Are Suicide Victims Really Victims

The Daily Dose of Reason ^ | June 8, 2018 | Dr. Michael J Hurd

[huckfillary]

Another spot-on commentary by Dr. Michael J. Hurd. I differ with Dr. Hurd, however, when he says that those who commit suicide are not victims. Correction, they are victims of their own device. Indeed, nearly every bad situation we find ourselves in are the result of irrational thinking and poor choices.

[Seruzawa]

They are victims when they’ve been given drugs that cause suicidal behavior.

[lightman]

Those who complete suicide are so curved in on themselves that only their own pain matters...they are either dismissive of the pain their final act causes to others, or so filled with anger and bitterness that they relish the pain that they will be inflicting for generations to come.

[dforest]

The victims are the people left behind who loved the person that took their own life. The person who commits suicide no longer feels pain, but for the people who cared about them, their suffering has just begun. They get to suffer for both.

[Jamestown1630]

I think this is an incredibly mean-spirited post.

Suicide may not just ‘happen’ to someone; but something has happened before which leads to it.

I can’t imagine the misery that would lead someone to do this, especially if they are leaving behind young children. I can only thank God that I’ve never been brought to that point, and pray for those who have.

[King Moonracer]

Suicide is badass.

[skimbell]

Is David Hogg a shooting survivor?

[Nifster]

People who take their own lives are lost in a mental illness. To say otherwise is ignorance. Suicide leaves those behind with devastation, guilt, and shame.

If you have not personally experience the devastation it’s probably best if the responses aren’t so smug

[Fantasywriter]

It’s a typical sociopathic post. The inability to feel empathy is the spirit of our age. The suffering that leads to suicide is a non-issue as long as those casting judgment have never personally experienced it.

[dfwgator]

Robin Williams is the one case I can understand, from all reports I heard, he was in pretty bad shape.

[Publius]

"Suicide is Painless"

The theme from "M*A*S*H" (the movie).

[Nifster]

He claims to be an objectivist...a Randian, those who are enthralled by a godless self centered manner of living.

[Nifster]

True words

The author is a follower of Ayn Rand.....objectivism is a self centered, Godless philosophy that scoffs at altruism

[mountainlion]

I heard a guy describe suicide as a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

[Jamestown1630]

There are still many people who can feel compassion for someone who is so lost that they will kill themselves.

You are correct that this post is ‘sociopathic’. It’s driven by the ego of the person who posted.

[Pelham]

“Can you imagine having the world at your fingertips and refusing to get help for a problem that’s highly manageable and treatable? “

Happens routinely with the mentally ill.

This Hurd is just pushing ‘objectivist’ dogma.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Well said — both of you.

[Mears]

” Indeed, nearly every bad situation we find ourselves in are the result of irrational thinking and poor choices. “

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Not so !!!!!!!!

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[publius911]

Are Suicide Victims Really Victims

Of course not.
Egregious abuse of language, usually for nefarious ends.

Abuse of Language

[Jamestown1630]

Ayn Rand was an intellectually brilliant woman whose blind spot was her atheism - and that’s an ENORMOUS blind spot.