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"Do you own the off-switch"
Good point.
To those that believe they solely own their own lives, I would ask how they brought themselves into this world and what they did to earn their life.
I would point out that we owe our very existence to other people. Other peoples actions brought us into the world, and enabled our survival and equipped us with skills to survive. In a primal nuclear society, the person should by rights stay alive to take care of those that took care of them. Returning the favour.
But we have lost that primal need... or have we?
If you really lose the will to live, you will die. People die of a broken heart. Suicide is an override switch to drastically end pain. It is not evidence of a loss of the will to live.
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