I really don't understand the respect to this particular comment. I think kwoks expressed himself slightly awkwardly, but are the downvoters suggesting that this guy did the smart thing by taking his own life?
Probably some if them are, but I think most are reacting negatively to the suggestion that no one who kills themselves is smart. Note that this is different than saying that the suicide itself is a 'smart' decision. Perhaps they feel it is disrespectful to a former friend who's intelligence they respected?
The OP seems to equate 'smart' with evolutionarily successful. While there is no question that removing yourself from the gene pool before reproducing is lousy evolutionary fitness, I can certainly understand looking at the world and deciding that one just doesn't want to play that game.
For the most part I think the downvotes are because the post is offensive and lacks insight, not because people are applauding suicide.
