The Right

We, as citizens, have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But what if we don’t want our rights? Criminals continually wave their right to a lawyer, right to remain silent, all that good stuff. And some of them actually use it to their advantage, like smart dumbasses.

But to wave our right to life? If it’s done against our will, could it be considered murder? The definition of ‘murder’ (from dictionary.com) is the unlawful act of killing someone. Now, in my own personal terms? Murder is done against the victim’s will. Their right to life isn’t waved, just invaded… For all eternity.

But suicide?.. Why does that bring up a whole other issue? When people speak of suicide, some say it’s wrong politically. Some say it’s wrong religiously. As a friend of mine says to me constantly, “You’ll go to hell if you commit suicide’… AND BY THE WAY, why do they say ‘commit’ suicide, like you ‘commit’ a crime? Is it technically committing a crime, to commit suicide? Or to ‘commit’ to a marriage?

Is suicide really that much of a controversy? Shouldn’t be. In the mind of a 15-year old, bi-romantic, Mexican-American male (aka me.), we’re just waving our right to life. We HAVE that opportunity. So why do people command suicidal attemptors to go into a hospital, FORCE us into therapy? WE HAVE THAT RIGHT. If we don’t want it, why should we be forced to have it?!

I’m sorry, but I’m currently needing somewhere to vent. My mind is going haywire, and I can barely handle the current stress of an arguing family. It sends my mood down so much, I lock myself in my little private room (aka the bathroom downstairs, smallest room in the house) until it all goes away. It has yet to go away. So I’m trying to block it out on the couch instead.