• lanolinoil@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I think we can have compassion for people who commit suicide because of suffering and are young, but not think it’s a good or ideal thing. I think the protest here or euthanasia because you’re old/sick is a different thing.

    For everyone (for me) condoning suicide too much – I always think about it like this:

    We were dead for billions of years and we will be dead for billions of years. This little sub 100 year run we all have is just a flash in the pan and even if you’re not having a good time at all and think you can’t ever have a good time, surely just sticking it out for the novelty if nothing else is better in most cases of suffering than checking out too early. We’ll all be back there soon enough.

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      8 months ago

      Compassion, of course. Put it this way, the National Review (a conservative piece of toilet paper someone forgot to flush) put out a hit piece about this saying all sorts of bullshit. I mean so you disagree with his politics, he broke a military rule, so fucking what? He’s dead, mourn him don’t trash talk him, and show everyone you’re a subhuman piece of scum (his name is Luther Ray Abel from Sheboygan Wisconsin, do your worst to him please). I still think suicide is a selfish and cowardly act and only hurts those who love you.

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        8 months ago

        I still think suicide is a selfish and cowardly act and only hurts those who love you.

        Nobody asks to be born. You should be able to leave when you want.