If it is a rational decision, I agree, let them go. However, more frequently people try to suicide out of emotional pain; normally a temporary situation which heals with time: suicide under those circumstances is just a waste, an enormous pity and very difficult for friends and family. It would be akin to allowing someone to die of an infection when a brief intervention can heal the wound. To punish people for attempting suicide is just stupid and I didn't think there were still societies that unenlightened.
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