FREE ESSAY ON WHO'S RIGHT IS IT ANYWAY?

WHO'S RIGHT IS IT ANYWAY?

Who's Right Is It Anyway?
I'm about to take up a position which will be deemed by some, if not all, as a
terrible stand to take. As a matter of fact, if anyone were to agree with me on this
subject, I'd be 
shocked. For you see, rather than arguing from a position of suicide being an unjustified
and 
senseless way to die, I shall argue the other point. That being suicide does have its
merits. So, 
before you start debating, hear my case out. 
Most people argue that nothing justifies the taking of someone's life. Yet what makes
life so 
valuable? Why do people cling to it so? All we consist of is a bunch of carbon atoms,
bound 
together to form an exoskeleton, organs, and tissue. In this light, there really is not
much to life. Out 
of the 5 billion who inhabit the planet, very few of them shall emerge to be true world
leaders. The 
rest will just lead a mediocre life of work and little play. The taking of ones life can
be argued 
from a populist view as well. It makes little sense to preserve life in an over populated
world. 
True, one less person here or there will not make a large dent. Yet if everyone who
attempts or had 
attempted suicide were not stopped, the impact would be recognized. Another popular
argument 
for stoppers, people who want to prevent suicide, is that nothing can be bad enough. Yet
how do 
they know this? They do not have to put up with the same stuff the suicide victim does
everyday. 
How could they possibly know what the potential suicide victim feels. Just as a severely
burned 
victim may wish to be allowed to die in peace, the suicide victim wishes the same. To die
in 
peace with no argument from others. 
The argument of look at the people you will hurt also does not hold. Immediate family 
members will be the only ones to suffer any great pain. Friends will go on with their
lives and in 
time forget about the death. Immediate family too will forget the loss in time. Although
it will take 
most considerably longer for them than it will for friends. Finally, the argument of
suicide being 
selfish is hard to grasp. Selfish in whose eyes? Certainly not the eyes of the victim. To
them, they 
consider it selfish of others to try and preserve their life. Again, the argument of the
stoppers don't 
know what the victim has to go through. They are not the ones enduring the pain. 
Religious people also crop up into the debate. Catholics claim that for someone to commit

suicide sends their soul straight to Hell. In many religions, suicide is considered
taboo. However 
why is this so? Why should it be looked upon as disgraceful, when some religions claim
death the 
be the reward for people after their time on earth is done.
Suicide is an issue which should be examined at by all angles. Not just from the angle
that it is 
wrong. End of debate. Rather it should be looked at from the point of view that yes for
some 
people, they should be allowed to die in peace.