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My gut reaction is to think about the pain inflicted on family and friends with a suicide. It really messes with the people that they leave behind, in a horrible life-altering way. My first thought when I saw the title of the thread was, suicide can be acceptable only if there is no one left behind to mourn their loss.
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I agree. some people just dont get dealt a fair hand in life and who are we to deny them the right of putting a stop to the pain?
I was never gifted in life with looks, charm or charisma- my last birthday, christmas and thankgiving I sat alone with nobody and nothing. But the hand in life we get is just something we have to accept.
Thank god we live in such a technological age where I can fill my life with Ipods, music, TV, movies, PC games and such. If I lived in a time before those things, like the 1800's, I would have killed myself long ago just because of pure boredom.
I think people have a right to commit suicide if their life is too painful, but we need to stop "impulsive suicides" - the ones where people go through something painful and kill themselves right away.
Maybe like the 7 day waiting period to buy a handgun in california, a 7 day waiting period to commit suicide.