QOD

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1. Rebecca says:

   March 16, 2009 at 7:04 am

   Neither. It’s caused by deep depression, an illness. Or perhaps, an illness that leads to deep depression. The person who ends his/her own life is neither courageous nor cowardly and the events leading up to this decision are neither evil nor good. It happens to poor, agonized people who have lost their love of life. For whatever reason.

2. meatball says:

   March 16, 2009 at 7:12 am

   Or you are a disgraced Japanese executive.

3. anonone says:

   March 16, 2009 at 7:38 am

   Depends on your party affiliation.

4. Brian Shields says:

   March 16, 2009 at 7:41 am

   For public figures and people who wage battle.. cowardly. Never courageous.

   For ordinary people, neither. Desperation.

5. PI says:

   March 16, 2009 at 8:18 am

   Suicide is a long term solution to a short term problem.

6. Unstable Isotope says:

   March 16, 2009 at 8:21 am

   I think it’s a tragedy.

7. Dana says:

   March 16, 2009 at 8:26 am

   It has always interested me that we so easily say, “I’d rather be dead than paralyzed,” or blind or whatever, but when you look at the statistics — which are actually kind of hard to find — the handicapped really don’t commit suicide at significantly greater rates than other Americans. We have few executions in this country because most condemned murderers would rather stay alive, even though it means spending the rest of their miserable lives in prison.

   There is one notable spike in the suicide rate, among white men above 65, but even that group has a low suicide rate. Supposedly healthy teenagers are probably the group with the highest suicide rates.

   What you wind up with is that the groups which would seem to have the most “rational” reasons to commit suicide really don’t, while the group with the fewest rational reasons for ending it all are the most at risk. And if suicide is mostly irrational, then it’s difficult to attach either courageous or cowardly descriptions to it.

8. AnnieMack says:

   March 16, 2009 at 12:30 pm

   It’s an ugly result of 8 years of republican rule.

   It’s also the worst thing a person can do to their family. I’ve seen first-hand the guilt that is felt by those left behind who keep asking themselves why they didn’t see it or what they could have said or done.

   My best friend’s husband killed himself because he had cancer. All he did was invalidate his insurance policies, left her to file bankruptcy, send her to years of therapy, and leave her with the guilt and shame of his actions.

9. a. price says:

   March 16, 2009 at 12:34 pm

   it is a personal choice.
   If i was ever diagnosed with a terminal illness, i would most likely off myself before the pain got too bad, and before the medical bills i KNOW my family would pay got too much.
   However this is only in the case of if i was going to die anyway. as far as depression goes, you cause much more pain to everyone you leave behind. it is an easy out and rather selfish.

10. Von Cracker says:

    March 16, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    Don’t kill yourself before my wedding, asshole!

    Who else is gonna play the role of “That Guy!”

11. Donhusseinsquishviti says:

    March 16, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    lol. sweet, something to look forward too