1- way less suicidal/depressed people. we’d be the first to line up. waiting list, anyone?
2- less poverty
3- more happiness- us suicidal/depressed people would feel comfort that we will always have that backup plan. and also, since the most depressed people die off, there’s more “happiness” left.
4- less burdens- the families of suicidal/depressed people will no longer feel burdened to take care of their suicidal/depressed family member that they do not even like/resent
5- increase in murders. i guess there will always be evil people. they will murder people but pass it off as suicide. See it all the time in Forensic Files lol. But seriously, that is pretty much one of the major reasons why assisted suicide is banned in most places.
6- less people
7- less people = a happier planet (less overcrowding, less scarcity of resources)
8- less suffering and pain
9- a happier Earth. less humans = more plants and animals. we’re already killing millions of species to extinction.
my list has only 1 bad consequence and 8 good 😛
then again, i am anti-humans
hm, what else?
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– More sucidal accessories at your corner store
– in crease in hospitalized patients that failed
– increase in global motor vehicle accidents
– anime that has to do with suicide would be the next genre instead of fighting, romance, action band adventure
That’s all I can think of I wish I could give you a high 5 for all the great things that you post
we’re talking if assisted suicide became legalized, i.e. we can ALL get lethal injections if we wish to. so there would be a DECREASE in hospitalizations from failed suicide attempts.
Wow! I miss read it. Even miss reading it to that exact is not like me at all.
Ok let’s try again
Definitely more jobs, and more food would be available.
Do you think there would be a walk-in branch of companies with assisted suicide? Most definitely there be a branch that takes care of legal possession like wills and debts.
I hope this makes up for my stupidity lol
Off topic, you should write a book on what the world would be like if suicide was legal globally
nah, too depressed to write a book on depression and suicide 😛
…although today i’m oddly energetic (by energetic i mean not my lethargic self). might be due to the 10 mg of caffeine I consumed today.
Well just a cool concept to keep in mind, even if you decided to create a comic ofr animation or something, that won’t just sell that’ll actually help people. And obviously if you plan on starting it, stock up on caffeine lol
hm, i need a “ghost”writer lol
Lots of more impulse suicides. I’d say that’s the main reason why it isn’t legal. Not that i’m against it, but it’d have to be seriously regulated, otherwise you’d have casualties for almost anything.
that’s easy to deal with. in countries where assisted suicide is legal, (or for any matter, to get anything done), there’s always paperwork, and can take years to get the process going to it’s final conclusion. It’s not like you walk into a suicide clinic and 5min later you’re done for. those who are not serious aren’t going to wait a year, or even a month if it’s an impulse suicide.
Yeah, that’s what i said seriously regulated, because when i read easily accessible i had the picture in my mind of something like futurama suicide tollbooths. In my defense i had just woken up and my thinking wasn’t that good, haha.
by easily accessible i mean that you can get it done in your country/city, versus currently you’d have to fly to another country to get it done.
anything from futurama to turn into reality is a bad thing lol
Yeah, now that i read it again i figured that much… guess i’ll refrain from replying on sp before having my morning cup of coffee, lol.
that’s not to say that it’s not a legitimate concern or that that it isn’t a reason they have used to not legalize assisted suicide.
Yes, in countries where assisted suicide is legal, it is very heavily regulated, and they only approve a small portion of requests. Not everyone who walks in the door can get it done.
when you say they only approve a small number of requests, i assume you are talking about suicide related to medical reasons. Is that the case?
What if someone wants to die because they’ve had enough of life? They would get denied?
It would be a huge advance in society. The ultimate right. The right to die with dignity and free of pain and guilt.
I think you pretty much covered everything, darkness ! You watch Forensic Files too ?
How about The New Detectives, The FBI Files, Deadly Women ?
Actually, if Dignitas is correct, there would actually be a DECREASE in the amount of suicides. I forget the percentage (and am too lazy to look it up) but of all the people that sign up for their assisted suicide program at least 70% (or more) never take advantage of it.
As far as regulations, yes, that can take years. The most logical way to avoid emotion-driven suicide is start with a a minimum age (such as 40 yrs old) and/or be tested every six months for 2 years before being given the green light.
I do not think anyone should be forced into taking drugs or enduring psychotherapy as a pre-requisite. If it were, it would become big business. You know, someday it will become big business, right?
Living is Big Business, Death is Big Business (funeral homes for starters), what isn’t Big Business these days? Just getting your body burned cost 2k-4k for cremation, forget getting put into a gilded wooden box to be dumped into a hole.
Would the number of suicides increase or decrease?
Reasons for a decrease: If people knew they had this option it would allow them to relax and hang around longer. If people could openly talk about it, without fear, that would help too. Some people would have changed their minds about dying or their attitude toward the suicidal person if they had been given a chance to discuss it beforehand.
Reasons for an increase: Many of those who have been holding back out of fear of failure, pain, etc. would go through with it. Some who wouldn’t have considered it an option before would now be willing to consider it.
As long as the many underlying causes of suicide continue, I don’t see the rate changing that much.
good point. the latter, i think would prevail, esp when you consider that in order for all this to transpire, it would require a more lax cultural attitude toward suicide and personal choice. . . .