I'm about to take up a position which is going to be deamed by some, if not
all, as a terrible stand to take. As a matter of fact, if anyone were to agree
with me on ths subject, I'd be surprsed. For you see, rather than arguing from
the postion of suicide being an unjustified and inane way to die, I shall argue
the other point. That being suicide does have its merits. Before you people
start screaming, hear my case out. Most people argue that nothing justifies the
taking of someone's life. Yet what makes life so valuable? Why do people cling
to it so? All we consist of is a bunch of carbon atoms, bound together to form
an exoskeleton, organs, and tissue. In this light, there really is not much to
life. Out of the 5 billion who inhabit the planet, very few of them shall emerge
to be true world leaders. The rest will just lead a mediocre life of work and
little play. The taking of ones life can be argued from a populistic view as
well. It makes little sense to preserve life in an over populated world. True,
one less person here on there will not make a large dent.
Yet if everyone who attempts or had attempted suicide were not stopped, the
impact would be noticed. Another popular argument for stoppers, people who want
to prevent suicide, is that nothing can be bad enough. Yet how do they know
this? They do not have to put up with the same stuff the suicide victim does
everyday. How could they possibly know what the potential suicide victim feels.
Just as a severely burned victim may wish to be allowed to die in peace, the
suicide victim wishes the same. To die in peace with no argument from others.
The argument of look at the people you will hurt also does not hold. Imidiate
family members will be the only ones to suffer any great pain. Friends will go
on with thier lives and in time forget about the death. Imidiate family too will
forget the loss in time. Although it will take most considerably longer for them
than it will for friends. Finaly, the argument of suicide being selfish is hard
to grasp. Selfish in whose eyes? Certainly not the eyes of the victim. To them,
they consider it selfish of others to try and preserve their life. Again, the
argument of the stoppers don't know what the victim has to go through. They are
not the ones enduring the pain. Religious people also crop up into the debate.
Catholics claim that for someone to committ suicide sneds their soul straight to
Hell. In many religions, suicide is considered taboo. However why is this so?
Why should it be looked upon as disgracefull, when some religions claim death
the be the reward for people after their time on earth is done. Suicide is an
issue which should be examined at by all angles. Not just from the angle that it
is wrong. End of debate. Rather it should be looked at from the point of view
that yes for some people, they should be allowed to die in peace.
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