The Suicide Solution- Essay, Research Paper

The Suicide Solution-

I’m about to take up a position which is going to be

deamed by some, if not all, as a terrible stand to take. As

a matter of fact, if anyone were to agree with me on ths

subject, I’d be surprsed. For you see, rather than arguing

from the postion of suicide being an unjustified and inane

way to die, I shall argue the other point. That being

suicide does have its merits.

Before you people start screaming, hear my case out.

Most people argue that nothing justifies the taking of

someone’s life. Yet what makes life so valuable? Why do

people cling to it so? All we consist of is a bunch of

carbon atoms, bound together to form an exoskeleton, organs,

and tissue. In this light, there really is not much to life.

Out of the 5 billion who inhabit the planet, very few of

them shall emerge to be true world leaders. The rest will

just lead a mediocre life of work and little play.

The taking of ones life can be argued from a

populistic view as well. It makes little sense to preserve

life in an over populated world. True, one less person here

on there will not make a large dent. Yet if everyone who

attempts or had attempted suicide were not stopped, the

impact would be noticed.

Another popular argument for stoppers, people who

want to prevent suicide, is that nothing can be bad enough.

Yet how do they know this? They do not have to put up with

the same stuff the suicide victim does everyday. How could

they possibly know what the potential suicide victim feels.

Just as a severely burned victim may wish to be allowed to

die in peace, the suicide victim wishes the same. To die in

peace with no argument from others.

The argument of “look at the people you will hurt”

also does not hold. Imidiate family members will be the only

ones to suffer any great pain. Friends will go on with thier

lives and in time forget about the death. Imidiate family

too will forget the loss in time. Although it will take most

considerably longer for them than it will for friends.

Finaly, the argument of suicide being selfish is

hard to grasp. Selfish in whose eyes? Certainly not the eyes

of the victim. To them, they consider it selfish of others

to try and preserve their life. Again, the argument of the

stoppers don’t know what the victim has to go through. They

are not the ones enduring the pain.

Religious people also crop up into the debate.

Catholics claim that for someone to committ suicide sneds

their soul straight to Hell. In many religions, suicide is

considered taboo. However why is this so? Why should it

be looked upon as disgracefull, when some religions claim

death the be the reward for people after their time on earth

is done.

Suicide is an issue which should be examined at by

all angles. Not just from the angle that it is “wrong”. End

of debate. Rather it should be looked at from the point of

view that “yes” for some people, they should be allowed to

die in peace.