[Dane]

All I can say is I wish he hadn't...and maybe anger at people who commit suicide (a side-topic in this thread - not something in your post) is appropriate in some cases, but not in ours

I understand that completely. It's a fine line to walk. That fine line is having symapthy for one's mental troubles, without going overboard and making the ultimate act, suicide, into something noble.

And again JMO, but some on FR are making TILH's suicide into a noble act, it wasn't. It was tragic.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

"And again JMO, but some on FR are making TILH's suicide into a noble act, it wasn't."

You can tell that to him. This man is dead, and you call him ignoble, and you cannot 'respect' him.

Since he is not here to hear this or speak about it, you should not be saying it. Low class and not too bright.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I agree that noble isn't a word I would generally use in relationship to suicide, but I think some of the at-a-distance judgment on this thread (words like "selfish" and "cowardly" being tossed about) is just a lot of people talking out of their asses, to be honest.

I don't know why TILH felt driven to do this, and it's not my place to speculate. What I do know is that some people who end their lives do it because they believe (often wrongly) that they are a burden to others.

My point is that people often go on and on, expressing strong opinions, based on very little detailed information and experience.

Ironically, that seemed to be one subtext of Arne's post.