Getting some hard-hitting topics now that Warbler has returned. The Politics thread has has seen a resurgence, and the Polanski thread has people debating the justification of the death penalty. So, yeah, here's mine, based on a glimmer of an idea from a post of Bingowings in the Polanski thread. Should people be allowed to make their own choices of whether or not they are allowed to die? And not just in the case of those who are terminally ill, but simply people who are extremely unhappy and simply want to kill themselves. I'm probably a tiny minority on this, but I think they should be allowed to. Seriously. Apparently the reigning psychiatric mood is that any person who wants to commit suicide has a mental illness because only mentally ill people would want to end their own lives. I don't agree with this. I agree that people who want to kill themselves might be mentally ill and need help, but I am upset that this is the only conclusion. I do agree that, just like the death penalty, it is better to err on the side of caution, though. Well, anyway, I would like to open this up for debate or just thoughts. I understand that this is a potentially inflamatory topic, so hopefully this can be spoken of in a mature fashion.