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| Suicide Should Not Be A Criminal Offense. |
| This Is NOT A Debate As To Whether Suicide Is Morally Right/ Wrong; It Is About The Classification Of Suicide As A Criminal Offense. Suicide Has Been Illegal In Many Western Countries. But With The Increasing Secularism And Doubts About The Pointlessness Of Criminalizing It, The Criminalization Of Suicide Has Ceased In Some Countries, (Including UK, Which Decriminalized It In 1961). But Many Have Again Begun To Ask : Should Suicide Again Be A Criminal Offense? The House Says Definitely Not. (Please Reason Your Argument, Rather Than Offer Opinion Only.) |
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It should not be a criminal offense in the sense that jail time is given, but those who fail at
suicide should be locked up at a psychiatric hospital unless they have a terminal and painful
disease. |
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Ok im curious how do you punish a dead person? |
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Seems like the only crime I can think of that you don't get in trouble for if you succeed. |
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Well they would not be prosecuted for it, if they died. |
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No one shoud judge where someone elses soul goes |
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Think about it like this - if someone succeeds in their attempt to commit suicide, the legality of
their actions is irrelevant. It is only when they fail in their attempt, end up permanently
handicapped, and are taken to the emergency room and hospitalized with taxpayer funding (emergency
room visitors must be accepted regardless of whether or not they have insurance.) As long as the
failed suicide inflicts no negative externalities on anyone else, I have no problem with it being
legalized.
I don't necessarily think it should be illegal to commit suicide, but if someone does it in a public
setting (aka a public park, jumping off a skyscraper, etc.) where outsiders are forced to witness
it, then they should be punished if they survive their attempt. |
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Agreed. Civil law ought to be applied only in the interest of protecting a person's rights from
being violated by other people. Harm from others is the only justifiable reason for legislation.
Laws to ought not be made to protect people from themselves or to benefit the life of people beyond
the protection of their rights (generally). |
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People have their rights to live by their decisions. The law shouldn't interfere with it. |
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Suicide should be one's decision, and if one want to do it without harming anybody else's lives who
want to live, then go ahead. |
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What's the point of making it illegal if people succeed in suicide. You can't charge a dead body
with murder. |
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If the suicide is successful it would not matter anyway, unless the Prosecution plans to charge a
corpse. |
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Let's be fair; who are they going to prosecute. |
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I don't think its a good thing to do but as long as they don't hurt someone else in doing so then i
don't see the problem in it....(hurt as in physically not emotionally... There will always be
someone hurt emotionally) |
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I believe that suicide is wrong, besides the fact that it is a cowardly way to get away from life's
problems. But what do they expect to do by making it illegal? Put them in jail after they kill
themselves? Even after they don't succeed at killing themselves, they usually end up being living
vegetables |
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To put it bluntly, feel free to end yourself(Unless your Albert Einstein ), but don't make it messy.
We have to clean it up when your gone. If your smart enough to seek help do it. |
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Suicide is a terrible thing for the victim and family but what you going to do, arrest them or give
them a fine. Some how I don't see it being very successful or easy to monitor. |
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I don't think that jail or fines can make people stop and think "oh, I may not want to shoot myself
cause It might bring me criminal charges if I survive it." |
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Suicide hurts everyone around. What is the point of hurting them more by making their
friend/relative a criminal and possibly charging them a fine?
I think the reason suicide hurts people around is because it is a secret. People keep it a secret
because it is "bad" and illegal. If it were legal I believe people would ask questions like "should
I kill myself?" and actually get the help they need instead of fearing consequences.
If it did encourage more people to kill themselves that would only be good for us. Less people that
are unfit to survive will survive. We don't need more and more people who contemplated suicide
their whole lives breeding. |
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What is the point... If they are dead what is the point in giving them a criminal record. |
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These people need help, not a criminal record. |
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Technically, suicide is not a crime. But attempted suicide it. For obvious reasons I think. |
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How do punish a dead body? |
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Well, seeing as it's your own life, people should, and do do whatever the hell they want with it.
Waste it, live it, or do something great with it, it's all up to the individual. Control over the
choice of staying alive should never be revoked by law, its the most basic human right. And who is
prosecuted under this law? Do you mean euthanasia? |
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It doesn't matter if its legal or not. If someone wants to end THEIR OWN LIFE, i am inclined to
think that's their prerogative. And exactly who is indicted on this criminal offense? A corpse? Its
ludicrous. |
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I do not agree to this topic rather I find it more hilarious. What I want to know that if suicide
should be made a criminal offense, then who is going to be charged? Can a dead man be charged in any
way or what is the benefit laying in charging a dead person? I do not find any logical view in
making suicide a criminal offense. No one should be punished for other’s committing suicide. Then
who would be the guilt to punish? Making this a criminal offense would not help to decrease the rate
of suicide in any way. Because deliberation of suicide is a state of mental disability and what is
more effective is only the professional counseling. Legalizing would not make any difference because
the person who commits suicide does not fear from any law or something like that. |
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Hard to charge dead people. |
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I agree because it's the person's choice to commit suicide and should not be a criminal offense. |
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Who are they gonna charge if the man is dead
its that simple |
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There is no logic behind criminalizing suicide. Even if it is illegal, the person committing suicide
has absolutely nothing to fear, because by the time a punishment can be chosen, the person will
obviously be dead. No one can be punished for someone else committing suicide, because suicide is a
choice and does not affect those around them in any way that is protected by law, and I'm fairly
sure that having someone emotionally hurt you is not illegal.
Eb,
Suicide can neither be encouraged nor discouraged by law, because the contemplation of suicide is a
state of mental disability and requires professional counseling. Legalizing it would do nothing to
encourage suicide, because those who commit suicide have nothing to fear from the law (and just
because it is legal doesn't mean everyone will all say "hey, let's go commit suicide, it's legal").
It would do nothing to discourage it, either, as, again, those who commit suicide have nothing to
fear from the law. It is their choice. |
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Are You Saying attempting A Suicide Should Not Be A Criminal Offense. If yes i agree on this... But,
first of all Suicide is not an Offense.
What is an Offense?
An intentional unlawful act that causes damage to another and for which the law imposes an
obligation for damages.
Who is damaged?
It can be intentional
It can be unlawful act
But it cannot cause damage to another.
The reasons behind the intentional act & person behind the cause is doing the offense.
Suicide is a mental state which needs to cured by counsellings |
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How do you punish someone who is dead? |
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I have never been able to see the logic behind criminalizing suicide. As death pointed out, if one
succeeds, there can be no prosecution. If an attempt fails, doesn't making a criminal out the
person make matters worse? What kind of punishment would be appropriate?
I don't know who is asking the question about returning suicide to the status of a criminal offense,
but I can imagine they are the same people who feel they have the right to determine that what is
suitable for themselves should apply to everyone.
Cancer11 characterized suicide as a gutless and cowardly act. As one who once considered it, I can
say it would have taken more courage than I had in order to do it. It's not as easy as cancer11
thinks it is. At the same time, there are those who no longer have the strength to go on. It's not
a question of having the courage to face their problems.
I don't think legislation against suicide was ever a deterrent. When it was a criminal act, it
didn't stop people from attempting suicide. An individual who is in such a desperate state hardly
stops to consider the fact that he or she may be breaking the law. So what's the point of
re-criminalizing it? |
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Suicide should be a criminal offense as it is a waste of life. Every religion and society condemns
the violation of the sanctity of human life. We don’t see people nowadays to talk about human
obligation. This obligation teaches us to preserve all life, including our own.
Suicide is an act which not only causes pain the individual at the time of death but also to the
loved ones that are left behind. It is a cowardly act rather than facing the problems and hardships,
one thinks it an easy exit.
When you prohibit suicide, you send the message that it is not acceptable by the society.
Legislation is a good social tool to limit the individual action. There are many people who try and
fail to commit suicide never attempt it again. Many who do this gutless act are under emotional
stress, substance abuse, shame, avoiding pain and financial difficulties. Society should give a
clear message and stand for what it believes is right and wrong. |
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By the way, if someone tries to commit suicide and they succeed, and they die, we can't punish them
anymore. We offer his funeral and that's the end.
On the contrary, if someone tries to commit suicide and they remain alive, we think, it's a crime,
and it's a crime because his life is saved. Now he should be punished! Isn't it funny?
So I'm in agreement with House, but I'd also like to say, that we should not show dramas, movies,
other programs and especially computer games, on which governments of all countries should have
proper checks in place because they are the biggest perpetrator in regards to propagation of violent
acts. |
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It should, because even if your killing your self your still killikng someone you idiots how do you
not know?!!!!!!!! |
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What if we make a twist on the concept and say people who attempt to commit suicide but fail have
committed a criminal offense which is punishable by the death penalty? There, you end up with a win
/ win situation. Society gets rid of a "criminal" and the suicidal person gets offed from this life
of suffering. |
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The majority of ppl who attempt suicide do so because of depression, or other mental disorders. By
making it a criminal offence, those who are caught in a failed attempt can be forced into getting
the treatment they need to once again feel that their life is worth something. |
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Suicide should be criminal offence. THIS WILL HOPEFULLY stop others from doing the same ,Atlast
when one is in jail he cant commit suicide.Someone who decides to comit suicide is a coward who fail
to enoy life |
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They don't make it illegal so they can charge the dead guy, they make it illegal so they can charge
anyone who helped him as accomplices.
The law is meant to deter people from aiding others in committing suicide. |
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I think it should be illegal, if there is one insane person out there thinking of committing
suicide, but does not do it because it is illegal. Then it is a good thing. There is crime, and
there is punishment. Suicide should be a crime, but it carries it's oun punishment. Attempted
suicide should definitely be a crime. These people need help, and obviously refused to get it on
their own. Will their next attempt be murder suicide? |
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Suicide has negative effects on all involved, and indeed on society as a whole. Also, as Cancer11
said, human life is invaluable, and once destroyed there is no going back or changing one's mind. To
legalise suicide would be to encourage it (or at least to stop discouraging it), so I think it
should remain illegal. |
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