[CharlieO]

Originally Posted by Stu

Yes, it is. Totally unlike your example of a would be mass murderer's attempt at killing himself as an act of precaution being thwarted by a good samaritan.

You seriously can't compare the two in terms of probability. It may all be hypothetical but that's just a hillariously out of space situation you're describing.

Im sorry but how can you say that. Do you even know the feeling that drives someone to do that? You are saying that its easy to recover from that sort of illness. It isn't easy and isn't a pleasant experience. Why should people have to live a life like that?

I realise the statements are far apart. But to say you can just get better is ridiculous. Death may be an easy way out but how is it wrong? Why waste your life trying to beat something which is eating you alive when you can just beat it in a heart beat?

[Mr XcX]

Originally Posted by CharlieOsborne

Im sorry but how can you say that. Do you even know the feeling that drives someone to do that? You are saying that its easy to recover from that sort of illness. It isn't easy and isn't a pleasant experience. Why should people have to live a life like that?

I realise the statements are far apart. But to say you can just get better is ridiculous. Death may be an easy way out but how is it wrong? Why waste your life trying to beat something which is eating you alive when you can just beat it in a heart beat?

People get help in the form of Doctors, socail groups, etc.

You are saying DEATH is the easy option!!! My goodness!!!

I have survived open heart surgery after being fatally stabbed. I know what I am talking about. Once you survive the situation you get to take life more worthwhile. I am shocked as you would say to someone who is depressed that death is the easy option.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Mr XcX

People get help in the form of Doctors, socail groups, etc.

You are saying DEATH is the easy option!!! My goodness!!!

I have survived open heart surgery after being fatally stabbed. I know what I am talking about. Once you survive the situation you get to take life more worthwhile. I am shocked as you would say to someone who is depressed that death is the easy option.

I agree. It's not easy to simply say they can "just get better". There's a lot of work and heartache involved but there are ways to a better life when suffering depression. Death is the ultimate last, last resort that shouldn't really be considered.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by CharlieOsborne

Im sorry but how can you say that

Say what? You are just making all of this up on my behalf. Where did I say it was easy? Or that it was a dead cert that you could just get better? I never said any of those things.

All I said was that the odds of the saved life turning out to be a blessing in disguise and second chance at happyness scenario were much better, much more logical and much more realistic than the odds of the saved life turning out to be a murderous, cancer to society psychopath scenario.