Comments on: Dialogue: Right to kill oneself?

By: Niharika Mishra Mitra

Niharika Mishra Mitra — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:23:22 +0000

Hi, Let me begin by saying that I am totally new to blogging !! But when I came across your blog, I was interested becuase it matched my prefrences of reading and writing. So here it goes..

“Suicide or atempt to suicide” is nothing else but “aggression turned inwards” (instead of the outer world). Therefore it might not be wrong in all cases to think that a person who has a faild attemt to suicide might turn out to be dangerous for the society. Still, I assert that all people going through some psychological trouble like this should be treated with sympathy and not hate or fear.

The law does not accpt the act mainly for one reason that it can potentially be misused by law breakers.I think all people at some point in their life go through this phase of “suicidal ideation” but not everybody attempts suicide.

This is an idea that can will come to human minds for ages to come and it has always been there.

By: vjkrishna

vjkrishna — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:46:49 +0000

Narak

Bad argument. Attempted suicide bombing is not an attempted suicide. It is an attempted mass murder.

By: Narakasura

Narakasura — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:54:22 +0000

I’m completely confused here. Is the bar in favor of suicide as an acceptable practice…

Suicide is wrong… Period… Its like a movie which has an interval and never starts…

Suicide is a bad thing which can remain in a society. Imagine a society which accepts suicide as an acceptable end to ones life…

These things can are possible.
1. You can see lots of universities opening a new department for suicides… (PG diploma in suicide practices)
2. like a yoga teacher a suicide teacher will explain the 10 best ways to suicide
3. and stuffs like that

Suicide is a wrong thing to practice. It may be a brave thing from one point of view. Just because its brave to attempt does not mean that it can be lawful and acceptable. If you accept suicide as a braveful act then you might have to accept all the terrorist suicide bombers attempts.

By: Santy

Santy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:21:10 +0000

@Ilbrutto – You are my man!

As a kid I have seen a women who tried burning herself to death and failed in a government hospital (Worst thing a kid can ever see). One couldn’t ever imagine being alive after that! The whole body must burn like hell certainly! I always wondered how crazy people are to have tried it in the first place!

After having grown up I completely understand the situation that might have driven someone to do that! When something heartbreaking and unbearable happens that makes someone terribly believe there is no use living after that, they drive themselves to such crazy acts! We cannot say it as a courageous act or a cowardly act or a punishable act! I believe they simply don’t care! They go completely out of mind and no second thoughts!

Whats more challenging is to make them come out of it and make them believe that there is a meaning for their life as well. It is a punishable act as someone might try to create incorrect reasons for them to live! Social evils like terrorists can also be made from there!

It is always nice to have someone around such innocents to take complete care of them until they come out of that disgusting indigestible situation completely! If not result is immediate, within seconds and certainly negative! (That’s why they call it out of mind)

By: vjkrishna

vjkrishna — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:46:21 +0000

@Narak – Funny but interesting thought. Life owned by the government!

@ilbrutto – You said the unpopular but correct thing. Even I thought people who commit suicide have a lot of courage. It’s not a cowardly act, it needs a lot of courage.

By: ilbrutto

ilbrutto — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:25:47 +0000

It is easy to talk about being positive and all that. What drives people to kill themselves? Killing oneself needs extraordinary courage, and it takes extraordinary situations for a person to commit suicide. But unfortunately, we talk a lot of nonsense about positiveness and don’t for a moment think from the person’s point of view and consider his/her options. I think we don’t think enough about death. That’s why we have a law that punishes a victim for trying to commit suicide instead of helping him/her.

By: Shalini Nambiar

Shalini Nambiar — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:45:28 +0000

I strongly feel that life is a blessing …packaged by God and given to us and killing oneself is an easy task when one is unable to face problems….ofcourse it;s normal to have such thoughts but I do not have a right to take my life which is a gift by God. A strong person will always come out of the troubles but has to have the courage and the support to be able to get out of that dilemna…..Cheers …one gets to live once so let’s enjoy rather than crib …..It’s rightly said …’When it rains all the birds fly to shelter but eagle alone avoids the rain by flying above the cloud. Problem is common to all but ATTITUDE makes the difference……

By: Narakasura

Narakasura — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:43:04 +0000

All these dialogues depend on the assumption that your life is your propertly.

What if that if your life is not your properly but the as of Governments?

May not be a sound logic… But still i agree that my life is not my property….

By: Masti Ki Paatshala

Masti Ki Paatshala — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:20:30 +0000

All I can say all the departed one’s don’t have ‘Courage’ to face life.
I believe, our life started on its own, so it has to leave on its own. Though the law condemns on suicides but legitimately law or any relation doesn’t have any control on one’s decisions as no one in this world is living next to each other all 24 hrs. As commented in “What does your religion say” post – It all depends on one’s Karma and it goes on.