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Quote:The World Health Organization reported every 40 seconds a person somewhere in the world commits suicide. Despite this shockingly high statistic, WHO said only a handful of countries have policies aimed at suicide prevention

In the US more people die from suicide than from all types of homicide. It constantly amazes me how little attention it gets in the media. For every mass shooting victim there are 200 suicides as a low estimate. What, if anything can be done to combat this growing crisis?

People who want to die get to die. I don’t think that’s a crisis.

You could argue that the crisis is that so many want to...

(October 15, 2018 at 8:16 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: https://www.voanews.com/a/more-people-di...38749.html

Quote:The World Health Organization reported every 40 seconds a person somewhere in the world commits suicide. Despite this shockingly high statistic, WHO said only a handful of countries have policies aimed at suicide prevention

In the US more people die from suicide than from all types of homicide. It constantly amazes me how little attention it gets in the media. For every mass shooting victim there are 200 suicides as a low estimate. What, if anything can be done to combat this growing crisis?

Yea, and most of those suicides are do to humanity's wholesale sale of utopias. If you are not this, or you are not that, and you don't have this, and don't do that, and you don't look this way, or are not at a certain point in your life. 

But nice try, with firearm deaths, the majority ARE SUICIDES.

(October 15, 2018 at 8:20 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: You could argue that the crisis is that so many want to...

I think that’s a very important distinction.

Life has to REALLY be worth living.

People get sad when someone they like kills themself but helping someone when they’re alive is a burden most people ignore.

There’s a lot more why aren’t you pretending you’re ok than asking what’s wrong. And there’s a lot more asking what’s wrong than asking how can I help. And there’s a lot more pretending we’re willing to help than actually helping.

My guilt right now: 100 meters from where I’m at there’s a park constantly populated with homeless - alcoholics, junkies, mentally ill. My course of action: Double checking the dead bolt.

Quote:It constantly amazes me how little attention it gets in the media.

Homicide happens in public.  Suicide tends to be a very private matter.  One might also wonder how underreported suicide might be.

Robin Williams and Anthony Bourdain were both way over reported, imo.

(October 15, 2018 at 8:38 pm)CarveTheFive Wrote: Robin Williams and Anthony Bourdain were both way over reported, imo.

Way to be an insensitive dick.

(October 15, 2018 at 8:40 pm)Brian37 Wrote:

(October 15, 2018 at 8:38 pm)CarveTheFive Wrote: Robin Williams and Anthony Bourdain were both way over reported, imo.

Way to be an insensitive dick.

In his defense, his post before that one was rather thoughtful.

(October 15, 2018 at 8:38 pm)CarveTheFive Wrote: Robin Williams and Anthony Bourdain were both way over reported, imo.

Evidence, if any were needed, that money and fame do not bring happiness.