Isn't a person who physically tries to prevent someone from committing

[RB TexLa]

Poll question: Isn't a person who physically tries to prevent someone from committing

suicide as legally wrong as someone trying to physically prevent someone from regulating pregnancy or physically forcing someone to succumb to medical treatment they for whatever reason do not want?

[IChing]

1. If someone prevented this administration from committing suicide then

it would be against the code of the samurai.

[wuushew]

2. I think that is because people assume suicide is a symptom of not being right in the head

Since we are not telepathic, it shows great gaul to make such assumptions.

As self aware creatures who realize that we have finite lifespans, interfering with a suicide attempt is the height of limiting personal freedom.

Was Hunter Thompson wrong to commit suicide? Was Kurt Cobain?

How and where people choose to leave this world is really of no concern to me.


Of course many people who contemplate suicide are under the effects of chemical substances or clinical depression. A better question would be "under what conditions does free will cease and become subservient to the larger societal will?".

[Time for change]

3. No

Many people who try to commit suicide are temporarily not of sound mind. After treatment, or even just time to think it over and heal, they again want to live and are very glad that they were prevented from going through with it.

[Forkboy]

4. Suicide is a totally valid option.

This reminds me of an old headline "Police Kill Man To Stop Suicide"

[Toucano]

5. What is "regulating pregnancy"?

[RB TexLa]

6. causing it to be regulated

to fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of

[Toucano]

8. There's a degree of pregnancy?

And it can be fixed or adjusted?

"My wife is SO pregnant!"

"How pregnant is she?"

"She's so pregnant, she's squeein' em out like puppies!"

[RB TexLa]

10. There are "ors" in there, any of those things are regulating

but if you just want to smart off, don't worry about it.

[Toucano]

11. I'm not worried about it.

I was trying to understand what you mean by regulating pregnancy that could possibly compare to stopping someone from committing suicide or forcing someone to accept unwanted medical treatment.

I still don't understand, in part because your language is convoluted and you're trying to obfuscate your meaning.

[aikoaiko]

7. in some cases, yes. but in most cases no.

Suicide can be a rational best choice. But sometimes its done impulsively or under duress of mental illness.

[Hippo_Tron]

9. Agreed

Suicide is different for someone who is terminally ill and in unbearable pain than for someone who is extremely depressed and can be treated for their depression.