Should suicide be legal?

Originally posted by Asami
I used to wonder what the punishment for a dead person would be.

No funeral? hmm.

I don't know about in other countries, but homicide of any kind in the US is a crime. And I guess the punsishment here is life insucrance agencies are allowed, by allow, to reject files for insurance if it can be proved that the person died of suicide.

Even if it' s illegal, I doubt people who failed to commit suicide will get prosecuted over here.

well storm actualy there are several cases of that already happening

How's that gonna help? If I were suicidal and failed to (damn...you'd really have to suck at life to pull that off) I think prosecution would make me worse...

even if it would be legal,how many ppl would let some die while they are watching, even if it is suicide

That's a completely different aspect of suicide. Whether it's legal or whether or it's ok to watch other people do it, which its not, or different parts of the spectrum.

Originally posted by Fire
even if it would be legal,how many ppl would let some die while they are watching, even if it is suicide

Sorry Storm, but that is WRONG. There are so many signs to look for if you know where and what they are.

no, I disagree spearhead

you can find out when someone wants it to be found, if someone doesn't want anyone to know, you won't get it

Well I' m sorry, but we didn' t notice. None of us did 😬

Yers, I've had over two years of health classes dedicated to stupid stuff like that, and while I admit most of the potential signs aren't shown, there are a few giveaways that someone is thinking it, just short of saying "I'm going to commit suicide."

classes teach how it should be in theory
in theory communism works too 🙄

Originally posted by yerssot
you can find out when someone wants it to be found, if someone doesn't want anyone to know, you won't get it

Originally posted by Storm
If there are signs, then it' s a desperate cry for help. Someone who really has the idea of suicide stuck in his or her head won' t express it.

Originally posted by §pearhead
How's that gonna help? If I were suicidal and failed to (damn...you'd really have to suck at life to pull that off)

dexx, it IS easy

and than I'm not even thinking about jumping out windows, running under trains or stuff like that

this is a hard subject. I'm not sure about this i think...... yes (people that have problems and realy want to die should be able to for instance people that have been raped or molested) but we all know this whont happen

Originally posted by §pearhead
I don't know about in other countries, but homicide of any kind in the US is a crime. And I guess the punsishment here is life insucrance agencies are allowed, by allow, to reject files for insurance if it can be proved that the person died of suicide.

I've never heard of anyone in the US being prosecuted after a failed suicide attempt. I know assisted suicide gets the "assistant" charged. Maybe people are prosecuted for failed attempts, but I'm not aware of any instances. In the case of the insurance company not paying on the life insurance, that would be a penalty against whomever was the beneficiary, not the person who committed or attempted suicide. That's a little different.

My husband's cousin attempted several times at suicide, and always had to spend a short time in psychiatric care afterward, but there were never criminal charges. He succeeded about 2 years ago with an obvious drug overdose. I don't think that anyone was really shocked. However, one of my husband's guitar students committed suicide - no one really saw it coming. He hung himself in a closet. Our neighbor also committed suicide after he was caught stealing money. He had never been in trouble with the law before, but had piled up quite a gambling debt. He shot himself in the backyard next door. Two of my son's friends found him the next morning & called the police. It seems that a lot of people I have been acquainted with have decided to end their lives in one way or another unnaturally. In each instance, at least one family member, or someone involved in some way, has had to have counceling or has ended up in really bad shape. The two boys that found my neighber have had a lot of problems. Suicide may seem like the way out to the person in that situation, but it does affect more people than just them. I'm not saying whether it should be "legal" or not, but people should be aware that it's not just about the person committing suicide.

.....dontgetitjawdrop

I agree with Julibug. Suicide affects everybody who is associated with that person. A person who feels that there's nothing to life can be rehabiliated. I know they are cases where the person will kill themselves but its not because therapy didnt work, its because the person who commited suicide, was not commited in helping themselves out. If suicide was made legal, your saying to people, " Hey, if you dont want to make an effort, Kill yourself". I can probably see that the suicide rate will dramitically rise all over the world. We should save lifes, not lose them.