It's a desperate act. There was still nothing in the statement you replied to that was denial.
Apparently, you have never been touched by depression or suicide. Consider yourself blessed.
I suffer from horrible depression, but I know that almost all of it comes from looking at self. My Grandmother had a great remedy for depression OTHERS.
You're absolutely right. It infuriates me when people ignore the pain that people go through and simply call them names and refuse to try to understand.
In 2001, one of my best friends from high school committed suicide. By the time of his death, we weren't that close anymore (for no real reason other than just being in different places in our lives) but it was still a very difficult thing to go through.