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Suicide Sept 14, 2017 16:33:06 GMT

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Post by cupcakes on Sept 14, 2017 16:33:06 GMT

Sept 14, 2017 16:22:19 GMT @miccee said:

Sept 14, 2017 16:19:47 GMT cupcakes said:

^tpfkar

There are plenty of rational reasons for suicide. And there are even more irrational ones. And then there is the morbid take-em-all-with-me psychopathy.

And they shouldn't be expected to pay the price of everyone else's joy. Especially if nobody would be deprived of that joy in a universe with no sentient life.

An irrational reason for suicide would be something like "When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red". But suicide in response to prolonged suffering is completely rational. Even if the suffering in question is induced by psychotic hallucinations or delusions. And wanting people not to be subjected to a risky (and ultimately meaningless) venture to which they cannot consent is not psychopathy.

An irrational reason for suicide is "something stupid I posted went viral". An irrational and narcissistic reason for trying to institute state-facilitated suicide for all is personal timidity, demented misanthropy, and utter selfishness. A psychopathic reason reason for wanting all sentient life to end is "bad things can happen, and once they're dead they can't regret anyway".

Morally I would be fine with post-birth abortions, but I realise that this would probably be too radical to ever be implemented.