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Originally Posted by HarryT
Until recently, English law referred to suicide as "self-murder", so it's not at all inappropriate to raise it as an issue (IMHO).
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Until recently, wife-beating and intra-marital rape weren't called crimes at all. "Tradition" is not a valid argument
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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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It's not a crime here, as far as I know. Laws are fickle.
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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.
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Where did I insult you?
Importing a discussion about the moral status or implications of suicide into a discussion about going on killing sprees or planting bombs to kill lots of people with is, your personal feelings on the subject notwithstanding, terribly bad form (imho).
If it offends you that I said "lame" in stead of "bad form" the first time, my apologies. I'm of the generation that uses those two terms interchangeably, as they seem to be pretty much synonymous.