I've never understood the taboo on suicide. Nobody sought my consent in bringing me into this world. Why should anyone be able to stop me from leaving it?
I understand that there are people who could be hurt by a suicide. There are also those who could be helped. My mom was killed by terminal cancer years ago while living in the only state in the U.S. to allow physician assisted suicide. Despite voting for the law, my mother chose to follow her delusions to their excruciatingly painful conclusion. Would I have missed my mom more had she decided to end her suffering earlier? I really doubt it. Would my memories of her be better for never having seen her in that type of pain? Definitely!
I can certainly see situations where I would at least consider suicide and if I'm ever stricken with a terminal illness that causes the kind of pain my mother endured, I'll be moving to Oregon so that my loved ones can be present when I opt out of the suffering.
What's truly heinous about the suicide taboo is that, in most jurisdictions, you cannot even attend the suicide of a loved one without the danger of being indicted on criminal charged up to and including pre-meditated murder. But, we can go and watch people so far gone they are unable to interact with those around them as they die in agony.
I understand that there are people who could be hurt by a suicide. There are also those who could be helped. My mom was killed by terminal cancer years ago while living in the only state in the U.S. to allow physician assisted suicide. Despite voting for the law, my mother chose to follow her delusions to their excruciatingly painful conclusion. Would I have missed my mom more had she decided to end her suffering earlier? I really doubt it. Would my memories of her be better for never having seen her in that type of pain? Definitely!
I can certainly see situations where I would at least consider suicide and if I'm ever stricken with a terminal illness that causes the kind of pain my mother endured, I'll be moving to Oregon so that my loved ones can be present when I opt out of the suffering.
What's truly heinous about the suicide taboo is that, in most jurisdictions, you cannot even attend the suicide of a loved one without the danger of being indicted on criminal charged up to and including pre-meditated murder. But, we can go and watch people so far gone they are unable to interact with those around them as they die in agony.
Thief and assassin for hire. Member in good standing of the Rogues Guild.
