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You are calling me heartless for suggesting that suicidal people often crave approval for their decision. I can't see how that's heartless unless we ARE expecte

You are calling me heartless for suggesting that suicidal people often crave approval for their decision. I can't see how that's heartless unless we ARE expected to support their decision, which you say we aren't. My personal feelings about suicide become relevant when others start involving me in their suicide. I can't just "get out of the way" when I am put in that position. (The state has already gotten out of the way, as long as suicide is legal, which ofc. it should be) The elephant in the room is that most assisted suicides, including the one in this article, happen with people who would be capable of doing it on their own.

CogitoCogito 4y ago
> My personal feelings about suicide become relevant when others start involving me in their suicide. I'm really confused. I mean I assume you must be a doctor right? If not, literally none of this makes any sense since you're not being included in anything. Regardless, your job as a doctor would be to determine whether a terminal patient making a decision to end his or her life is clear of mind. That is it. You wouldn't be approving of their suicide. Your position is basically the epitome of selfishness. You are taking something that is not about you and making it about you. Your emotions simply do not matter. Grow up and understand that the world doesn't revolve around you. People shouldn't have to go through unnecessary suffering because you for some reason take their own entirely personal decisions about their own lives and make it somehow about you.