RE: Suicide
December 6, 2015 at 9:26 am
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2015 at 10:48 am by DespondentFishdeathMasochismo.)
Was watching an interesting documentary on the Economist about assisted suicide in Belgium, yesterday. It was called "25 and ready to die". It was a documentary narrated by the actual person planning the assisted suicide. It showed her going through the procedures of the doctor evaluation, the woman's mom answered questions directly on camera, it showed the girl sitting in the park with her friends struggling with the idea of what to say at the funeral, the girl gave testimony about her own impossible battle with depression.
. What was funny though, is I was actually feeling for this girl. It was heartbreaking to me to see that she just didn't want to live her life anymore, because of her long battle with depression.
I think on the topic of suicide though. To say that suicide is immoral, is a repugnant disrespect to what the person went through. If they're already dead, to say that they killed themselves is immoral, is to basically piss on the graves of the dead. At that point in their lives, whatever reasoning leading up to the moment they died is gone. They're dead and all you have is the memory of theirs which you can respect, or disrespect. In the end, it really just comes down to whether or not you liked the person. I doubt many people really like Adolf Hitler enough to say that it was a shame he took his own life. Robin Williams though, he's someone most people would defend. Just a brilliant and loving actor who touched the hearts of millions, battling with depression that no one knew of. How about, there's meaning beyond the petty "morals" you arbitrate over another human being. Even Adolf Hitler was a guy who operated off of some basic, unidentifiable, yet neutral fundamental physical laws that we all obey. We are literally no better.
I think on the topic of suicide though. To say that suicide is immoral, is a repugnant disrespect to what the person went through. If they're already dead, to say that they killed themselves is immoral, is to basically piss on the graves of the dead. At that point in their lives, whatever reasoning leading up to the moment they died is gone. They're dead and all you have is the memory of theirs which you can respect, or disrespect. In the end, it really just comes down to whether or not you liked the person. I doubt many people really like Adolf Hitler enough to say that it was a shame he took his own life. Robin Williams though, he's someone most people would defend. Just a brilliant and loving actor who touched the hearts of millions, battling with depression that no one knew of. How about, there's meaning beyond the petty "morals" you arbitrate over another human being. Even Adolf Hitler was a guy who operated off of some basic, unidentifiable, yet neutral fundamental physical laws that we all obey. We are literally no better.
