“Typical atheist libertarian thinking”
No, I’m a Christian conservative, just a realist. What are you gonna do if someone commits suicide? Throw their body in jail?
Maybe if you go back and read my comment you will note I didn’t say anything about “assisted suicide”. That’s just murder, and it should be illegal. However, suicide? It’s morally wrong, but plain silly for the government to treat as a criminal matter.
I agree that if a person really wants to commit suicide, it’s hard to stop him. But the rest of us should create an ethos that values life and shames suicide. That includes the powerful moral statement of making it illegal. That would discourage some people from even thinking about it.