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Old August 28th, 2008   #103 (permalink)
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So far, the points against suicide majorly sums up in:

- It shows weakness in your determination to life. (most points like nothing comes after death, think positive, etc. can be summed up in this point).
- It hurts those arounds you

Now the real question is, are these actually valid points for us to absolutely determine that suicide is the wrong option, no matter the situation? Is life such a compelling thing that it must be continued no matter the circumstances? Heck, what sense does life has then when it becomes nothing but a duty and something out of a sense of obligation?

It is my belief that suicide should be left a choice for every person to make by himself. Each person is a world, and it should be left for that person to decide on his very own world. Suicide by itself is completely amoral, it is the circumstances around the person that commits it that gives it some value. (whether good or bad)

And hence we return to our original point that the right to die is something that should be guaranteed to every person.

Either that or giving a death penalty to suicide attempts
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