Watching a TV show doesn’t make someone commit suicide. That would be an excuse.
Life isn’t easy period. You have to work at it and be accountable for for everything you do.
I see suicide as a weakness.. my opinion which I’m entitled to as you are yours along with your analysis of me from a 6 word statement.
“Watching a TV show doesn’t make someone commit suicide. That would be an excuse.”
But that was not your original point.
“I see suicide as a weakness.”
Well I agree in most cases. It is a copout. An act of selfishness and cowardice that does not consider the impact it will have on others.
However, I feel sympathy for families who have been impacted by it. There are people who are susceptible and need to be sheltered from harmful influences. For example, children do not need to see these things in the media.
I vividly remember, as a child, accidentally seeing a TV scene in which a person who committed suicide by locking himself in a freezer (which could not be opened from the inside) was discovered. It was a numbing experience to become aware that people sometimes end their lives. Children are also affected by losing family members this way, and it usually creates a severe trauma. Yes, they are “weak” as you put it, but sometimes that is a human condition over which people do not have direct control.
There are also people in such great pain that suicide is certainly understandable even though not justifiable. Everyone has a breaking point.
I suggest instead of a cavalier attitude toward people who kill themselves by comments like “culling the herd” you rather thank God that you and those you care for have been spared such agonizing pain that suicide becomes a temptation. Don’t be arrogant and think it could not happen to you or someone you care for.