razoloto999Apr 20, 2024

Is it cruel to extinguish a person who self-immolates? If they live they will have tremendous pain and suffering.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/18106814

Is it cruel to extinguish a person who self-immolates? If they live they will have tremendous pain and suffering. - sh.itjust.works

I read that the police were extinguishing the guy who set himself on fire yesterday only two minutes after it began. Obviously, the guy did not want to live. Putting out the fire so quickly does not ease his suffering and would only increase it if he were to live. As long as nothing else is at risk of catching fire perhaps it would be best to stay away. What do you think?

Show threadhperrinApr 20, 2024
If someone is suicidal, the police have a duty to protect them from themself.
Show thread🦄🦄🦄Apr 20, 2024
Why? What about bodily autonomy?
Show threadassassin_aragorn

I don’t recognize suicide as something that falls under bodily autonomy. It’s almost always caused by mental health issues and shitty living situations.

If someone in chronic pain wants to opt for euthanasia, that’s different, and I support it. Their condition can’t be improved, and they’re making the decision with a sound mind.

Apr 21, 2024 at 3:37pmWeb
Show thread🦄🦄🦄Apr 21, 2024

So… bodily autonomy, but on your conditions?

Also:

It’s almost always caused by mental health issues and shitty living situations.

I doubt that you have a source for that and I doubt there could even be a study for that for the survorship bias alone. Literally, in this case.