He might just be enjoying himself right about now.
Why do we call people who commit sucide "suicide victims"? I am not trying to be mean here, I just do not understand the whole "victim" paradigm. Assuming that the person was lucid enough to understand that his or her actions would result in death, an accomplished suicide would be just that; an accomplishment. I am not trying to ignore or malign people that are in so much pain and anguish that suicide seems like a viable option; I just am not a fan the term "suicide victim".
I dunno, maybe a term that is a little more neutral? Uh, "suicide committer", or something a little less clunky?
Discordant thought; language is a double edged sword; it can be used to clarify or obfuscate.
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Jerome Bettis
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i think suicide victim isn't referring to the act itself, more the process. they have fallen victim to believing that life is so horrible, and they have become victim to such a deep depression that suicide is the only answer. therefore making them a victim. granted it is victim to themselves, but victim no less. i mean, someone who kills themself is not of sound mind generally. so... that's my take.
I wonder why in our society suicide is considered such a horrible thing. I suppose in the case of emo teenagers or divorcees slitting their wrists, obviously that's bad. But aren't there situations in which it might even be considered honorable?
"Victim" IS a bad word.
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