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A little bit of suicide a day keeps the doctor away
A little bit of suicide a week keeps the nightmares at bay
A little bit of suicide a month keeps my friends worrying
A little bit of suicide a year keeps my heart still beating
A little bit of suicide every season keeps me filled with hate
A little bit of suicide every decade keeps society awake
A little bit of suicide every generation keeps the kids in graves
A little bit of suicide every turn of the century keeps the bright minds saved
A little bit of suicide every millennium makes the history books more interesting
A little bit of suicide every dawn of creation makes the world worth saving
A little bit of suicide every lifetime makes our lives so much more loved
There is something inside of us all
Its not anger, passion, hope, or just cause
Theres a little bit of suicide in us all
A little bit of suicide makes me who I am today...
Originally posted by December_Rain
reply to post by network dude
reply to post by DataWraith
Sometimes no problem is needed. What about people who just don't want to live and are forced to live(eventhough they are healthy). Who do not find life holding any meaning at all...Isn't it selfish of people asking others to live forcefully? Just because they do not feel hurt they demand other people should not suicide. Imo that's selfish as well.
A person choosing death over life is selfless and not selfish. If other people are selfish to demand someone not doing what he/she feels like becoz' they will get hurt etc. why not person choosing death over life be allowed same freedom?
Originally posted by December_Rain
reply to post by network dude
reply to post by DataWraith
Sometimes no problem is needed. What about people who just don't want to live and are forced to live(eventhough they are healthy). Who do not find life holding any meaning at all...Isn't it selfish of people asking others to live forcefully? Just because they do not feel hurt they demand other people should not suicide. Imo that's selfish as well.
A person choosing death over life is selfless and not selfish. If other people are selfish to demand someone not doing what he/she feels like becoz' they will get hurt etc. why not person choosing death over life be allowed same freedom?
did this person feel this way since birth? I think not. It stands to reason that if this person ever felt happy, then happiness is attainable again. Simply not wanting to live anymore is just a cop out. Not tough enough to face life's challenges. Hell, they are fun if you can make them that way. Life is like a lot of things, you get out of it what you put into it.
Originally posted by December_Rain
reply to post by network dude
Very well said fren. but hear me out:
did this person feel this way since birth? I think not. It stands to reason that if this person ever felt happy, then happiness is attainable again. Simply not wanting to live anymore is just a cop out. Not tough enough to face life's challenges. Hell, they are fun if you can make them that way. Life is like a lot of things, you get out of it what you put into it.
What if a person feels he cannot attain the same happiness again ever? What if the person keeps trying and trying for number of years say like 8-10 yrs but instead of finding happiness grinds the same life again and again. It is practically impossible to bring same events again which brought happiness and if other events don't hold same meaning. Isn't that bad forcing someone to fake happiness all their life even when the person deep within themselves it is not possible but still laugh and show happiness in crowd just for other people.
Would it be worth living like this?
Originally posted by SmokeJaguar67
My opinion!
Thoughts of suicide to me is like a safety valve for those times when life seems so hard, tinker with romantic thoughts of death and suddenly this life is put back into its rightful perspective again. The problem with making suicide so easy and legal is that many people who have suffered a trauma like rape, assault, and bereavement could take an impulsive knee jerk reaction and will end their life before they have taken the time to step back and think about the action they are taking because suicide was suddenly as easy as booking an appointment.
It does not matter so much as I see it if the act of suicide is regarded as selfishness because we all live our lives and our lives are our own. Therefore if someone tells you that to take your own life is a selfish act and those whom love you or care about you beg you to stay than really who is being selfish if all that a person aches for and yearns for is death?
[edit on 12-1-2010 by SmokeJaguar67]
Originally posted by DataWraith
The suiciders I hate and I mean HATE, are the ones that jump infront of a train and hold everything up, they stop people getting home, and don't think of the driver of said train, no compassion from the suicider, just selfishness, no matter how bad their lives are they just want everyone else to suffer their misery.
[edit on 12/1/10 by DataWraith]