Totally agree with you, O'nus. And for all those people moaning about how death isn't a solution to the problem - your reasoning is just wrong. Life is the problem. Death means there is no more problem. Ultimately, what's the difference between the problem being gone, and solving the problem? Nothing.
 Originally Posted by Amethyst Star
I disagree. It only "solves" the problems of the person who commits suicide (not including if they go to Hell, but that's a different argument), yet causes problems with those he/she left behind. Unless you've lived your whole life away from people, thus forming no relationships at all, someone will miss you. Also, there most likely will be hospital/funeral/burial/travel (for those attending the funeral/memorial service)/etc. costs.
I'd have to disagree with you there. The only certainty in existence is that the individual exists. Individual perception is all we can be certain of. Therefore, once that individual perception is lost, it's pretty much as if existence in general has stopped. I'm not saying that if a tree falls in the forest and no one's around to hear it, it doesn't make a sound - no. I'm saying that if you're dead, existence ceases.
It's a matter of opinion, really. Most people think I'm just plain wrong.
I find suicide to be a very selfish decision. It affects everyone and only shows that that person gave up. I understand how bad people have it and how dark and sad and lonely and painful their lives can be, but there is always a way out.
And giving birth isn't a selfish decision? You have kids because you WANT to. It's a selfish thing. Most people don't consider whether or not the child will enjoy life.
We live in a selfish world. All actions are selfish. There is no such thing as a selfless action. Again, as I've said above, once YOU cease existing, it's as if everything else stops existing too.
 Originally Posted by Xaqaria
No explanation needed, thank you. All you have to do is tell me, have you committed suicide?
We've all 'experienced' ( I know that's a contradiction, but how else do you say it? ) non-existence; i.e. prebirth, and all the scientific evidence (and logical reason) points towards the death of our brains meaning the death of our consciousness. So we're just going back to the same place as before we were born.
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