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Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Simple. I am fit to judge my own mental state. You are fit to judge yours. If you think I'm crazy, avoid me. If I think I'm crazy, I can ask for a psychiatrist to make a judgment for me.Other than that, I am sick of everyone thinking they know what is best for me, or anyone else. It's really disgusting.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

But there are many people with mental illness who are "crazy" (the term you used, not me...) and do not go to a psychiatrist for help. Maybe if they did ask for help they would not use suicide as an option.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

Here here! As usual it's the exploitative edge cases that ruin it for everyone. Legalise assisted suicide and before you know it, the aged and infirm will be lining up to die on TV to assure a large inheritance for their relatives.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

Um... Suicide is not legal. You just can't be punished for committing it. Suicide is the only crime that is only punishable if attempted.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

There are absolutly no laws (at least to my knowledge in the UK, the majority of Europe and the majority of the US) prehibiting suicide.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Can you name another crime for me?
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: yes

I just did a little research for a paper I'm writing on this topic. This applies mainly to the United States, although it seems to be very similar in other countries.There are no FEDERAL laws banning or prohibiting suicide and never have been.There HAVE been State laws banning suicide, although state courts have always been reluctant to try to enforce these laws (for obvious, somewhat humorous reasons). Some states have listed suicide as a felony or crime without any listed punishments. Over the last 10 to 20 years, all states have either removed their ban on suicide or have had said ban declared unconstitutional or otherwise illegal by the supreme court.However, if a medical professional or otherwise qualified person either deems you to be a danger to yourself or others or even simply fears that you MAY be, they CAN legally confine you against your will. (5150, Involuntary Psychiatric Hold)So if you do try to commit suicide and fail, most likely you are going to be found to be a danger to yourself (real shocker right there), and confined under code 5150. Therefore making attempted suicide (aka failed suicide) 'punishable' by law.Suicide CANNOT be punished by property forfeiture or ignominious burial.However, suicide is still considered a 'common law crime,' (i.e. most of society doesn't like it :P) as such, many insurance policies have clauses pertaining to suicide, usually resulting in forfeiture of the coverage. (your family wont get paid if you off yourself.) There are options to have suicide covered, in most cases, usually raising your premium.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Suicide is not a crime, either. Nor is attempted suicide. No one goes to jail, is fined, ticketed, or given community service for attempting to kill him/her self.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

I did a small bit of research, and attempted suicide is illegal in a few states. If you fail and the cops are involved, they put you in a psych ward for 72 hrs for observation. It's not jail, but you're freedom is taken away for a time.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

I agree... most attempted suicides are OD's, but then you have to figure in that they were unhappy... with drugs. Some just OD, and though they were unhappy, they weren't aware that they were so close to dying. Law is too blind to justly say that someone was attempting to kill themselves willingly, and if they do, it's more likely that it's a mental problem that caused them to try... because they failed. A sane person in a bad situation will succeed. Look at the number of males that attempt and succeed, to the number of females that attempt and fail... big big difference.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Yes, we need some form of population control.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

While what you say is sick, it is true...
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Yes. It's their life. They can do with it what they see fit.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

What? You agree with me? Is hell freezing over?
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: yes

i think in usa suicide should be legal to confirm that every man is able to make decisions on his own (its a free country)
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: yes

since humans existence there has always being this belief that we should keep each other alive. but then again life comes with challenges that not many can overcome therefor it should be legal and socially accepted to commit suicide if the person is legally old enough to decide over their lives, not necessarily a person has to be mentally ill to have this mind set, sum times people are not thought endurance and if we all gonna face death as certain point why is so bad to choose yourself when to do so.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: yes

Yes our life is property of ourselves. no-one else can make a claim to the property of our own life NO MATTER THE MORAL OBLIGATION! Wives and husbands say things like "You belong to me and me only" because they have the extended time spent with that person and they justify the idea that they own someone else as their own property because of the time effort and emotion invested in the relationship where in the eyes of the LAW that doesn't apply. REGARDLESS of how your peers family members friends associates etc. feel towards you and say things like they own part of you because they love you etc. They cannot own what is not their property. Someone else may not call your computer their computer because it is your property YOU OWN IT! ITS THAT SIMPLE! Now people argue that it is selfish, immoral, ignorant, and cowardly. These are all SOCIAL AND MORAL STATEMENTS! NONE OF THESE prove that anyone owns any actual part of you and there is no need for you to owe it to them to live forcibly if you wish not to. Your life is your property and no-one else's regardless of any moral obligations you may or may not feel they may cause or prevent you form a actually committing suicide the bottom line is that in our society we have the right to destroy or end anything that is ours why not take away our own lives as well if people wish to end their lives then let them it's thier decision NOT YOURS!
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

If I am of sound mind and have made the conscious decision that I am done living, who is anyone to tell me otherwise?
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

suicide will be done wether its legal or not, so it might as well be legal, cause how you gonna sentance someone to serve time in a jail if they are dead, and there is no way to physically stop someone from commiting suicide.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Acually, yes. This helps God out, he is very busy and if people kill themselves then that saves him the time of doing it himself
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Its my life... As long as i am not hurting others nothing is wrong....If i cannot find my happiness, i should not be stopped from ending my sadness and sorrow..
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

I answered yes to the question, but to be honest, that question makes no sense whatsoever. If the question were "Should assisted suicide be legal?" then I would understand the reasons to talk about it. But asking if suicide should be legal is pointless. What are you going to do to those who commit suicide? Put their dead body in jail? Seriously?!?
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Well I believe that every death is suicide.Learned by Abraham Hicks he will explain the meaning of life.The meaning of life is joy and a person chooses to live on the earth and they will choose when their time is to die.Life cannot live without death and death cannot die without life.It is good that you die than you will bring new life.New life is you.You live and you die, yet you die and you live.This means that when you die you will live again and when you live you will always face death.Suicide is just a different meaning of death,but everyone has to face it sometime and it does not matter what,but every death equals suicide.you choose your death.Your inner being chooses your death,but your physical being does not know when your life dies.When the time is right you will soon know.P.S. If you want to learn more just visit Abraham Hicks to find out the meaning of life and how to control your life.He will make your life better and make it positive rather than negative.Live your life the way you want to live.Treat others how you wish to be treated.What you think the most it will occur.Oh and just a fact those of you who believe in the devil,he does not exist.Thank you and have a wonderful day.One more thing,Death does not exist
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

I can't see how it can be illegal. Once you kill yourself you can no longer be prosecuted for killing yourself. Unless they are going to haul your stinking behind into the court room with your suicide note and sentence a corpse to pay a debt o society when society is probably the main reason why the person killed themselves in the first place. (Not always buy most often)
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Hell yes! Life is not worth living! .
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

Do you know how you're going to do it?
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

I am ashamed of having said that. .
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

I think if a person wants to kill them self then let them do it! Its there life let them choose if they want to end it or not
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

You cant arrest a dead person :/
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Some people are in great pain or mental torment. They only see suicide as a last resort.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Yes. As a legally liable adult, it is your right to do with your life what you may and the state should not be a moral judge of this extremely personal issue; It is your life, your body, and your right to dispose of it.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Yes of course it should , it is your life and no ones business on when and why you want to end it .Do you attempt to stop people drinking , drugging or smoking themselves to death slowly ? Why interfere with someone who sees suicide as a viable option to their life situation ?For some people life is intolerable why prolong misery ?
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

Suicide should be illegal because by definition suicide is an act of mental illness. A person who wants to commit suicide is always under pressure that negates their ability to make reasoned informed choices. This argument precludes DNR's as they have been created before a debilitating illness has eroded a persons ability to make choices.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Perhaps "the definition of suicide" needs another look at like the way the psyche professionals redefined homosexuality in the 70s. If you're suffering from some incurable and mostly untreatable illness, you should have the choice to go peaceably into the night.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

An act of mental illness? Think about that for a second...FTA"Mental disorder or mental illness are terms used to refer to a psychological or physiological pattern..."Read pattern
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

I cannot agree with this at all. Seriously, although suicide may be caused by a mental disability, you can't justify in saying that it is illegal. Many people live with mental disabilities. It is not illegal to suffer from them. I will say that suicide is not how a person should end their life, but i will say that it is their decision. You cannot force someone to follow your beliefs. It is their own choice how to lead their lives.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Every human being must be allowed to live according to their own convictions. It is not up to any other human to decide the fate of another. Mental illness is a man made school of thought, and is no solid argument against a man's free will. Another person has no real intelligence to decide if a person is "in his/her right mind." I am a biochemist and the field of Psychology is an arrogant field with little solid science to support any of it's claims. To claim that one can "know the mind of another" is impossible. Psychology is the inquisition of our time, and though most are too ignorant to admit it, it offers no real science of proof. Every person belongs to himself. No one has any right to choose anything for another human being. Not ever. To think such a thing is pure arrogance, pure stupidity. Each man must choose for himself. To choose for another only proves the fool of the chooser. Psychology is the fool here. Each man belongs to himself, point blank. There is no such thing as "not in his right mind." That is a fallacy. Each man can choose for himself. To think you have the right to choose for another is pure narcissism and psychology is the field ruled by narcissists.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: yes

How can suicide be illegal? How are you going to stop suicide from happening? "A person who wants to commit suicide is always under pressure" They are in more pain then they can take. They might be under pressure but there desperate. They need something to make them feel better. To get out of the life. HOW DO YOU ILLEGALIZE SUICIDE?
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

i agree with you because if the patient is in a depression or if they are an nfant, newborn, or a person in a coma they cannot make decisions on they're own and their legal guardian or family member has to make it for them
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: yes

I have 4 mental illnesses all causing me to do different things and one of those things has been contemplating suicide, but just because my mental illness made me does not make it illegal. If it did hallucinating would also be illegal because in my case it is caused by a mental illness
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

Bullshit, the samurai would commit suicide with sepukku which is a ritualistic suicide that they would do for honor. the kamakazi killed themselves for honor as well, suicide bombers kill in the name of their god (as far as Al'Quaeda goes) im not saying some of them aren't being pushed to do it, are emotional wrecks but come on and face it, if someone is terminally ill, or their life is truly terrible and not worth living they should have the right to end it. but i think they should be assisted as to do it painlessly and have to wait a 2-3 month time period before they are allowed to do so, and have counseling during that time period but if they really truly dont want to live its a persons right NOT to live.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

It takes a few seconds to kill oneself. While such act is not always done rationally, a big trauma in someone's life can lead to a quick decision out of a moment of sorrow and despair. If you generalize it saying that by definition suicide is an act of mental illness, then you are a very close-minded person. Life is not all black and white.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

I could not disagree more. The act of committing suicide is not always an act of mental illness. While this choice is often linked to psychological disorders and chemical imbalances in the brain, depression etc, suicide is not always dictated by such disorders; to start with you're completely ignoring the patients with degenerative diseases which induces unimaginable, daily suffering and rapid decay, from which they cannot escape. These patients do not necessarily suffer from mental illnesses, but often decide to take their own life because of the extreme pain they are under, the strain of their illnesses on themselves and loved ones, the wish to die in dignity with one’s full mental/physical faculties, etc. The reasons are many. However, even while ignoring this side of the discussion, I reaffirm that suicide is not intrinsically linked to mental illness, and in fact should not be directly associated to despair and pain. In my case, for example, the act of committing suicide would result from my atheistic Nihilistic Existentialist beliefs; I may very likely decide to take my own life at a point of extreme and unequaled happiness, so that this happiness will never be topped nor diminished by negative experiences thereafter, and I will die being extremely happy. Or I may decide to take my life at a point in my career or relationship where I can no longer find personal fulfillment or enjoyment. Or just as in the case of my father’s life plan, I could decide to commit suicide before becoming completely dependent on a nurse and losing a dignity and independence which is primordial to me. I hope by now you’ve noticed that none of these -very real and personal- scenarios have anything to do with mental illness. And I dare you to think these scenarios are untrue, I challenge you to tell yourself this, because I know part of you will still ponder their truth’s implications. So no, The act of committing suicide is not always an act of mental illness. It’s not a “tragedy”, it’s a personal choice.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

Well first of all i don't reckon any laws that make suicide illegal.I haven't heard of any person that was sent to jail after commiting suicide. And if we're talking about suicide facilities, euthanasia and stuff - that's not a suicide - that's a homicide. A murder. Suicide - when someone kills himself. That's sad, but well it happens.And when someone 'helps' another person to commit suicide - he or she kills that person. What is more this murder is intended. And that should not ever be legal.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

What makes it immoral for a person to aid someone who want to die in killing themselves? A lot of people who want to die are in such physical pain that they cannot kill themselves. Do you really think you are doing the moral thing by forcing them to continue to endure the suffering?You would do well to remember that avoiding death is not the same as achieving life. Some people have lived happy and fulfilling lives and do not want to end a good life in pain.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

You know what.Some time ago i fell off a cliff. I got three ribs an arm a leg and my spine broken. It was painful. Oh no it was not painful it hurt like hell. And all my lower half was paralyzed. You know while i was in the hospital - i was desperate. I was in constant pain, the doctors said that they can not guarantee that i will ever walk again. I spent almost a year in hospitals and reabilitation centers, i was slowly regaining my ability to walk. Step by step. And it hurts even more when you are trying to get your legs to work again. I thought about suicide hundreds of times. Because i was inadequate. Pain is worse than any drug i ever tried. It rips your world inside out. If some doctor came to me and said - come on i make you an injection - and you die peacefully - i'd have said yes. And i would be long dead by now. But i had to fight for my life. I had to endure the pain. I had to learn how to walk again.And i am feeling good now. I can walk again. I can even run. Hell i am cliffhanging again. Well the bones ache sometimes when the weather changes - but that's nothing compared to the pain that was before.It's the same situation with drugs as with suicide. The person wants to do drugs - he has to find some dealer, he is afraid of police, he has to drive to some bad block and stuff. - He decides ah to hell with drugs, i'll go get some booze and a chick.And if a person has a possibility of entering a shop and buying drugs legally - he'll gladly do them. The same with suicide. It is scary as hell to kill yourself. That last step out of the window is really hard to make. All your instincts cry 'stop don't do it'. And there's a huge gap between a thought "i dont want to live, i'm in pain, i'm desperate" and killing yourself. But if you have an opportunity to ask someone to make an injection - that will be a lot easier to do.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: Yes

You are trying to paint a picture where doctors will be trolling hospitals offering death pills to patients that are in pain. It's a ludicrous claim. Why? Two reasons. First, doctors take the Hippocratic Oath to preserve life, meaning they CAN'T offer to kill you. Reason two. Killing customers is bad for business. As harsh as it may sound, keeping a paying patient alive is more profitable than giving someone one injection or pill for a few hundred dollars at most.People can have feeding tubes, breathing machines, and mechanical hearts turned off if they wish, leading to their inevitable death. Do you think that should be illegal? It is pretty much the same thing.So were it legal, people would have to request assisted suicide and the doctors would do everything they could to convince people not to kill them self. For someone to commit suicide he would need true determination.I am not saying that I like the idea of people committing suicide, I am just saying it is not my place to decide what people do with their life.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

You make a real good point by stating the most common form of suicide would be lethal injection if it was legal. The law may not be saving those suicidal people who jump off bridges and preform other methods but it is saving people like yourself who have to go through extreme pain to get back on track.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

Suicide should be illegal and it should be punishable by death ;)
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

i have several friends that thought of killing there selves,some committed it but survive and some i heard just die...er...most of the survivor,said after days they had passed that dark obstacle of ther lives ,realizes how pretty life is,they realize they scared ther love ones,and gave them trauma,contrary to what they had though when they wer actually doing the 'suicide'...i ask what gave them the urge to do it...most are in a dark hole,deep frustrations heartbreaks any other madness,sadness kind of feeling.if suicide would be legal,its like the 'time of realizing and moving on' end up to 1 shot of cyanide,'the seeing of true beauty of life moment'could end in 1 gun shot on your throat...how ever medically assistd suicide(euthanasia) could be accepted somehow,depends on the family of the patients that want to end the suffering of ther love ones(isnt it a form of a murder)...like if the person is too old already and terminally ill or in comma for a long time...but i heard news that a patient had been comma for years suddenly had conscious the day her husband decided to release her life support...so just imagine how her husband guilt about what he had decided...
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

First of all, when something is illegal it means that you'll get punished if you do so, but i don't see how someone can be punished if he's alredy dead.Anyway, although this topic is not really a debatable one, i shall give it a more suitable definition. When we are talking about making suicide legal, it means that no action against the family of the dead will be taken, and there will be no investigation. So, as for the laws, suicide SHOULD be considered to be a crime, simply because a lot of murders seem to be suicide at the beginning and if noone investigates the case then how can we know whether it was a crime or not? So, basically for this practical issue, we shouldn't "legalize" suicide, because we can't easily distinguish when a suicide is really a suicide.
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: No

Can they really stop you?
Debate: Should suicide be legal?
Side: yes

yes they can, by refusing to give euthanasia to you but you can still kill yourself