# Is suicide a fundimental right?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-a-fundimental-right/330650>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 11, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-a-fundimental-right/330650 "2005-11-11T22:36:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-a-fundimental-right/330650/21 "2005-11-12T08:49:00Z")

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[Well whaddya know…](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040326.html)

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**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-a-fundimental-right/330650/22 "2005-11-12T08:51:44Z")

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I guess I should say that while massive human attrition due to self-slaughter was not the focus of concern, it does seem our present suicide laws (where they exist) have their roots in Christian doctrine.

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**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-a-fundimental-right/330650/23 "2005-11-12T09:05:44Z")

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Like the OP said: Righ to life. You’re in charge. If anyone wants to tell you otherwise, they can suck it. Why do people have such a hard time wirth the fact that they are the boss of only one person. The other six billion are outside their sphere.

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**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-a-fundimental-right/330650/24 "2005-11-12T23:11:34Z")

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“Seems rather risky to make such a broadly sweeping statement without knowing anything about the particulars of the folks and circumstances you’re dismissing.”

Im a psychologist. So I do have some idea of the general scenarios and direct experience with people in suicidal states, including people who subsequently died.

I used to think it was a fairly important ‘right’ as well, I only changed my mind after seeing how it generally works out in practise.

Otara

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