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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
should people who are starving or homeless or diseased just off themselves just because it is easier?
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If they choose to, yes. I would still encourage them to stick through the pain just as I would try to dissuade a terminally ill person from suicide. However I believe that everyone is fundamentally their own guardian, particularly on their own existence. Forcing a person to live despite their absolute choice to die is equal to forcing a person to die despite their absolute choice to live, in my eyes. Yes, there are consequences to suicide for those that remain (loved ones, etc.) but it is up to the suicidal to judge whether these consequences are worth the action. We can only remind them of the weight of the consequences.