What does she feel if she doesn't have the feeling that I have in my fingers

What does she feel if she doesn't have the feeling that I have in my fingers. Many people have been debating suicide lately because of the recent death of Robin Williams. My issue yesterday concerning this was specific to that one death and not suicide as a whole. The debate ranges from it is a sin, a cowardly act to it is our right as a person to stop living if we want and everything in between. It is a hard thing to understand from the outside. Seeing a person you know, gone by their own hand has no answers and leaves us wanting to understand what we did not know and can never know. It can haunt those close to it for years. I’m not sure this was always the case and is a problem unique into how your culture looks at self death. I’m not sure when the shift happened in history from choosing to die being acceptable to when it became a bad thing. People have willingly gone to their deaths as long as there have been communities and social groups. The distinction between what is an honorable death and what is not has not always been as clear as it might seem. Every culture that I’ve studied has some form of chosen death be it Seppuku, a return to the earth, soldiers volunteering for dangerous missions, ritual deaths, or another form of euthanasia. Most chosen deaths were a part of the moralistic code of the culture and the people dying welcomed death willing. That is not to say that these were melancholy people, the exact opposite appears to be true these people were proud, happy and loved life. However death is part of living and there is no escape from it eventually everyone one alive today will be dead. Sacrificial deaths seem to be bizarre but many people went to these deaths gladly and willingly and believed that what they were doing would benefit their family or community. When these sacrifices were captured people who wanted no part of their dying in this manner that is a different thing entirely because it isn’t the person’s choice. Somehow quantity of life regardless of quality of life became more important. Many of us can empathize with the idea of escaping unending physical pain from an illness which has no cure. However even then allowing a person to medicate themselves to death is bad but it is okay to sign a piece of paper that says if I die from this illness it is okay not to attempt to revive me. How is one any different than the other? Why should a person have to suffer for months knowing they will never get any better and only get worse? What makes one illness worthy of death over another? What about mental illnesses? There are some illnesses where there is no escape from being ill but only being managed to a point of stability. Most of us would not want that to be our own fate but others must continue on because of our own morality versus their desire not to go on. Why is it honorable to fall on a grenade but not to end the pain of cancer or to end the loss of self through dementia and Alzheimer’s? In the case of illnesses why would a person want to drain all their assets and leave their family nothing for the same end result but only prolonged their life artificially. Why is it okay to refuse any medical treatment but not to ask for right to die by one’s own choice or on one’s own terms? We can not know what one person is experiencing, no more than we can really know what they are truly thinking. What is bearable for you may not be for another. Certainly living is wonderful and most of us do not want that to end our lives because we see it from where we are and from a place of comfort. Our view might be different under different circumstances and perhaps it is more compassionate to allow those who want to leave to go on their own terms and not to worry about what we don’t understand about why they left. You don’t ever find those answers no matter how hard you look. Today’s title: Lyrics from Hefner’s Hymn for the Cigarettes Well, that’s all for now, other stuff to follow most likely Happy Birthday if it’s your birthday and a very merry un birthday if it isn’t your birthday Thank you for reading, please subscribe, Have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood. Ciao, PS 3 Gamer Tag: invisible don PO Box 4425 Roanoke VA 24015