Ask HN: Is it ever okay for a physically healthy person to self terminate? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Is it ever okay for a physically healthy person to self terminate?

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Post by mabynogy » Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 11:19 PM UTC

ionised wrote: post #27

mabynogy wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

90% of mankind believe in god troll.

So anyone challenging your beliefs is a troll? > 90% of mankind believe in god Sorry, but that's just not the case. ~30-35%% of the population of Earth identify as some flavour of Christian. Others believe in all manner of other gods and entities and moralities. Not sure why you feel the need to make up bullshit. It's arrogant to assume everybody else shares your beliefs.

It's not a belief. It's numbers. You're aggressive, dishonest and you change the subject without arguments. You understand something else that isn't in my words. It belongs to you. Not me. It's your problem.

Re: Ask HN: Is it ever okay for a physically healthy person to self terminate?

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Post by naikrovek » Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 11:28 PM UTC

I sort of always believed, sort of, that if you can prove that you aren't mentally ill beyond a certain degree, that you're reasonably intelligent, informed, and can show that you make good choices, you should be allowed to do pretty much whatever you want, including suicide.

Note that this freedom I am describing does not include anything that impedes another's freedom in any way. No murder, robbery, all the normal stuff.

If you can't prove that you are sane, and emotionally healthy, then you don't get to buy guns, get married, earn more than $x per year and so on.

If a person is in this unhealthy or ignorant state they should be taken care of by the state and reintegrated in the way that suits them best.

I don't ever want this implemented for many, many reasons.

Re: Ask HN: Is it ever okay for a physically healthy person to self terminate?

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Post by jmarchello » Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 5:36 AM UTC

Hey, I think you should talk to someone. Please call this number. 1-800-273-8255.

Re: Ask HN: Is it ever okay for a physically healthy person to self terminate?

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Post by drakonka » Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 7:56 AM UTC

Yes, I think that people shouldn't have to have their reasoning judged by external parties to decide what to do with their lives. A person's reasons for wanting to end their lives are their own, and it is totally fine for them to do so. If a loved one expressed the desire to kill themselves I would absolutely do everything I can to talk them out of it, but one thing I will not do is try to guilt them out of it. Who are we to decide another person's life or death?