The 'suicide solution' suddenly seems trendy

Yahoo News ^ | March 8, 2005 | Michael Medved

[beaversmom]

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[mlmr]

Of course it is trendy.

How do you think this culture is going to cope with the baby boom. The sheep do what they are told.

[Enterprise]

Swell. Another "crisis" in the making. More Government programs and boondoggles to throw money at.

[Dead Corpse]

I have no sympathy for suicides. Lost two cousins to their own personal weaknesses. Perfectly healthy, young, and intelligent people... but deeply flawed somehow.

Seppuku or in the case of the terminally ill, those I could see. But just because it's "trendy"? Trends are normally the absolute WORST reason to do anything. Just because life handed you a hard knock or two? Pick youself up and get on with things, or make way for those of us who can.

[theDentist]

"This is a triumph of his, not a desperate, tragic failure," declared his 32-year-old wife, Anita..

You can sugarcoat sh** all you want Anita. We're not biting.

[StuLongIsland]

With people taking this attitude about suicide, pretty scary, does this mean we will have crazy left wing suicide bombers? The left wingers don't believe in a g-d so sin is none existent to them. They believe the rest of the world should change because they believe in something. Kind of scary how things do evolve.

[gridlock]

As society takes on more of the burdens of eldercare from the individual, euthanasia will be come more and more popular, simply as a cost-saving measure.

Each person has responsibility for his own parents and grandparents, and loves them dearly. Even so, some resent the costs of supporting them in their dotage. How much more so, then, the resentment of a person who is spending money to support elderly people whom he does not know and love.

After a while, it will occur to him that he would really be much better off if all those old people were dead.

[Tax-chick]

Pretty good article, but I think that economics, not pop culture, will be the primary factor in the semi-voluntary deaths of Baby Boomers.

[MadIvan]

I find it interesting how people who contemplate suicide are so sure that the next life for them is going to be any easier on the basis of any evidence that it will be so. Indeed, most major religions do point out that it is a major no-no according to God. Therefore they'd have to be certain in the face of overwhelming opposition from the Creator of the Universe. A bit of a stretch, to say the least.

That said, I do understand it in the case of terminal illnesses. I am not keen on euthanasia, but I do understand the desire to end one's pain.

Regards, Ivan

[sweet_diane]

""This is a triumph of his, not a desperate, tragic failure," declared his 32-year-old wife, Anita, while noting that he ended his life at a time of only minor illness. His son and daughter-in-law told The Rocky Mountain News they "could not be prouder" of Thompson's bloody suicide. "The guy was a warrior, and he went out like a warrior," declared son Juan Thompson, while daughter-in-law Winkel added, "We're happy for Hunter."

I guess it isn't hard to figure out who enabled him to lead such a self-destructive life. Make one wonder if they cleaned and loaded the gun before placing it in his hand.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

But look at the sunny side: more Social Security funds to divide among fewer recipients.

[tx_eggman]

How do you think this culture is going to cope with the baby boom. The sheep do what they are told.

[IonInsights]

The problem with suicide is that by the time you realize it's a bad idea -- it's too late.

[ClearCase_guy]

There are certainly grounds to think that Hunter S. Thompson was killed by his family. His family's "celebration" of his inexplicable suicide certainly seems odd. How many families are happy when the patriarch suddenly blows his head off?

I'm guessing that they felt they couldn't pull off the "grief" angle very well -- but they decided that they'd go "gonzo" and celebrate the whole thing -- a approach they can pull off with authenticity.

[sweet_diane]

"Trends are normally the absolute WORST reason to do anything."

There was a trend in our community about 13 years ago. Middle School girls having bi-racial babies. They would be so excited to get their positive pregnancy test, until I started making appointments for WIC and prenatal visits...then it would dawn on them what they got themselves into. All they wanted to do was rebel against their parent(s).

Pretty scary how society can be led by trendiness.

[Fish Hunter]

Yep,

He probably was one SOB to live with. Makes you wonder ...

F H

[Jackson57]

Suicide is the ultimate act of selfishness. The person who kills themself doesn't have to be around to clean up the mess, literally and figuratively. I had a cousin who killed herself, planning it so her ex-husband could find her. Left behind three small children. Does she have to explain to them why they don't have a mommy? NO.

Of course the left wants to embrace euthinasia (sp?). Just goes along with their unwillingness to accept responsibility for anything they do.

[Rummyfan]

This is a triumph of his, not a desperate, tragic failure," declared his 32-year-old wife, Anita, while noting that he ended his life at a time of only minor illness. His son and daughter-in-law told The Rocky Mountain News they "could not be prouder" of Thompson's bloody suicide. "The guy was a warrior, and he went out like a warrior," declared son Juan Thompson, while daughter-in-law Winkel added, "We're happy for Hunter."

This is one sick family.

[RushCrush]

The only ones who think suicide is courageous or even chic, are liberals who have no moral base.

Fine by me if they want to commit suicide. I hate to be callous but how is this different from abortion? it's just late-term abortion in their eyes.