Sometimes, always, or never?
What do you think?
What do you think?
Western countries can certainly call martyrdom cowardly, but those that become suicide bombers consider themselves heroes, not cowards. It's a matter of perspective.Cant picture where it might not be but perhaps there are scenarios where it is thus. Like if you call martyrdom suicide.
Probably most of us would, or at least think we'd have the courage to do so, and yet we spend millions trying to extend life a few months when the end is inevitable and there is no quality of life left.Cowardly? Most suicides are done during a depressive phase, so how could this be called cowardly...
And under (rare) circumstances when life is truly hopeless and you suffer terrible pain without any chance of being cured, I would do it myself.
there is no quality of life left
I will also agree with you on some of this as well. Judging someone who commits suicide as "cowardly" does not take into account what that person is going through. It does not take into account the:It depends on many things.
How is it being a coward to say when your very sick, I don't want to live in pain like this anymore. I had a good run and I want to end this on my terms. saying you should have to fight to the end is just bullshit put on people who are not ready to lose them yet...and its selfish
Many people who commit suicide get the medal of Honor...( you don't think jumping on a live grenade is suicide?
Many have sever mental issues....its not a act of being brave or not....they have little control over their own feelings and actions. I have a friend who has had to deal with this a lot....she hates the feeling, and trys to tell me if she is feeling it, because she does not want to do something...but she is unbalanced and sometimes she is not able to prevent her from doing something she does not want.
Some are giant pieces of crap...thats people who make a effor to make someone else responsible for it...like jump in front a train...you don't need to wreck someone else's life to take yours.
I was typing out my opinion. When I went back over it I realized that there's a good people say that, regardless of if its true or not. So I won't be sharing my opinion with you, today.Sometimes, always, or never?
What do you think?
Here's how I judge it... I've been there, too. I didnt talk myself out of it either. I chickened out. I'm still around because I WAS a coward... thank god.I can't really judge this because I understand first hand the state of mind that can lead person to suicide. Yes, I have been there myself but manage to talk myself out of it. But I know that mind set, that sense of depression, that feeling of helplessness. So, suicide is more complex then some of us may think. I don't think it can easily be classified as a cowards way out.