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If he made a bad choice, isn't that on him (and perhaps partly on his parents/educators for how they equipped him to deal with life), not on the Government?

If he made a bad, irrational choice in this matter, I see no particular reason to assume he wasn't doing an equally bad job with the rest of his life too. So I still don't see any reason to regard the suicide in particular as the tragedy. He didn't like his life, he took the "easy way out" which may well have been a selfish choice that sucked less for himself.

As to the link, if anti-suicide people want to be effective and moral they should A) be less sure they know what's best for someone else's complicated life B) never ever use force on people who ask for their help (this fear of violence is a big reason some people don't, e.g., call suicide helplines. note that perhaps this unsuitability of such lines arguably contributed to Aaron's death -- if the world was a better more helpful and nice place he might have gotten more help that he found helpful and preferred staying in it more)




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