(May 25, 2014 at 3:12 pm)FlyingNarwhal Wrote: But here's the thing though, if that is mental abuse/extortion, then saying this:
(May 25, 2014 at 2:50 pm)sven Wrote: I think suicide is very wrong on all levels. It leaves your loved ones to clean up your mess; it leaves them in grief and it makes them accuse themselves for what you have done. If you do not understand how difficult this is to cope with, you have not experienced the death of a loved one where you were responsible for taking care of and dealing with what he or she left behind.
...to someone with suicidal thoughts is the same thing in the opposite direction.
It's the same with saying suicide is inherently selfish. It's selfish to think that someone else should suffer so you don't have to cope with their loss.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
