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vernon's avatar

Here’s what I find disturbing.

These depressed people aren’t going to kill themselves. Every one of them could jump off a bridge tomorrow and end it, but they aren’t.

Instead they are applying to die. They are looking for an authority figure to pronounce them not worthy / not salvageable. They want someone else to make the decision for them. To me that means they are unsure.

And what about these authority figures? What is going on in their minds? I don’t know how you could look at someone and say ‘you’re depressed, sure I’ll murder you’

It’s so disturbing.

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Leslie Benjamini #🟦's avatar

Suicidal people can be terrified of jumping off a bridge. A peaceful way out is not terrifying.

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Leslie Benjamini #🟦's avatar

If you read my other comments you would not have said that to me.

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Lynne Morris's avatar

Well put.

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milllionthmonkeytyping's avatar

vernon - good point. The fact that the young man in this story gave his sister access to his email makes me think he was confused and reaching out for help. If ambulatory people are sure they want to go they don’t need the government’s help to do it

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