through your death. This is in fact what makes the act of suicide so selfish.

We can call a person who commits suicide a coward because he could not emotionally bear the hardships that he faced. If we take a deeper perspective something that would be too much to bear for your body or mind would kill you anyways through a natural cause like heart failure or nervous breakdown maybe and what does not kill you naturally is bearable and all you have to do is keep yourself emotionally stable.
 
 Twilight  18 Jan 2008 08:34
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It is indeed an act of pure cowardice and selfishness. The individual does not have the bravery to fight through life. Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the recognition of fear and doing it anyway. Selfishness because they are more concerned for their own feelings and emptiness than they are for the loved ones around them who will suffer for years and sometimes the rest of their lives. Jesus Christ can fill any void in the heart of man. He is strong enough to help any person through any event if they only trust in Him.

It is a sin that shall be judged. Our bodies are given to us as a gift from God and they are temples for Him. How more blatantly can you defy God that to destroy His temple?

Events from the past do not justify acts of evil. Nobody would accept an excuse to pardon Hitler because he was abused as a child. Murder is an act of evil and sin and it is no less if it is against one's own body
 
 davidsuggs  17 Jan 2008 20:54
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 Take it you've never suffered depression then or a mental illness.....not everyone is as lucky as you!!! think of it from someone else point of view, if you can think of anyone besides yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by  julieann
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Yes, suicide is totally wrong as:

1) No religion accepts suicide.
2) Suicide is a symbol of cowardice.
3) Suicide has a negative impact on society

So, in light of the above points, we can say that suicide is totally wrong under any circumstances.
 
 Simple  06 Dec 2007 21:44
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 WRONG! Read up on some of your religions. Some of the Christian religions especially accept suicide. My grandfather committed suicide because of his dementia, and when talking to a Lutheran minister, I was surprised to hear it is actually accepted and forgiven. So please keep religion out of it, unless you have proof.
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I do agree that committing suicide is wrong. This is an act of cowardice and foolishness. Suicide is also not allowed in any religion. Life is a gift of God and He only has the right to take it. When someone uses his right by committing suicide then there is no place for that person in heaven. He goes to hell. He is humiliated in this world and hereafter. Instead facing the hardships with courage and determination, he adopts the easy way. But keep in mind there is no easiness in the life after death.
 
 cancer11  05 Dec 2007 13:37
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 Not everyone believes in God, so keep that in mind when leaving posts. Suicide is not cowardly. When an individual joins the army or marines knowing he will probably die, is definitely anything but cowardly.
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I can't see why people commit suicide. If he even isn't afraid of death, is there anything else worth dying? Loss of love? Depression? Stress of work? Definitely not! The biggest enemy is himself, no matter what happens, he shouldn't lose courage to face the life!!!
 
 junta  05 Dec 2007 13:26
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 Some people may be in so much pain, they don't see any other way. Right or wrong has no meaning for them. If you've never been in such a position, you have no right to be so judgmental.
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Yes, I agree that committing suicide is totally wrong. Only cowardly people do that. In fact, this world is a place of examination and whatever problem we face in our lives, they come to tell us our own potential. Everyone has his/her place in this world and he/she must play that important role as Shakespeare said.

Suicide is wrong because it is running from reality rather than facing the obstacles with courage and determination. One must understand that a lifespan full of mistakes and errors is better than a lifespan with nothing in it.

When someone commits suicide, they create many problems. In these problems of taking one’s own life is greatest of them which is when the person who commits suicide also affects his friends, relatives and society. Ultimately it causes a very unhealthy society. That is another reason why suicide can be classed as wrong.

Life is a blessing which is bestowed to us by Almighty God, and rather than enjoying the blessing and being thankful for it, people just finish it which shows ungratefulness to our Creator.

As a student of psychology, I can also tell you that usually people commit suicide because they think that they are stuck in a condition and there is no solution at all. It is a symbol of frustration.

So, suicide is wrong because of many reasons which are mentioned above.
 
 death  04 Dec 2007 15:53
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 My dear death. (Well isn't that interesting to be addressing death? LOL) Anyway. If you are going to be seeding these debates with your responses, presumably assisting in an effort which we hope will attract future contributors, you may wish to be consistent in your views. Here, you argue on behalf of the blessed God Almighty creating sacred life, and in the "Bible is brainwashing" debate, you denigrate the Bible. It is perhaps a little too obvious that you are simply making up responses in order to seed the debates here. Perhaps you might consider picking one view on a topic and sticking with it throughout as you go through this exercise? All the best to you.
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Sometimes a life of a person is so sad and all that living it would be very hard. So, they escpe it be death. Its easy and fast.(dosent mean i want to) and anyways, it dosent affect you. Its their life they can choose how to deal with their own life.
 
 muahahaha  28 Oct 2009 05:59
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 I agree with you. Some people are hurting so bad they feel they have no other choice. The only thing is that what if once you are dead it is worse? What if the person suffers even more? No one knows what it is like after death.
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Who cares if some EMO kid decides that it's just not worth it.

I would rather thin out the herd than keep disturbed individuals around that would rather not be here.

Does anyone like working with people that HATE their job and are constantly negative and depressing to be around? I thought not. So why do you want to keep those people miserable when they so CLEARLY don't want to be here?
 
 vitiate  25 May 2009 04:25
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Living is wrong if you enjoy raping and killing women. I could go on.

Needless to say it it a stupid statement to say suicide is wrong. People who say it have done little research and thought very little about the matter.
 
 justsumguy  08 Feb 2009 19:26
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I am voting against this because like many people on this side said who the hell are we to tell someone to not take there on lives and i know most christens would say its wrong and very evil and the people that do it will go to hell but a good example of mass suicide of people was when the African slaves would kill themselves then to work for rest of there lives and see there strong people beaten simply because of there culture and color of skin
 
 afocentric  06 Nov 2008 03:15
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 Actually I think they were beaten because they were slaves.
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What about in cases like Deborah Purdy where she wants her husband to help her go to Switzerland to commit euthanasia because she has MS and cannot be cured?
And if people want to kill themselves, it's their choice, who are we to tell them they're wrong? We don't know exactly what they've been through, and more importantly, how they perceived what they've been through.
 
 MaYbCaKe  05 Nov 2008 12:04
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 I posted on the other side but I don't disagree with your post. It goes with what i have said but i will add that if the quality of life is such that it is intolerable, then we should not take away the right of this human being to carry out their final act in this life..;-(
by  keepmindok
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If people want to kill themselves then let them do it! Its there decision and its not our place to judge them for it!
 
 roboat  30 Oct 2008 03:08
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Someone has the right to kill themselves if they are not satisfied with life...life may or may not be that hard, but it's still their choice.
 
 imright20  09 Oct 2008 02:10
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So if I'm stuck in a hole with no food, a little water, and a knife do i let myself go through a very painful death caused by dehydration or do i finish it fast? This is a ideal situation though if there's a chance for survival ignoring your instincts is basically giving up life anyway.
 
 Smito  04 Aug 2008 23:15
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This subject gets me so annoyed. If a person kills themselves they must be so low, so depressed so absolutely at the bottom that they see no other way out, they are not thinking clearly they don't care about the people they leave as they don't care about themselves. It must be so horrendous to feel so bad that death is the better option so how anyone can say its wrong or selfish or a cowards way out is beyond me. I'd say it takes a hell of a lot of guts to kill yourself and feel so sad that these people have no-one to turn to. We need to have sympathy for these people not condemn them.
 
 julieann  06 Jul 2008 14:54
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 Julieann,
In my experience they do have someone to turn to. Those left behind, ask themselves a thousand questions, over and over again. They naturally wonder if they said, didn't say, did or didn't do something, Went out at the wrong time, went away at the wrong time. What ever it was it was, they blame themselves. When in actual fact is likely, as you rightly describe above. They are probably too irrational to think about those they leave behind.
I just wonder, if they had the right help they might still be here. I could name quite a few, and what I would give, to talk to them.
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Suicide is a very selfish act.......it hurts all they leave behind. Depression sucks, people need to realize they need help and people around them need to shower them with love and affection......
 
 lubster  03 Jul 2008 06:39
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We all lead very different lives. Life can be hard and many people who commit suicide are lost in this world. I don't think every case is the same and many people do not have friends or families to help them in hard times. I think if you don't want to be here anymore than it isn't for me to say that you are wrong.
 
 prc1030  29 May 2008 05:26
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There are so many reasons people would commit suicide, unfortunately, most of the people who agree that it is wrong seem to hold the view that people only do it because they are cowards or their religious scriptures deem it wrong which is a moral view (which may not necessarily be a bad thing).

Lets have a look at Altruistic suicide, Altruism means acting unselfishly, directed by a concern for others even if this is harmful to oneself. Altruistic suicide occurs when individuals are so integrated into society that they take their lives out of a sense of duty. They are so powerfully committed to the norms and values of society that they make the ultimate sacrifice.

In some nomadic hunting and gathering bands that follow seasonal movements of game, the elderly and frail were left behind to die for the benefit of the group who could move on and survive.

Suicide bombers perceive that what they do is for a good cause and are driven to do what they believe is right. Would you willingly die to save your family or someone very close to you? That's suicide and acts of sacrifice are commonplace (Jesus willingly giving his life for the benefit of mankind when he could have easily prevented his death?)
 
 Intuition  22 May 2008 21:45
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 I think your argument sounds good, but all the examples you gave are sacrifice and not suicide. Sacrifice and suicide are not the same thing, sacrifice is always willing, just like suicide, but very different reasons. Suicide is considered and act of cowardess because the person is just trying to escape a world he considers too tough to live in. Screw the families left behind and their feelings. So what the little kids, who love them and are hurt for the rest of their live, because he just couldn't take, that day... That day... there's the statement, see a person in desperation, only sees the moment and not that all things change, it never lasts, they're just too caught up in themselves (selfish)
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Don't waste the body that god has given you
 
 5simmoj  16 May 2008 13:23
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 I COMPLETELY agree with you 5simmoj!!!!
God made everyone for a reason
by  please
 24 May 2008 17:31
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In some extreme cases, you are faced with two options : Schizophrenia or suicide. In such a case, I wonder what would you choose ?
 
 Garamond  08 May 2008 21:36
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 What is Schizophrenia? And if it were really that bad,which I'm sure it probably is,what man or woman,child or teen, old and young will not run looking for love ,security, and COMFORT? Suicide is the permanent solution
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Its their live, so why does anyone care what they do with it??
 
 partygirl  30 Apr 2008 20:06
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Umm... Ok... Hitler... Hitler killed himself... Would it have been better to have not done that and been punished by whomever, or better for someone else to have gotten to kill him or... Or... Or... Blech...
Still... There's so much to debate with suicide and all the other side seems to have to say is judgments? Someone is thinking about killing themselves reading these posts and your calling them a coward? For trying to think in ways that escape the box your creating for them?
I don't think the other side are cowards... I don't know what to think of them quite frankly maybe just nice guys? Nice guys with nice ideas of how to keep the world a nice place. Suicide of course not in their plans. Suicide of course something only cowardly people do.
Pretty silly, you nice people you.
No one wants to tell someone suicide is for them. A lot like abortion people tend to have this idea that it's ok if you want to but "i would never do it."
tough to argue with that logic. I look at suicide as something you earn. At the same time, i don't know who that is exactly i suppose its just something you feel? One of those things you can't fight and you feel like continuing to live is distinctly the opposite of what you want to be doing... Still... The idea that any of us know whether or not suicide is the right thing or the wrong thing is pretty ridiculous.
I think death in general is just seen with such an agonizing sense of postponement that the idea of rushing towards it has a morbid quality to it.
There are more people in the world than you realize. More type of people than you'll ever read about. And more ways of seeing any given opinion from any given person than there are atoms in the universe. I think its beautiful. I think people are beautiful. You just have to know how to work them. Lord knows they hate being worked. "hour after our work is never over..." -Daft Punk (Harder, Better, Stronger, Faster)
 
 characters  17 Mar 2008 06:13
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I have always felt that humans are lucky to have the necessary free will to decide their own fates, especially when it comes to suicide.
Yes, it is a tragedy when a young person, heedless of the effect of his or her family or acquaintances, takes his or her own life, but let’s look at the age group with the highest rate of suicide in the U.S.: Senior citizens.
I admire any senior who, faced with chronic pain or a wasting illness kills him/herself to spare the family added grief and or expense.
People suffering from crippling depression should have the right to just clock out of what they see as a useless existence.
As for the argument that suicides are cowards, this is outright offensive.
The reasons that people kill themselves are extremely complex, with the act’s effect on the survivors just a small part of the equation.
 
 chispa  12 Mar 2008 19:20
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If people want to do something with their life, who are you to stop them doing so?
 
 Snipex  22 Feb 2008 18:08
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 Ok ,Snipex... who are YOU to tell them to kill themselves? This debate is far more than political correctness. Its about you life. My question is ... why was your life given to YOU? I would much appreciate you pondering that question and finding that the answer is Jesus.
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I believe it's the wrong way to deal with problems. Its a permanent solution to a temporary problem completely. The think that most of you don't understand is that people who go forth with it, usually end up doing it as a last resort after years of fighting depression and all the things that make them feel that way. Folks who commit suicide shouldn't be spoken as cowards or losers because all you "happy, well-adjusted people" don't know what it's like to live with depression. You have no clue! Depression is not something you can snap out off any quicker than you can snap out of the flu or mano. Depression is a real disease that affects a lot of people. All of you don't know what goes through the mind of a depressed person. You don't know how hard it is to think positive when it attacks you.
Whenever some one has a mental disease, they are usually the last person to admit it or even notice it. I've known other people who are suffering deeply from other mental diseases and they insist that they are fine and don't need any help until they are being thrown in jail or other institutions for doing things that none in their right mind should do. So if you know some one who is depressed, don't tell them that they are cowards if they kill them selves, who knows, you might be one of the people they plan to take with them if they decide to go that way.
 
 albert1000  21 Feb 2008 17:22
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 Nice post. Well said.
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I agree that suicide from that wrong but you can't stop people from committing suicide.
 
 Gbeau12  15 Feb 2008 22:19
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If somebody is truly unhappy and doest want to live anymore you should respect that decision without criticism of their choice.
 
 SIKLEMIND3  14 Feb 2008 23:34
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It is a person's life, and what they want to do with it is of their choosing.
 
 ValerieC  02 Feb 2008 22:27
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Not Agreed, umm I don't think so. Some people have no idea how hard life can get and it is very likely that some point in EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S life they will have thoughts about suicide. I think that if someone is so unhappy that they can take going through the process of committing suicide then they REALLY DON'T want to live and I can understand. I myself have tried and i realize that it is extremely hard to trick yourself into dying. Most people who commit suicide have already died in a way- inside they are dead- its just their body that they feel must suffer. Anyone who can willing give up their life shouldn't be here anyways.
 
 pebbels  25 Jan 2008 02:39
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It's their life, they should be able to make that decision for themselves. I mean if they go through with it, what are you going to do... Lock up their dead bodies? If you have never suffered from a painful illness, mental illness, or a deadly disease then maybe your opinion shouldn't matter.
 
 baconbust  21 Jan 2008 21:06
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I think everyone should have some rights when it comes to deciding this.
One thing suicide isn't is cowardice.
It must take an unimaginable amount of courage or total despair to commit suicide.
How can we, who have never felt that low criticise those who for whatever reason are driven to such an act? Instead of moralising and criticising shouldn't we be full of compassion?
There are thousands of different reasons why anyone is driven to the ultimate despair and it that that we should be looking at.
Any student of psychology should know this.
Life is more complicated than what we are taught in a classroom, and reality different to text book theory.
If anyone is showing signs of depression or anxiety which indicates they need help, it's the duty of those around them to support and help them, many a seemingly unsolvable problem has been solved and life made livable again.
In the cases of painful terminal illness I don't think it's moral or ethical to allow people to suffer and dictate the terms of their life.
Obviously there have to be boundaries and controls. This would have to include what happens to people who assist in suicides.
No I can't accept that suicide is wrong under all circumstances.
 
 Researcher  13 Jan 2008 07:26
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 very true and well worded
by  pebbels
 25 Jan 2008 02:41
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Does the human being not have the right to end their own life. Is it not one of the only choices that they wield over this brief and painful existence?

I think listening to a student of psychology's sophomoric pondering about suicide based on a religious perspective on psychology is terminally flawed an begins where it ends in the conflict of interest between religion and psychology which is a pseudo-psychology at best.

Life is not a gift from God, it is an accident of nature. Two people got together and had unprotected sexual intercourse and the result was that an egg got fertilised.

That's not a gift, that's not the miracle of birth, it's the nature of human biology.

Surely the human being has the right to end it all if they feel that their life is over in many other ways. People who are deeply depressed and life is just too painful to drag themselves through should surely have the right to put themselves out of their quite excruciating misery. Surely someone with a painful and terminal illness should also have the right to terminate their own suffering. I suppose that's getting closer to euthanasia rather than straight suicide, but I suppose it amounts to to the same thing, taking your own life - or having someone assist you - assisted suicide.

Surely the individual has the right to live and die how they choose. If someone no longer wishes to live, why should others keep them alive for their own self righteous beliefs to be affirmed. You would rather someone suffer through each day in terrible mental or physical pain than allow them the dignity to end it?

Simple suggests that it is against all major religions, well yes, but if one is not religious, what care I that they object? Simple also suggests that suicide is a symbol of cowardice. Says who? Simple? I think it can be a very brave thing to do for someone.

I'm not quite sure what to make about the negative effect that it is supposed to have on society, society isn't a tangible construct, so I don't see how a single person's single action can negatively affect the collective?

Simple draws shallow conclusions from a highly biased and doctrinaire perspective. It is not totally wrong under any circumstances, because you do not get to make that call.

Cancer11's moralistic 'cowardice and foolishness' seems high minded and heavy handed. The suicide victim is not going to hell because there is no hell. If there is, prove it to me and I'll believe you or is this another one of those things that you have to believe before it can be proven, like the rest of religion's shaky logic? How could suicide ever be the easy way out, I just find it thoughtless that someone should think that it would be 'easy', someone in so much pain that they need to take their own life is making a terrible decision but why should we not respect that decision. We are the masters of our fate. There is no giant compass in the sky.
 
 Spartan76  31 Dec 2007 16:01
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 Agreed.
by  baconbust
 21 Jan 2008 21:11
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I imagine that there are some circumstances that we, in our comfortable homes, are unable to wrap our heads around that might induce someone to commit suicide. Suicide is certainly not committed always from 'cowardice and foolishness'. There are all sorts of strange reasons why a person may desire to end their life. Consider child abuse, loneliness - there are some cases where people commit suicide after having been in prison for most of their life, disease, etc etc. Suicide shouldn't immediately be dismissed as cowardly and selfish, and ESPECIALLY not as sinful, to those who are adamant that we will all be Judged.
 
 Franwell  11 Dec 2007 18:03
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 Thank you. Your compassion for those who commit suicide is very real, and that is the one thing that WAS needed before the person took their life. Compassion and understanding and reaching-out to others would definitely reduce the number of the tragedy (not sin or wrong, but a tragedy) that is suicide. I know.
by  best4write
 18 Jan 2008 09:10
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