Posted by Cecilia on July 9, 2001, at 2:26:08
In reply to Re: is suicide ever rational?__________________no. » geekUK, posted by kazoo on July 6, 2001, at 1:42:13
> But the parents of the suicide victim made the decision, rational or otherwise, for this "victim" to exist, so how do you think they would feel knowing that the individual they created and nurtured for so many years performs the ultimate insult by committing the ultimate act of genuine stupidity. Not just one person dies with an individual suicide. Show some respect.I`ve always been too terrified of "the other side of the fence" to kill myself, but I`ve never understood the argument that one should refrain from suicide to spare the feelings of one`s parents or other adult relatives or friends. For the sake of one`s children, yes, because it was your choice to bring them into the world. But your parents brought you into the world either by accident or because they believed, rightly or wrongly, that having a child would make THEIR lives better. Why should parents think they have the right to expect their adult children to stay alive in unending pain just because they brought them into the world?
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