Voluntary death

Well, it'll die out eventually.

 

I don't want to die when I'm old and a burden on my family

As Nortt would say it is better to die when the time is right, when life has been fulfilled


I don't see why suicide has such a taboo surrounding it. A teenager killing themselves bcause they give up sure, thats tragic, but a person who has actually lived their life, and has accomplished all they can, and now will only serve as a burden to their loved ones, imo it would be a noble thing for them to kill themselves if its what they wanted.

And before someone cries out that its selfish, if anything I see it the rest of the family being selfish, wanting them to hold on while they deteriorate and wither away

 

True but they believe the earth is too good for the human race

apparently we don't deserve this haven of plenty


hotwater

 

There was a feminist movement along those lines in the 60s too (as appropriately expounded by my mom to myself as a child):

The idea being that if women refuse to breed, men would eventually die off in wars and the world would be less violent.

Of course, they weren't bright enough to figure out that male extinction leads to female extinction. And, more straight to the point, that laws against rape are a courtesy easily done away with in times of social crisis.

 

thanks - I'm gonna sleep on that - it's bedtime here in England!

 

Are you kidding me? i wanna live to a hundred, just so I can say I made it that long. A hundred and three. I think that's a good age. I'll be the crazy old ass bitch who lives in the middle of no where and will get buried under her house. Yeah. That'll be me.

 

i'm in no rush to exit this world.

i'm wanting to have many children before i'm done.

,but age....its all in how you feel.

 

Yes, obviously having offspring would rule out dying voluntarily. At least, until one arrives at a vegetative state (when one becomes a burden to oneself and one's offspring).

I'm still not sure whether I will choose to have children--.

 

I totally started this thread like a week ago!

http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=343010&f=51

 

I participated in it, but I think we're talking about different things. I'm not talking about suicide due to pain or despair. I'm talking about purposeful self-sacrifice.

Maybe there is no difference. I don't know.

 

and yours was a much better setup for one of my stupid jokes. which pressed rat pretty much immediately stole

 

Oh yeah.

It was at my expense, but it was freaking funny. :biggrin:

 

The hippie joke. It was ok.

 

yeah, i'm not really looking for validation of my old jokes or anything...



i'm just mad at you for not setting me up for anything here

 

I cover my tracks. With every post I try to anticipate what you circling sharks will be thinking and how I can defend against that.