TachycardicSymphony

TachycardicSymphony t1_j5o64pc wrote

Whole paragraph about how suicide is illegal and traumatic, but nah, he's selfish for trying to leave his family out of it because

>"just go somewhere that would let him lol."

Ok. Glad you thought it through. Definitely should have killed himself in front of his family, because it'd be trivial to set up, and none of his family would ever be questioned by police when they legally have to report a dead body, (or are you suggesting they secretly bury him too? And pretend he's still alive and went missing?), none of the family members who were present would get terrorized by paparazzi accusing them of doing it, and none of the people around him would be forever burdened by guilt wondering if they should have stopped it while it was happening, even if in their hearts they know they shouldn't.

Yup, I'm glad you're here to confidently describe how easy and trivial and LOLZ it can all be. Such a shame he had to be selfish and exclude them from the fun.

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TachycardicSymphony t1_j5o4ekf wrote

Are you suggesting that he should have killed himself in front of his wife and family members?

Or that he should have involved them in a plan to intentionally overdose, causing them to be complicit and potentially legally arrestable after his death?

You don't just get automatic permission for medically assisted (legal) suicide just because you have a terminal diagnosis. It's still a very, very, VERY rare thing to obtain legally in the US, and still very illegal no matter what in most states. And involving anyone else in your illegal suicide plan is incredibly dangerous for them from a legal standpoint. It's better if other people can't be accused of helping because it is still considered a crime.

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