[Chewbacca]

Venturing deeper into the realm of personal belief and touching upon metaphysics....

I see the point you are making, Yorick but it doesn't matter from my perspective.

I believe "I" chose, not only my physical manifestation, but "I" also chose my parents as much as they chose me, at a soul level of existence.

Of course the little physical shell of a baby doesn't survive without care, shelter, and protection. That is part of the "deal". I don't owe my parents anything for it, certainly not my continuing physical manifestastion.

My beliefs are why suicide doesn't concern me as much as, say, war or murder. To me, suicide is a choice as much as choosing to live is, no one else takes the life of a suicider.

Of course this is not to say I *totally* advocate suicide, I certain advocate the right to die for the terminally pained, I also advocate the right to live in agony if one chooses. If a person is so sick they cannot take their own life, they deserve the choice to recieve assistance in doing so if they wish.

In the case of suicide caused by psycological/emotional trauma I do believe in free choice here as well, but I do not condone suicide in these cases either. I do not condemn it either as well. What is important is responding to the people who come forth and say "I want to kill myself" Allowing exploration of the thoughts and feelings that are at the root of this desire and so forth. I do consider voluntary discorporation to be a serious and permanent decision. It should be challenged, discussed, considered, and thought out.

Ultimately a person who seriously wants to do it, is going to.

Death is not something I fear or regret. My beleifs, my faith, lends me confidence that I will be with loved ones again. This is why I am not angry at the friends that have passed on because of suicide. I have no anger becasue they did not come to tell me their thoughts and feelings that led to such a decision. I know they did not do it to hurt me. Somehow, someway, they did it for themselves. I may not agree with their decision and I would have tried to talk them out of it if they came to me about it, but now it is done, I would rather just consider that they are free souls, with me now in heart and mind, and we will meet again.