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Originally Posted by william
Rarely are men who kill themselves in the right state of mind. As such, how could their death be other than tragic?
Some cultures find it an acceptable ends, but it’s my understanding that acts such as Seppuku are acts against dishonor, not despair.
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Even when your responses are short, they're still dense. It is amazing. And trying.
So aside from the obvious question of who dictates the right state of mind" because that's juvenile, is there then no middle ground? There's either tragic death or noble death? These people
want to kill themselves. Regardless of the reason, conscious or subconscious, it is ultimately their choice. If a person becomes a killer because of his tragic childhood leading to his "wrong" state of mind, is his choice to kill people then tragic as well? Only to the people he kills. And the people affected by the act. Nobody says, og that's tragic that he decided to kill people. Same as in suicide. The only tragedy, if there has to be one, is suffered by those left to deal with the ramifications. Not the one who chose to do the thing.