Suicide...act of courage or cowardice?
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maryjane31 says,
Well courage has nothing to do with it. If a person had courage he/she would stay alive and face what problems they are having. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. However I'm sure there may be extenuating circumstances and these would be very debatable as well.kisskissgirl says,
But don't you think it takes some kind of courage to be able to kill oneself? (I do not mean the mass killer who then turns the gun on himself). And yes, the question is very debatable...that is why I asked it. I do not think one can ever really know what goes on in the mind of someone who takes their own life. (Problems may not always be temporary). It was nice to see that you are open minded enough to consider alternatives.SingerSomewhere says,
I believe it is an act of cowardice. What would be courageous is reaching out for help or, as maryjane31said, staying alive. One of my best friends committed suicide. While I love him, I believe with all my heart what he did was cowardly. Instead of facing the problem, he took the easy way out and left the rest of us to deal with it for him. I sympathize with him and his situation. I even understand why he would choose suicide. That doesn't make the act any less cowardly.Wench says,
A little bit of misconstrued courage mixed with a great deal of selfishness and despair and a complicated cocktail of emotions that are custom-blended for each person.Suicide is incredibly selfish, but to the person contemplating it, this is very difficult to see. I agree, it takes courage to go through with it. It takes a lot more courage not to.
Sagacious says,
I honestly think the two words are meaningless. Is it cowardly, or natural, to want to escape excruciating pain, be it physical or emotional? Is it courageous to suicide if you believe the pain will be much less in the next life or that you simply will not exist in any form and, therefore, will no longer have to feel the pain?Steve__Anthony says,
Neither - and both. It's rarely that simple.kisskissgirl says,
Thank you Steve_Anthony...I believe you hit the mail on the head! There are legitimate arguments for both....the answers lie in the 'eye of the beholder'.marymc says,
My dad decided to stop dialysis. Is that suicide? We all knew what the result would be.