Tim, I'm not defending suicide as a reasonable act for a teenager who got his heart
broken.
Not reasonable, no.
But does the teenager have the right to do it? Or, put the other way, does the government have the right to intercede and prevent the teenager from doing it if the teenager decides to?
Well, let's make it not a teenager below the age of consent, but a legal adult, 18 years old, entitled to most of the privileges of adulthood, such as serving in the military (but still can't drink, and can't run for President), Does this broken hearted 18 year old have the right to commit suicide if they feel their life is no longer worth living?
And if not, then you have to set up some government process to separate the broken hearted 18 year old from the terminally ill pain-filled person, and decide which one has permission to commit suicide and which one doesn't, and then suicide isn't a right but a government granted privilege, which is quite contrary to my belief, and what I thought was your belief. |
