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In reply to the discussion: Should guns be banned in hospitals? [View all]tpsbmam
(3,927 posts)there's a HUGE difference between (e.g.) someone killing themselves because they have a terminal illness and they don't want to suffer through it versus someone who is clinically depressed killing him/herself when efficacious treatment to get them past the point in their lives when they're despondent enough to be suicidal. As a matter of fact, in my youth, I WAS one of those people.....I got MYSELF past that point because I didn't have effective treatment (though I did seek treatment.....it sucked....the only thing that was effective was the antidepressants I finally agreed to go on).
I agree, there are times when I'd support an individual's right to commit suicide. But not in the majority of cases. (I also knew Carroll O'Connor & Hugh, the latter just a tiny bit and Carroll better.....he was a friend of my parents. I tend to agree with Carroll -- it didn't need to happen.)