|
I can understand the "15 year old brother of a friend" example. I have a wife and two kids. If they were... I refuse to even type out such a thing. Suffice to say that I would make the deepest and most heartfelt apology to my family and friends and then I would take the "permanent solution".
Much like a person with a terminal disease, incredible pain, etc, such a circumstance would utterly and permanently remove my need for further existence. As such, I can easily see why that unfortunate young man made the choice he did.
In the end, it is the choice of the individual. I can certainly understand society's abhorrence of the deed, but suicide is the ultimate act of self-determination. If we, as a society, truly respect personal property rights, we should also respect the decision to suicide. Telling a 93 year old man dying of cancer that he is not allowed to end his own suffering is, to me, ludicrous.
It's your life.
|