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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
Oh, Please don't try to drag a discussion about the "legal" (although I suppose you would call it the "Moral") status of suicide into this as well.
It'll make even more of a mess out of this thread, and get nobody anywhere.
Suicide is offing yourself, not another, and while this may emotionally affect others (especially those of a christian bent), this does not make it murder.
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Until recently, English law referred to suicide as "self-murder", so it's not at all inappropriate to raise it as an issue (IMHO). It is taking away someone's life - your own, certainly, but it is still a crime, although one for which the law deems the offender to be beyond the reach of the law, and hence mandates no punishment. You do not legally have the right to take anyone's life - your own included.
There have been a number of studies which have shown that, in countries in which strict gun control laws have been introduced, suicide rates have fallen as a consequence. See, for example:
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics...01059000&ty=st
And PLEASE, ZSB, let's keep the discussion polite, shall we? Disgree with my opinions if you want, but let's not descend to the level of personal insults.