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I'm about to take up a position which is going to be deamed by
some, if not all, as a terrible stand to take. As a matter of fact, if
anyone were to agree with me on ths subject, I'd be surprsed. For you see,
rather than arguing from the postion of suicide being an unjustified and
inane way to die, I shall argue the other point. That being suicide does
have its merits.
Before you people start screaming, hear my case out. Most people
argue that nothing justifies the taking of someone's life. Yet what makes
life so valuable? Why do people cling to it so? All we consist of is a
bunch of carbon atoms, bound together to form an exoskeleton, organs, and
tissue. In this light, there really is not much to life. Out of the 5
billion who inhabit the planet, very few of them shall emerge to be true
world leaders. The rest will just lead a mediocre life of work and little
play.
The taking of ones life can be argued from a populistic view as
well. It makes little sense to preserve life in an over populated world.
True, one less person here on there will not make a large dent. Yet if
everyone who attempts or had attempted suicide were not stopped, the
impact would be noticed.
Another popular argument for stoppers, people who want to prevent
suicide, is that nothing can be bad enough. Yet how do they know this?
They do not ...
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