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Originally posted by Skunk:
[QB] Let's look at it from an entirely different perspective.
In British law-making, the legislature adheres to the principle that unforceable laws are pointless - hence the reason why suicide was decriminalised (it's hard to punish a dead person) but remains an offence to assist someone.
When someone desires to end his/her own life - the stage is already set: it is virtually impossible to prevent that person from committing the act without (inhumanely) locking them up in a paddded room - where their lives continue in increased agony.
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I did as I said, physically prevent the person three times. It is not impossible given circumstances.
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As Billy Connelly quipped on the subject of the Catholic 'Rhythm Method' of birth control:
What?! At the point of ejaculation whip it out?! Father, at the point of ejaculation, wild horses wouldn't make my a*** go in the opposite direction!"
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He should speak for himself. I've used that method many times in the past. Willpower. Excercises that which makes us human: Concious will over instinct. You should try it. Good excercise in increasing willpower strength. Long term consequences over short term satisfaction. No way I'm going to decide to have a child just so I can get my rocks off.
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If you criminalise suicide, if you make it illegal to commit suicide, you force that person to 'go underground'. Rather than risk discovery and 'imprisonment', that person will tell no-one of his plans.
This means that someone has to 'discover' the body. This means that relatives will never get to say 'Goodbye' or understand or get to ask 'Why?'. They will just get a sudden withdrawl of that person's life: out of the blue. It may also mean that the act of suicide may endanger others (jumping off a building, in front of a truck etc.)
So, in actual fact, I would argue that a legalised form of suicide is actually kinder on the relatives than a society that forbids it in all circumstances.
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It is already illegal. You are speculating on something that already exists.
Some tell, some don't. Some have spontaneous suicide, others plan it. The circumstances are all different. What we do achieve by making it illegal, is make it legal for a person to be detained until they are in a better frame of mind.