Deja Q
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Thu Jan-08-04 06:42 PM
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Poll question: THEORETICAL: Which is worse? |
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Just curious, don't think anything into it...
The kicker is I'd like to hear why you believe in the option you chose.
Thanks!
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Thu Jan-08-04 06:43 PM
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absolutely NO other options.
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GURUving
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Thu Jan-08-04 06:46 PM
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I have no knowledge of my "self" ever existing before, and have no idea if "I" will ever be on this earth again. Therefore, I must do the best I can to bug, bother, and irritate as many people as possible before I get struck down. It's a duty we must not shirk!
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Deja Q
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Thu Jan-08-04 06:49 PM
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6. I'll admit that's a worthy reason... |
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Thu Jan-08-04 06:46 PM
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So being poor, no prospects, no relatives, no job, no hope for job, in ill health, malnourished is better than being dead?
We put ailing/abandoned/useless/whatever pets to death, saying it's "humane". Why the double-standards for humans? Is it a novel way for God to punish us?
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Thu Jan-08-04 06:49 PM
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when there is no hope for them that we know of and they are in pain. Even with a so called terminal disease there is hope. All of the other situations can change for the better too.
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Thu Jan-08-04 06:58 PM
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8. because humans, my friend |
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are better than pets. We are smarter and craftier and are better at cooking. That is why we have a double standard.
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Thu Jan-08-04 08:57 PM
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...I like trof's answer better.
Although the part about being better at cooking is funny.
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Thu Jan-08-04 06:47 PM
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it is the only thing that is final. Terminal illness would be the second worse.
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GURUving
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Thu Jan-08-04 06:50 PM
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We like to think that we will be looking down on people's reactions afterwards, but, guess what? Even if we were, it wouldn't matter. We are no longer around. Our energy has dissipated and is in the process of forming something else.
Life is having obstacles to overcome. Unless we are one of the ruling elite, I would guess we all here have negatives to overcome. The struggle is the important part. Stop struggling, and the bastards have won.
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Deja Q
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Thu Jan-08-04 08:24 PM
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11. So is moving to a different country if Bush wins in 2004 the same thing |
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as suicide?
Just giving up?
Lots of people, namely Dems whose votes do matter, are openly contemplating this. Heh, can Canada support us all?
I'm not accusing you, but I've seen others do the "I'm going to throw the towel if he wins".
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GURUving
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Thu Jan-08-04 08:28 PM
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and Canada will now throw all the "deserters" back to the US government based on recently signed legislation.
Those who want to change their residence are probably making a good decision, but they should not expect to ever come back.
Remember, it took awhile for the Nazis to consolidate their power and overtake the populace's misgivings. It's a modern miracle of the electronic age that things are moving along at the pace they are.
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Thu Jan-08-04 07:01 PM
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my mother died from a terminal illness, it was just awful seeing her waste away little by little too sick to do anything at all. I think I would rather commit suicide than die from terminal illness.
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Thu Jan-08-04 07:05 PM
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10. Gotta agree with you there |
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Edited on Thu Jan-08-04 07:06 PM by AnAmerican
Suicide is a tragedy, but I would rather have a loved one, afflicted with a terminal illness, be able to make that decision for themselves than not.
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Thu Jan-08-04 08:59 PM
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I'm sure it comes to a point where the best thing that can be done for a person is help them die.
I'm sorry you had to say goodbye to your mom in such a painful way.
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Thu Jan-08-04 08:55 PM
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Edited on Thu Jan-08-04 09:00 PM by rbnyc
When my boyfriend killed himself, he also murdered my boyfriend. When my aunt killed herself, she also murdered my dad's sister, my cousin's mom, my grandma's daughter, and my aunt.
I love my husband and I would never kill his wife. I love my mom and dad, and I'd never murder their daughter.
If I went bankrupt, I could rebuild my savings. If I lost my home, I could find another one. If I were terminally ill, I could make the best of the time I have left. If I were to kill myself, I would die a murderer and leave all my loved ones in pain.
EDIT: typo
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Thu Jan-08-04 09:33 PM
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One of my brothers spent his entire life bemoaning our mother's death; how awful it was to grow up without parents. He then proceeded to commit suicide, leaving his own children to grow up without THEIR father. I'm STILL angry at him for doing that.
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Thu Jan-08-04 09:37 PM
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17. Other: Having a red hot poker shoved up your ass. |
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I'd rather be dead, homeless, bankrupt or have cancer.
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Thu Jan-08-04 10:31 PM
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18. Suicide doesn't fit on the list |
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The other choices are conditions of existence. Suicide isn't one. I would think it more appropriate to give "dead" as a choice than "suicide." Isn't that really the option anyway? Given that, "suicide" (or "dead") is the worse option because you are essentially dead with that option and with the other options you're not.
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Thu Jan-08-04 10:33 PM
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19. suicide is not bad... You just die... |
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The other things on the list may LEAD to suicide...
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