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While I understand the point that you're trying to make, I think that characterizing suicide this way is unhelpful. It ignores the fact that most of the people who end up committing suicide are deeply sick, and does nothing but make these ill people feel further disconnected from society.

Suicide and depression are incredibly complex issues, and these kind of oversimplifications don't help anyone.




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