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« on: June 27, 2018, 08:40:52 PM »
Via painless means (not necessarily at will).
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« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2018, 10:50:40 PM »
Definitely not. They should, however, be given free treatment.
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« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2018, 11:02:32 PM »
Speaking as someone who has attempted suicide, no. Absolutely not.
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« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2018, 11:06:32 PM »
If after a long period of treatment they still feel that way, than yes.
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« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2018, 11:13:39 PM »
No. Not at all.
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« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2018, 11:20:33 PM »
I don’t know or have an answer, but I do know this - it’s better than jumping off a bridge.
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« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2018, 12:06:58 AM »
yes
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« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2018, 12:29:30 AM »
Quote from: MB on June 27, 2018, 10:50:40 PM
Definitely not. They should, however, be given free treatment.
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« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2018, 02:33:27 AM »
Quote from: Shirtless Sanchez on June 27, 2018, 11:20:33 PM
I don’t know or have an answer, but I do know this - it’s better than jumping off a bridge.
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« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2018, 03:01:02 AM »
Yes, after a lengthy waiting period.
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« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2018, 10:50:18 AM »
No, we should build a mental health system worth a damn instead.
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« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2018, 11:08:16 AM »
Quote from: Scarlet on June 28, 2018, 10:50:18 AM
No, we should build a mental health system worth a damn instead.
Exactly.

I would rather our culture, laws, and medical professionals pull depressed and suicidal people away from the ledge. It's a hell of a lot better than giving them a push.
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« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2018, 11:48:40 AM »
Quote from: Small L on June 28, 2018, 11:08:16 AM
Quote from: Scarlet on June 28, 2018, 10:50:18 AM
No, we should build a mental health system worth a damn instead.
Exactly.

I would rather our culture, laws, and medical professionals pull depressed and suicidal people away from the ledge. It's a hell of a lot better than giving them a push.
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« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2018, 12:00:26 PM »
No, that shouldn't be encouraged.

I was suicidal at different points and during that I wouldn't have wanted an option like that to be available, honestly I would have died in February of 2013 if I had been able to tie rope better or had access to a gun so if I had just been able to walk into a doctor's office and be put to sleep who knows if I would even be here?
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« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2018, 01:59:04 PM »
Helping the suicidal by helping them... commit suicide? How is this even a question?
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« Reply #15 on: June 28, 2018, 02:12:41 PM »
Quote from: Scarlet on June 28, 2018, 10:50:18 AM
No, we should build a mental health system worth a damn instead.
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« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2018, 02:14:07 PM »
Quote from: Republican Left on June 28, 2018, 11:48:40 AM
Quote from: Small L on June 28, 2018, 11:08:16 AM
Quote from: Scarlet on June 28, 2018, 10:50:18 AM
No, we should build a mental health system worth a damn instead.
Exactly.

I would rather our culture, laws, and medical professionals pull depressed and suicidal people away from the ledge. It's a hell of a lot better than giving them a push.
Quote from: Santander on June 28, 2018, 01:59:04 PM
Helping the suicidal by helping them... commit suicide? How is this even a question?
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« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2018, 03:20:21 PM »
Quote from: Santander on June 28, 2018, 01:59:04 PM
Helping the suicidal by helping them... commit suicide? How is this even a question?
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« Reply #18 on: June 28, 2018, 03:41:02 PM »
No: by lowering the threshold for it, there will be more people choosing suicide who might very well feel fine in the future.
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« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2018, 03:49:01 PM »
No

Also, anyone who opposes this while supporting capital punishment is automatically a very illogical person.
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« Reply #20 on: June 28, 2018, 03:52:33 PM »
For this to not end up taking lives of people that could go on even with events and/or severe clinical depression, it is necessary for there to be monumental leaps for the current levels of quality of mental health treatment here. Even tat may not be adequate as your going to see huge disparities between area, class, ethnicity.
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« Reply #21 on: June 28, 2018, 03:52:40 PM »
Quote from: Scarlet on June 28, 2018, 10:50:18 AM
No, we should build a mental health system worth a damn instead.
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« Reply #22 on: June 28, 2018, 04:03:10 PM »
Quote from: Solid4096 on June 28, 2018, 03:49:01 PM
Also, anyone who opposes this while supporting capital punishment is automatically a very illogical person.
... because?
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« Reply #23 on: June 28, 2018, 04:05:09 PM »
This would be bad. No.
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« Reply #24 on: June 28, 2018, 04:09:48 PM »
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