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Dedicated to continual re-education and our search for a broader understanding of life. Please register if you wish to post here.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3607.32596)</generator><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/5/clvdk/Post.htm#791894</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:07:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:791894</guid><dc:creator>solduri</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/5/clvdk/Post.htm#791894</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-791894.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Theoretically, in an ideal world, a human will be able to see his/her life in the long run, and see how enjoyable it shall become. If it&amp;#39;s a positive experience, then the person should choose to live it, and face all the obstacles. If the person&amp;#39;s life is a negative experience, then the person should kill himself, since life will provide a net deficit rather than a net gain in enjoyment and satisfaction. If life were nothing but a business operation, then selling the business would be a good idea if it was losing money.   This is assuming there are no other variables to consider, such as family members who will be affected by the death. Also, enjoyment and satisfaction of one&amp;#39;s life is determined subjectively by that...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#310789</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:06:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:310789</guid><dc:creator>Super Sonic</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#310789</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-310789.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Feebs11 wrote:        Super Sonic wrote:    Anonymous, I feel you. I am 18 years old and have been trying to kill myself since I was 14. I am suffering from diabetes and am going to lose my kidneys due to bad control. People mock me because of my weight. I am fat thanks to diabetes. And they make fun of me because I am not tall, thanks to diabetes again. They don't know how I feel, yet they laugh at me. Some people call me dwarf... They dont know how much this hurts me. My parents quarrel all the time because of my illness. They keep blaming each other that one is the reason for my having this disorder. I am a university student and I suck at lessons. I suck at living... I cannot talk to my friends about my problems because they just say...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#309786</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:309786</guid><dc:creator>Feebs11</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#309786</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-309786.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Super Sonic wrote:    Anonymous, I feel you. I am 18 years old and have been trying to kill myself since I was 14. I am suffering from diabetes and am going to lose my kidneys due to bad control. People mock me because of my weight. I am fat thanks to diabetes. And they make fun of me because I am not tall, thanks to diabetes again. They don't know how I feel, yet they laugh at me. Some people call me dwarf... They dont know how much this hurts me. My parents quarrel all the time because of my illness. They keep blaming each other that one is the reason for my having this disorder. I am a university student and I suck at lessons. I suck at living... I cannot talk to my friends about my problems because they just say "Dont worry things...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#309454</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:309454</guid><dc:creator>Super Sonic</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#309454</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-309454.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Anonymous, I feel you. I am 18 years old and have been trying to kill myself since I was 14. I am suffering from diabetes and am going to lose my kidneys due to bad control. People mock me because of my weight. I am fat thanks to diabetes. And they make fun of me because I am not tall, thanks to diabetes again. They don't know how I feel, yet they laugh at me. Some people call me dwarf... They dont know how much this hurts me. My parents quarrel all the time because of my illness. They keep blaming each other that one is the reason for my having this disorder. I am a university student and I suck at lessons. I suck at living... I cannot talk to my friends about my problems because they just say "Dont worry things will get better" etc. no...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#309036</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:06:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:309036</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#309036</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-309036.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I have felt this way for years and never came up with a reason not to do it. Wish it were as simple as turning off a light switch but it turns out that to committ suicide you have to be pro-active in your demise. I'm too much of a loser to be pro-active in anything. Bummer, I apathetically guess I'll slog on. As for advise, there is none. Evereything I've heard is just distraction. The good thing is that someday we will die and then things will be as they were before we were born. Remember that? Yeah...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#275279</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:06:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:275279</guid><dc:creator>julielai</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#275279</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-275279.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I'm sorry to hear what you are going through. You know we're here to listen to whatever you want to tell us. 
 Have you thought about seeing a doctor about this? I have a friend in the same boat, and she's seeing a doc right now. 
 I hope things may not be so bleak in the future for you.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#274955</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:274955</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#274955</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-274955.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I found this forum by google-ing suicide. To be frank, I was looking it up because I have pondered the thought of killing myself for years, it has become a nearly daily thought the last two years. It annoys the living *** out of me that I can't bring myself to do it. I know there is nothing to live for, that the rest of my life will be a day in and out slavery with no moments of joy in them. I know that I am assigned to misery and there is no escape from it. I truly have no will to live at all what so ever. Most days I don't even eat because I have no will to feed myself and exist another day. I lay in the bed every morning looking up at the ceiling and crying because I woke up. It is my sincerest wish to die, yet I simply can't bring...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#273642</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:273642</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>7</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#273642</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-273642.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Why is it that there is the view that people who want to end it all are in some way not seeing reality? Sure, some may be so upset that they don't see reality, but maybe others are more rational than the majority. Maybe for them they have seen that their future holds nothing concrete. Look at those poor people who jumped from the World Trade Center Towers... they made a decision based on the facts they perceived. So, why shouldn't someone who is faced with a bleak future not be treated with the same respect? The concept of a law to forbid people to ennd their own existence is quite plainly laughable.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#266740</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:266740</guid><dc:creator>Sofía_C</dc:creator><slash:comments>8</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#266740</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-266740.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Golden wrote:     I don't know why you people seem to be thinking that people who commit suicide are not thinking straight. I mean it is just a point of view, right?     
  I guess it`s just something animal, is our nature to try to survive, to fight. I think we perceive suicide like "giving up", and that doesn't feel good. But I understand you want to defend the right of people to decide about their own lives, I mean, after all, if I put myself in that situation a would say "It's my life, I can do whatever I want with it", and for the same reason I woudl'nt ask for permission casuse I don`t think I would need it. It`s not like people go around saying: I`m thinking about killing myself tomorrow, what do you think about it?. So, to...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#266269</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:266269</guid><dc:creator>David</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/4/clvdk/Post.htm#266269</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-266269.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>It is impossible to say anyone is going to hell. Remember the man on the cross who asked forgiveness. He was told he would be in paradise that night. Do you or anyone know the state of mind of those about to commit suicide? I would leave that to God if you believe in Him. He is infinitely more merciful and less harsh than we are. Compassion for those who fear life so much is what is needed.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#265393</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:265393</guid><dc:creator>Twister</dc:creator><slash:comments>10</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#265393</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-265393.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I think if you commited suicide,no one would judge you after you die.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#255364</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:255364</guid><dc:creator>Zlhblue</dc:creator><slash:comments>11</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#255364</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-255364.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>The society should let people turn `into naturel</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#255206</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:255206</guid><dc:creator>Aleen</dc:creator><slash:comments>12</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#255206</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-255206.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Efecp wrote:    In christianity, suicide is like a straight road to hell. So if it is going to be a better life after you commit suicide, it's definitely a no. I agree it's unreasonable. But like i said those who considers suicide as an option is probably not informed of other choices. I think once they know that someone is willing to go through the hard times with them, they'd probably change their mind. I've seen someone who's suicide attempt failed on her hospital bed and she later told me that she really thought she was going to die and prayed really hard that she wouldn't. She regretted it. She had seen how much better it was to be alive.     
 that's exactly what i wanted to say it's NOT better</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#255132</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:255132</guid><dc:creator>monfrancom</dc:creator><slash:comments>13</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#255132</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-255132.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Challenging topic! Because we are talking about something none of us know anything about!! How many times have you died during your lifetime from attempting to take your life? And if you did have a near death experience, can you say that you  experienced  your death... fully? 
 Who determines that those who "made you" did it out of love? Out of wanting? An Ontario couple (Ontario is a province of Canada) were found guilty (happened fairly recently - last six months) of murder after their two children died from starvation (parents left them in a closet for too long... unfed, no water, etc., or whatever the story is. And it's not the first in this country!) And that your parents go through the "natural" process... lovemaking = offsprings...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#255110</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:255110</guid><dc:creator>Efecp</dc:creator><slash:comments>14</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#255110</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-255110.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>In christianity, suicide is like a straight road to hell. So if it is going to be a better life after you commit suicide, it's definitely a no. I agree it's unreasonable. But like i said those who considers suicide as an option is probably not informed of other choices. I think once they know that someone is willing to go through the hard times with them, they'd probably change their mind. I've seen someone who's suicide attempt failed on her hospital bed and she later told me that she really thought she was going to die and prayed really hard that she wouldn't. She regretted it. She had seen how much better it was to be alive.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#254906</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:254906</guid><dc:creator>Aleen</dc:creator><slash:comments>15</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#254906</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-254906.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>maybe it's reasonable but the question here is committing suicide really better than the life you have (no matter how bad it was)...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#254696</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:254696</guid><dc:creator>Flanck</dc:creator><slash:comments>16</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#254696</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-254696.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>of course,committing suicide is not illegal.any way ,it is unreasonable,personally,I always believe that it is a way to escape,but the result is horrific,i wonder when your think about doing so ,do you think about people you love or love you.you will break their heart.we should adopt a active attitude toward life.no matter what happen,life itself is still beautiful,and the sun of tommorrow is always flesh and bright.why is so foolish to end your life in such a way.right?obstacles can't not be avoided in our daily life.the most sensable way is to confront with it.anyone who think that suicide is a way to end your pain is stupid. 
 keep in mind:life is vulnerable,chelish every thing you have.!</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#246845</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:246845</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>17</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#246845</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-246845.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Suicide is for those who give up, it is quite cowardly and those who don't have the balls to face strugles. Besides whos to say that you will be happy once your dead???   hmmmmmm</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#245142</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:245142</guid><dc:creator>Efecp</dc:creator><slash:comments>18</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/3/clvdk/Post.htm#245142</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-245142.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Everyone is selfish anyway, it's only a matter of degree. I was wondering will a country ever make it illegal or legal? I think they rather not think about it. They don't even want to talk about it. At least in my place. I wanted to commit suicide once but thank goodness didn't. It is true that most teenagers wants to do it because lack of mental stability with the hormones and all... and i think it's because they don't know what choices they have. Sort of the pros and cons of suicide. They should be told from the religious and from the non-religious point of view. And if after that they still want to commit suicide...i guess, let them just do it.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#241976</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:241976</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>19</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#241976</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-241976.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Daedalus7 wrote:    [I agree on the banning of suicide, but not on the grounds of "everyone has obligations".
 I
believe in an idea called "cosmic conscience". In short, it says that
all minds are somehow interconnected. So the death of a person, (be it
caused by natural death, suicide, murder,...) it's a source of pain to
me because I feel that some part of my conscience has died. So I cannot
abet suicide 

    I see. You are a very selfish person. You do not mind if a
person is in tremendous pain, as somehow you are unfeeling enough not
to notice it. However, if that person were to die, as everyone
ultimately does, such that that person would be out of pain, then this
would cause you such unbearable pain that you prefer to...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#241783</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:241783</guid><dc:creator>YoungCalifornian</dc:creator><slash:comments>20</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#241783</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-241783.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I definitely believe that euthanasia should be legal, but I'm not so certain about suicide in general. I would normally support an individual's right to do whatever they want as long as their actions don't infringe on the safety or rights of others. Still, suicide is complicated in that individuals considering it are not usually of sound enough mind to make a decision about something so obviously permanent, and many other people will still be emotionally affected by their actions. While I don't believe that obligations in general are enough to prohibit suicide (people have a right to behave irresponsibly), there are some that need to be given special consideration, such as that of a parent to a child. I can't help the feeling that a...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#241723</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:241723</guid><dc:creator>Daedalus7</dc:creator><slash:comments>21</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#241723</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-241723.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Vicky23 wrote:    
 people should not be allowed to commit suicide. everyone has obligations. even if he is a kid, he is obliged to behave properly and being educated. he also have the responsibilities of doing good to the society and taking care of his family after growing up. no one is living completely alone. we all owe something to our country, the society and the people caring about us. we can't decide on our own to end our lives. it is totally selfish and irresponsible. for example, a middle aged man committed suicide. no matter what his excuse is, he dumped his wife and abandoned his children. he broke the hearts of his old parents. he forced his colleagues to deal with his work. and he left quite a lot compulsory work...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#236184</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:236184</guid><dc:creator>Watchayakan</dc:creator><slash:comments>22</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#236184</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-236184.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Stepping into grounds of euthanasia, eh?   Depression is an imbalance of hormones in the brain, therefore it is a medical condition. Iunno about some of the others in here, but I was depressed for a while, saw a counsellor a couple of times, tried ot be more active (exercise and the sort can release a form of pharamone/hormone that can cause happiness), and I worked on my outlook on things. I am not going to get into my reasoning for such thoughts, but I feel that suicide is morally wrong. Sometimes people need to be told to deal with things, and I will even extend that to some very intense situations.   Either way, this kind of discussion is vastly based on opinion so far. I do not see how one who is not a doctor can prescribe a course...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#236140</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:236140</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>23</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#236140</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-236140.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I agree, and disagree to this statement. I think that some people should be a allowed to commit suicide. People with chronic illnesses, and such should have that choice. Younger people, like 15/16 years olds should not have that option. There are so many hormones running through their bodies that they don't think clearly most of the time, and therefore have no real control over their actions. They often overract to minor problems, such as a break up, or a failed exam. Since teenagers' minds are so clouded by the sea of hormones they swim through, they have a lack of discretion and may do something drastic because of a minor problem. So my overall opinion on this issue is that NO people should not be allowed to commit suicide. If someone...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#228964</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:228964</guid><dc:creator>Steven Mc</dc:creator><slash:comments>24</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#228964</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-228964.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Vicky23 wrote:     ...so ,maybe he got into heaven     
 
Well, i heard that no one can go into heaven if he/she commits suicide.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#228791</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:228791</guid><dc:creator>Vicky23</dc:creator><slash:comments>25</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#228791</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-228791.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>people should not be allowed to commit suicide. everyone has obligations. even if he is a kid, he is obliged to behave properly and being educated. he also have the responsibilities of doing good to the society and taking care of his family after growing up. no one is living completely alone. we all owe something to our country, the society and the people caring about us. we can't decide on our own to end our lives. it is totally selfish and irresponsible. for example, a middle aged man committed suicide. no matter what his excuse is, he dumped his wife and abandoned his children. he broke the hearts of his old parents. he forced his colleagues to deal with his work. and he left quite a lot compulsory work undone...so ,maybe he got into...</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#227447</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:227447</guid><dc:creator>Golden</dc:creator><slash:comments>26</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#227447</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-227447.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Anytime.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#227316</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:227316</guid><dc:creator>Steven Mc</dc:creator><slash:comments>27</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/2/clvdk/Post.htm#227316</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-227316.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Thank you for agreeing with me, Golden.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#227240</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:227240</guid><dc:creator>Golden</dc:creator><slash:comments>28</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#227240</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-227240.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Agreed Steve Mc. Killing yourself just because you didn't pass the exam or because someone dumped you might seem foolish. But there might be things people can't get away from. I don't know why you people seem to be thinking that people who commit suicide are not thinking straight. I mean it is just a point of view, right?</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#225920</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:225920</guid><dc:creator>Steven Mc</dc:creator><slash:comments>29</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#225920</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-225920.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>In my opinion, the law shouldn't allow people to commit suicide.
Because when one wants to commit suicide, it means that he/she is so
depressed that he/she can't think clearly enough to have a better
solution than to be dead. Infact, there're a lot of ways for them to
solve their problems. It's just because they aren't encourage enough to
face it. For example, in my country, there was a student who commited
suicide just because he didn't pass the entrance exam of an university.
It's really foolish. I don't know how he could do that.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#223177</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:223177</guid><dc:creator>Golden</dc:creator><slash:comments>30</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#223177</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-223177.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I don't know about others but I'm not in counselling.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#223113</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:223113</guid><dc:creator>Forbes</dc:creator><slash:comments>31</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#223113</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-223113.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I hope that none of those contributing to this thread are in counselling.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#222922</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222922</guid><dc:creator>Golden</dc:creator><slash:comments>32</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#222922</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-222922.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I think society should let people commit suicide if they want to. I
mean what is wrong? Because they know what is happening to them. The
problems, the miseries, they could be having. We can't even comprehend
the gravity, the intensity of their problems. It must be really bad if
someone chooses those kind of things.And I agree with Sextus. Any
fifteen-year old should not commit suicide just because someone has
dumped them. But then again it is up to her, right? (but if you ask me
no one should do it just because someone dumped them. I am not saying there are things which are worth dying for.) And what is wrong if someone wants to do it just for the heck of it?</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#222695</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222695</guid><dc:creator>Sextus</dc:creator><slash:comments>33</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#222695</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-222695.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>lol Ruslana.... 
 I also think one should be allowed to do it if one wants to. But as in many cases the decision is not made on rational grounds, there must be some kind of control. I mean, if a fifteen-year-old girl is depressed because her boyfriend has dumped her and wants to kill herself, a priori I don't think that that's a good reason. In any case, the issue is too complicated to deal with it in a few lines.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#222691</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222691</guid><dc:creator>Ruslana</dc:creator><slash:comments>34</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#222691</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-222691.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I don't know whether it's really true, but I've heard that in one of American states there is a death penalty for suicide attempts.</description></item><item><title>Re: Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#222597</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222597</guid><dc:creator>rishonly</dc:creator><slash:comments>35</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm#222597</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-222597.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>What is your opinion about sucide, Golden?</description></item><item><title>Society should let people commit suicide.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222302</guid><dc:creator>Golden</dc:creator><slash:comments>36</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SocietyCommitSuicide/clvdk/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-222302.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I mean why shouldn't it. What is wrong with suicide anyway. I'll let you people know more about what I think. After your posts.</description></item></channel></rss>