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Originally Posted by Angus
I don't think I have rubbished anyone's opinion - though I have commented on the one-sidedness of accusing this poor man of being "selfish". I think any judgment of his actions should be balanced against the recognition that the state of his mind at the time he ended his life was such that he was incapable of making any rational decision, being so overwhelmed with grief and pain, never mind be able to foresee the repercussions of his actions on others. To use the word "selfish" to describe his suicide is to presuppose that he purposefully and deliberately chose a course of action having full possession of all his faculties when in fact he did not.
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As much as it is to presuppose that he didn't. Not one of us can ever know precisely what he was able to comprehend or not. It appear it is fine for a one sided argument, as long as it is in favour of assuming he was completely without any understanding of the impact of him taking his own life would subsequently result in for his wife.
Much one way assumptions going on here without considering both sides of the coin.