Quote from Anonymous
So you are saying that if I committed suicide because I am overwhelmed by my emotional problems it is selfish? I don't believe that to be true at all.
If you have a case for the act not being selfish, then I encourage you to present your argument/logic/reasoning, but I believe this is one of those murky cases where people often confuse "selfish" to mean "wrong."
Quote from PwnPirate
Sure, there are exceptions. Sometimes a heroin addict can simply stop taking heroin by sheer force of will, but everyone has different thresholds and capabilities. To think that everyone is "capable" of resisting the temptations of suicide is the same flawed reasoning that people use when they say, "Everyone has unlimited potential". This is false. When a man commits suicide, it logically follows that he has fallen over his capability for coping with thoughts of suicide. Sure, maybe a Zen-Buddhist monk in Tibet can withstand much more emotional pressure, but that monk is a separate being. It's true that you can teach an individual to be emotionally stronger, but if that individual hasn't gained that knowledge, he/she simply has a lower threshold.
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