Trying To Stop Suicide
Earlier I did a post about Hunter Thompson's suicide questioning some of reactions to his decision to kill himself. I wondered why we spend so much time trying to stop people from killing themselves when they so obviously want to die.
Here's an example of what I was talking about.
I guess I just have a hard time getting all broken up about someone who wants to die by killing themselves. If it were a relative or a friend of mine, sure I'd be upset. I wouldn't want them to go. But from a stranger's, and the government's, perspective"what's it to them?
Here's an example of what I was talking about.
Sky News - A woman with a history of suicide attempts has been banned from multi-storey car parks, bridges and rivers.
The anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) was taken out by magistrates to stop the woman killing herself - and to prevent the chaos her failed suicide bids cause.
Magistrates in Bath were told that Kim Sutton, 23, was rescued three times from the River Avon by bystanders and caused chaos on the railways when she was pulled off the parapet of a railway bridge.
Train services had to be halted while she was rescued.
The Asbo stops Sutton from "going into rivers, canals or any open water in England and Wales," venturing on to railways lines or loitering on bridges.
She can only go to multi-storey car parks if accompanied.
Sutton could be jailed if she breaks the two-year order.
I guess I just have a hard time getting all broken up about someone who wants to die by killing themselves. If it were a relative or a friend of mine, sure I'd be upset. I wouldn't want them to go. But from a stranger's, and the government's, perspective"what's it to them?
