Alcohol.

Lots and lots of people lean heavily on it and think that alcohol is the spice of their life. When, it contributes to so many problems than it’s so-called benefits. We tried, in America anyways, to outright ban alcohol. Problem was that the person who wanted it banned, was too extremist.

Like he didn’t think it all through and think just going for the jugular of the problem is what will work. When, it didn’t and just made people work around it until eventually the ban was dismantled.

So, since then, we’ve been putting up with drunk drivers, drunk disputes, drunk abusers and other issues. I still wish we could just slam our hands down at the desk and demand we sit to discuss in how to properly deal with this issue than people proclaiming that it’s not a problem.

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    Everyone has the option to stop their lifes if wish be.

    Most don’t not just from some technicalities but because parents or otherwise we have a biological urge to consent to being alive and make live being.

    The consent is from our nature and only extreme circumstances makes it otherwise.

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      Everyone has the option to stop their lifes if wish be.

      I don’t know if that’s true. I shot myself in the head once and just woke up like nothing had happened. I suspect life might not be as fragile as it appears from the outside.

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        It is surprising how resilient we are. Getting shot in the head is an example, we often underestimate the chance of survival.

        Unfortunately it doesn’t prevent all suicide.

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      23 hours ago

      Not true, police come and lock you up if they catch you trying to stop being alive

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        What do you mean the police?

        Isn’t the hospital and medics the one who cares for suicidal people?

        Putting them in jail if that’s what you mean is pretty barbaric.

        Again though the police can’t detain you indefinitely. What stop people from doing it is being cared for the reason they wanted to in the first place.

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          Isn’t the hospital and medics the one who cares for suicidal people?

          not in America, where hospitals aren’t free and a call to the suicide hotline will have the cops going to your house