tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4414632125250101639..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Teenage Suicide GlorifiedStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-8569538508166818802017-05-17T22:52:06.930-07:002017-05-17T22:52:06.930-07:00IAC: It would seem you've arrived at an unders...IAC: It would seem you've arrived at an understanding of why some of us law-abiding citizens have concealed pistol licenses. I hope you will support our Second Amendment rights.<br /><br />I'm not sure about best interpretations of Second Amendment rights for personal protection versus for organized militias. And on the first, the evidence to me suggests more people are shot from accidental shootings than are shot for being wannabe murders. So if local law enforcement wants to put limits on individual conceal and carry, based on evidence people can use them responsibly, I'm all for that.<br /><br />I don't have a good sense how to limit "concealed pistol licenses". I'd see it not unlike the problem of driver licenses, since cars are also deadly weapons. So it makes sense that individuals should have to pass skill tests, and be retested when they get older.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-19988851324158375972017-05-11T12:07:15.295-07:002017-05-11T12:07:15.295-07:00Ares: "Mostly I'd only risk killing in ch...Ares: "Mostly I'd only risk killing in chaotic situations where other lives are in imminent risk of violence. So the higher the chaos, the higher risks I'm willing to take to my conscience."<br /><br />It would seem you've arrived at an understanding of why some of us law-abiding citizens have concealed pistol licenses. I hope you will support our Second Amendment rights.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tWoNhGhfJk<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGov0H08ySU<br /><br />Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-25594153138525823732017-05-11T11:58:25.933-07:002017-05-11T11:58:25.933-07:00It comes down to awareness of a problem versus awa...It comes down to awareness of a problem versus awareness of an option. <br /><br />Suicide isn't about the person who commits. Suicide is about the pain and destruction the person leaves behind in seeking to avoid their own. It is a manifestly selfish choice. I'm not sure how that makes for good television, but I'm not attracted to much television anyway.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-20852888841634170282017-05-11T11:06:26.096-07:002017-05-11T11:06:26.096-07:00AO, how would you propose we avoid "dramatizi...AO, how would you propose we avoid "dramatizing/glorifying mass murders"? I was not aware our society does this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-14769991644915480642017-05-11T06:03:02.324-07:002017-05-11T06:03:02.324-07:00I think we may be trying to close the barn door a ...I think we may be trying to close the barn door a little late if we go against dramatizing (or glorifying) suicides. Like Romeo and Juliet are read in high schools, so we all know love is dangerous, and family feuds are so stupid that sometimes it takes young people to kill themselves to remind all the haters what their blindness sows.<br /><br />I always knew I was willing to die for certain beliefs, including freedom of speech, while I've never been sure what beliefs I'd be willing to kill for. Mostly I'd only risk killing in chaotic situations where other lives are in imminent risk of violence. So the higher the chaos, the higher risks I'm willing to take to my conscience.<br /><br />So I'm more concerned about dramatizing/glorifying mass murders over dramatizing/glorifying suicides. Copy-cat suicides at least only take willing victims.<br /><br />Taking one's own life is a weighty matter, and suicide notes seem to be a good creative outlet, giving you some control over the narrative others will make about you. <br /><br />I probably could spend years on getting that note just right before I'd be willing to submit it as my last words. And I have this anti-blame stance, so I'd have to be very sure no one left behind thinks they were the cause.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-68662249180577875192017-05-11T05:36:38.392-07:002017-05-11T05:36:38.392-07:00What happened to "death with dignity"? D...What happened to "death with dignity"? Don't teenagers have that right, too?<br /><br />Promoting suicide and then moaning about its popularity is as stupid as promoting promiscuity and declaring a "crisis" when STDs spread like wildfire.<br /><br />https://www.cdc.gov/std/trigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.com