I was asked if suicide is selfish
it is selfish - when an individual commits suicide, he is doing what He wants to do, not what anyone else wants him to do... when an individual does what he wants instead of what others want, he is acting selfishly (and there is nothing wrong, at all, with acting selfishly).
Also, suicide is not cowardly. It's not an easy thing to do. It's not an easy choice to make, and it is even harder to carry out the act. Cowardly means taking the easy way out, but for most depressed people it is easier to just go on feeling depressed than to end it once and for all.
With all that said, I do not recommend suicide. Life is what you make of it, and just about anyone can make it into something they enjoy with some effort.
If you are considering suicide, please talk to people. Please talk to a suicide hotline. Please talk to as many people as you can, maybe someone will say something that helps you in some way. I think if you are going to do something as final as suicide, you don't have much to lose to go around and talk to a bunch of people about it. Sometimes talking to people can really change how you feel. Since it is a choice you can't reverse, you should be very careful making that choice, and should be absolutely certain you've talked to everyone who might make a difference, and be absolutely certain that you're making the correct choice. Contact me if you are still thinking about suicide. Thanks, hope this helps.
PS about 911 hijackers who committed suicide. The US media portrays them as cowards. They were not cowards. Do you have any idea how big your balls have to be to, with 3 other guys, take over a plane with over 100 people aboard with just box cuttes? Think about that! Wouldn't you be a little worried that maybe 20 of those people (or about 10% of the people on the plane) might come beat the crap out of you and throw you out of the plane? It took some guts just to do that.
It also took guts to purposefully fly the airplanes into things. If a US soldier fighting in Iraq is hunkered down in a foxhole, saying his final prayers because he is alone and there are 20 armed and angry Iraqis nearby shooting at him, our media would say he was brave and courageous if he started firing his machine gun at the enemy, trying to do as much damage as he could to the enemy before he died. Of course this is exactly the same thing the 911 hijackers were doing (damaging their enemy - the USA). For less than 20 men to kill ~3,000 of their enemies, and to do hundreds of billions of dollars worth of damage is just incredible. From their viewpoint, the people they killed weren't innocent - the victims of 911 paid plenty in taxes which funded the US war machine. There is an old saying, "all's fair in love and war" which is essentially true, but there are always those on both sides who cry about the other side not playing fair.
Anyway, as per my statements above, suicide is a courageous and selfish act, and it was in the case of the 911 hijackers, also. I am not saying what they did was right. I'm not saying suicide is right, either. You see, to steal something takes courage (and selfishness). You can't rob a bank without courage. You can't do many things (whether they are good or bad) without courage. And just because you are courageous in an act, doesn't mean that act is right or good. It's not really necessary to call 911 hijackers cowards - they weren't cowards - it's not necessary to deceive ourselves about that.
Also, suicide is not cowardly. It's not an easy thing to do. It's not an easy choice to make, and it is even harder to carry out the act. Cowardly means taking the easy way out, but for most depressed people it is easier to just go on feeling depressed than to end it once and for all.
With all that said, I do not recommend suicide. Life is what you make of it, and just about anyone can make it into something they enjoy with some effort.
If you are considering suicide, please talk to people. Please talk to a suicide hotline. Please talk to as many people as you can, maybe someone will say something that helps you in some way. I think if you are going to do something as final as suicide, you don't have much to lose to go around and talk to a bunch of people about it. Sometimes talking to people can really change how you feel. Since it is a choice you can't reverse, you should be very careful making that choice, and should be absolutely certain you've talked to everyone who might make a difference, and be absolutely certain that you're making the correct choice. Contact me if you are still thinking about suicide. Thanks, hope this helps.
PS about 911 hijackers who committed suicide. The US media portrays them as cowards. They were not cowards. Do you have any idea how big your balls have to be to, with 3 other guys, take over a plane with over 100 people aboard with just box cuttes? Think about that! Wouldn't you be a little worried that maybe 20 of those people (or about 10% of the people on the plane) might come beat the crap out of you and throw you out of the plane? It took some guts just to do that.
It also took guts to purposefully fly the airplanes into things. If a US soldier fighting in Iraq is hunkered down in a foxhole, saying his final prayers because he is alone and there are 20 armed and angry Iraqis nearby shooting at him, our media would say he was brave and courageous if he started firing his machine gun at the enemy, trying to do as much damage as he could to the enemy before he died. Of course this is exactly the same thing the 911 hijackers were doing (damaging their enemy - the USA). For less than 20 men to kill ~3,000 of their enemies, and to do hundreds of billions of dollars worth of damage is just incredible. From their viewpoint, the people they killed weren't innocent - the victims of 911 paid plenty in taxes which funded the US war machine. There is an old saying, "all's fair in love and war" which is essentially true, but there are always those on both sides who cry about the other side not playing fair.
Anyway, as per my statements above, suicide is a courageous and selfish act, and it was in the case of the 911 hijackers, also. I am not saying what they did was right. I'm not saying suicide is right, either. You see, to steal something takes courage (and selfishness). You can't rob a bank without courage. You can't do many things (whether they are good or bad) without courage. And just because you are courageous in an act, doesn't mean that act is right or good. It's not really necessary to call 911 hijackers cowards - they weren't cowards - it's not necessary to deceive ourselves about that.
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