Has there ever been a successful prosecution for it?
Leave me ownership of the boards.
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When Drysart says stuff like this, it proves there isn't a god:
Oh no no, not for me... for Delidgamond.
The canadian is too stupid to hang himself. You fool no one.
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A_Blindy_005 tried to impress everyone with:
The canadian is too stupid to hang himself. You fool no one.
That's why he'd need help, duh.
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From the book of Drysart, chapter 3, verse 16:
That's why he'd need help, duh.
thats assisted suicide, and there have been successful prosecutions of that.
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Delphi Aegis enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
WHY suicide is a crime, I don't know.. I mean, if you took the time to throw yourself off a building (And not, like, hit anyone or anything), then why should they bother to stop you?
It makes an awful mess.
I bet it is in texas.
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A_Blindy_005's account was hax0red to write:
It would be funny if the penalty for attempted suiside was lethal injection.I bet it is in texas.
We had a chick call the cops here in Vegas because her boyfriend was trying to commit suicide. So they show up at his apartment, and then they surround it. He refuses to come out. Finally he comes out, but with a gun. One of the cops shoots the guy and kills him.
Assisted suicide?
If you're successful, you're dead. If you're unsuccessful they put you in the funny farm (but I don't think they acctually prosecute you for it..)
Going out by a cop killing them is apparently common enouph(in terms of suicide percentages) that they use it in cop drama's and movies like phonebooth.
also their are those who hesitate to commit suicide jsut becuse its illegal, many insurance polices have a clause where they wont pay out of will pay out at a reduced amount if suicide is the determined cause of death.
suicide is never the answer but man there are moments when it sure seems like it is. many people who attempt it will do so again and repeat til eventualy they are successful. nothing more depressing to realize that you screwed that up too.
when I look back its not funny
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King Parcelan Model 2000 was programmed to say:
Suicide is also a form of modern natural selection, in my opinion. With no predators to remove them, the weaker people remove themselves.
It's suprising how similar we think on philisophical terms, Parce. 
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King Parcelan had this to say about Optimus Prime:
Suicide is also a form of modern natural selection, in my opinion. With no predators to remove them, the weaker people remove themselves.
Cleaning the gene pool.
You beat me to it Parce.
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King Parcelan had this to say about Tron:
True superiority comes not from placing yourself above the animals, but realizing you are one of them. Embrace nature and obtain enlightenment.
I am a cat meow, may I chew on your depressed buttocks? for I am hungry. woah cat nip rocks
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Somthor had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
I am a cat meow, may I chew on your depressed buttocks? for I am hungry. woah cat nip rocks
Yeah okay
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Gydyon stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Actually, when my college roommate hung himself in our shower, I sometimes wished there was a way to bring him back for prosecution so I could beat his ass.
Ugh dear gods that's horrible...
My uncle found his brother in my grandma's house while she was in the hospital, after he took a shotgun to his head...
Can't ever imagine walking in on seeing someone after they commited suicide...
All due respect to those who've lost loved ones to it, but it's an act of utter weakness.
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A sleep deprived King Parcelan stammered:
It makes an awful mess.
So they should be prosecuted under the littering statues then?
So, in the end: I maintain distance until it happens to me; I'm dispassionate until it's someone I know; I treat death with levity, which I believe is one of the few sane reactions to it.
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This one time, at Neeecole camp:
Telling someone with a gun to their temple not to do it because it's cowardly will not stop 'em. If anything, it'll push them on
By jove I think she's got it!
Regarding suicide as cowardice doesn't help the suicidal, but why would you want to help the suicidal? [ 02-19-2004: Message edited by: Maradon the Dumbleton ]
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Maradon the Dumbleton had this to say about Optimus Prime:
Honestly, nobody I care about is stupid enough to try it, and the people who are I really don't care about.Regarding suicide as cowardice doesn't help the suicidal, but why would you want to help the suicidal?
My roommate wasn't stupid, obviously. But I'm sure those who've known folks who have committed suicide appreciate your opinion. And it's good that you're able to easily categorize it into cowardice with admittedly no experience whatsoever on the topic.
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Gydyon had this to say about Robocop:
My roommate wasn't stupid, obviously. But I'm sure those who've known folks who have committed suicide appreciate your opinion. And it's good that you're able to easily categorize it into cowardice with admittedly no experience whatsoever on the topic.
Suicide is selfish. End of story. Only a complete asshole would do that to their loved ones. Think of other people instead of yourself. My 2 cents.
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Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.
From the Psychological Self-Help online book
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Suicidal people want out of their misery. They want a solution, but at the moment, they can't think of any other way out. Only an estimated 5% to 20% definitely or completely intend to die; yet, many are willing to run the risk of death. They yearn to be rescued. These cries for help are telling others they are upset and hurting, that they need care and love. If you hear such cries (comments, hints, questions, and jokes included), listen and show your concern immediately. You don't have to solve all their problems; just a little help--a little relief from the pain--may save a life (Shneidman, 1985).
It is selfish not to help someone considering suicide. All you have to do is listen. Thoughts of suicide are transient, temporary; they do pass if allowed time and distance from the original source of the pain or hurt.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Star Collective was all like:
Suicide is selfish. End of story. Only a complete asshole would do that to their loved ones. Think of other people instead of yourself. My 2 cents.
My 2 cents: you're wrong on this, but I doubt it's intentional.
While certainly many suicides are selfish (or a result of cowardice), to throw a blanket over every suicide is asinine. Which was the point I was raising with Maradon.
For example, some suicides are the clear result of chemical imbalances due to overmedication in the "Prozac era" (such as my rommate, as all evidence from the circumstances of his death suggests). Some suicides are due to mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Would you call people who are not in their right mind and incapable of making a rational decision selfish or a coward?
My point is not that selfisness and cowardice can't play a factor, but that they are not the only factor.
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