TAW122
Emissary of the right to die.
- Aug 30, 2018
- 6,820
Note: This is not a Goodbye thread, it is simply a thread about others' opinion on what to add or include in one's video statement of one's decision. I know it varies from individual to individual, but I'd like to get some input on what others' think of it, maybe they have some additional suggestions on what to add or not include in the video. Also, I haven't made the video yet as I'm just writing my transcript for it.
Video transcript below (Keep in mind this is just a draft and it is subject to change and may add/remove some sections, content before finalizing):
Hi, TAW122 here, I am at peace with my decision and my decision is final. This is not a decision that I have made impulsively nor irrationally as I have been contemplating it for more than a decade. While I have many reasons along with detailed explanations, I don't plan to list all the reasons (only the major ones and broadly) as I have a much more thorough explanation in other documents and files. I'm just going to make a few major points and have a few short explanations.
Firstly, the way we treat suicidal people is barbaric and inhumane. It is not only arrogant,but also ignorant that people assume that people who are thinking of suicide don't know the hotline or crisis text numbers. We do know and will not call them because we don't wish to be saved. Many people simply fail to respect another's decision especially when it comes down to the ultimate exercise bodily autonomy? If people really wished to reach out and really save the 'suicidal' people, then we must change our ways of handling them. Instead of patronizing, interrogating, questioning, gaslighting, guilt-tripping & shaming, and even threatening them with involuntary treatment or detainment, we should treat them like we treat other people, rational, valid people and with dignity & respect. Why should society to decide or dictate whether someone has had enough and determine whether he/she should continue or not? It should be up to the individual to decide on what is enough for oneself as everyone has different levels of tolerance and limits.
I do not wish to support nor live in a society in which it sanctions, condones, and even legalizes such treatment towards suicidal people yet proclaim how 'free' it is. A true compassionate society is a society that respects the true bodily autonomy of it's members, including the right and freedom of choice in whether said individual wishes to live or die, without bullying and coercing them into living a life that the individual does not wish to live. I also refuse to accept a fate of a destitute one, an impoverished one, and thus, the logical solution coming out of this is to end my own life before I have to endure such hardship, especially if I am kind to myself.
As I am also an antinatalist and efilist, I believe that human life, especially on a macro scale is more deterimental both for our environment and for us as a species. Life is mostly full of suffering, with short periods of respite. In my opinion, the short periods of respite and pleasure are not worth the decades of suffering. I am also against bringing in new sentient life into this cruel world, a world full of suffering. This is because the conceived have no say, nor consent in deciding whether it wishes to exist or not to exist. The most humane thing a humane society should offer would be to give the conceived a choice in deciding whether it wishes to live or die.
In addition to antinatatlism and efilism, I am also a misanthrope as I believe that humans by nature are evil and oftenly cause more harm in order to seek pleasure, oftenly at the cost of others. I did not arrive at misanthropy by nature, but by my environment and seeing the facade of human behavior. I have accepted that this is unfortunate nature and circumstance of what a human being is, myself included. With one less human being in the world, there would be one less person who may cause harm collectively as well as one less person who will be suffering until his/her own inevitable end.
Finally, while the cons far outweigh the pros, death itself is an inevitable fate that all living things will arrive at. The irony is that when all living things eventually arrive at this point in it's existence, others have objections to arriving sooner than later and in a manner which is not approved by society at large. Which thus, it becomes a problem with ego and wishing others to exist so the majority of the populace does not suffer. Furthermore, us humans wish to lord over and be superior to one another, it's a part of our human nature and thus, by checking out, I am no longer a part of the system that further perpetuates this continuous cycle of harm.
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Let me know what you guys think of my transcript for my video and what you may or may not add to it. I haven't decided on which platform I wish to be public on, but a bit iffy on YouTube as it might violate their terms and result in removal, as well as Google being a tech giant and having the ability to detect various red flags is a bit off-putting for me to put on that one, I may consider other ones (feel free to suggest a few that I might not know of).
Video transcript below (Keep in mind this is just a draft and it is subject to change and may add/remove some sections, content before finalizing):
Hi, TAW122 here, I am at peace with my decision and my decision is final. This is not a decision that I have made impulsively nor irrationally as I have been contemplating it for more than a decade. While I have many reasons along with detailed explanations, I don't plan to list all the reasons (only the major ones and broadly) as I have a much more thorough explanation in other documents and files. I'm just going to make a few major points and have a few short explanations.
Firstly, the way we treat suicidal people is barbaric and inhumane. It is not only arrogant,but also ignorant that people assume that people who are thinking of suicide don't know the hotline or crisis text numbers. We do know and will not call them because we don't wish to be saved. Many people simply fail to respect another's decision especially when it comes down to the ultimate exercise bodily autonomy? If people really wished to reach out and really save the 'suicidal' people, then we must change our ways of handling them. Instead of patronizing, interrogating, questioning, gaslighting, guilt-tripping & shaming, and even threatening them with involuntary treatment or detainment, we should treat them like we treat other people, rational, valid people and with dignity & respect. Why should society to decide or dictate whether someone has had enough and determine whether he/she should continue or not? It should be up to the individual to decide on what is enough for oneself as everyone has different levels of tolerance and limits.
I do not wish to support nor live in a society in which it sanctions, condones, and even legalizes such treatment towards suicidal people yet proclaim how 'free' it is. A true compassionate society is a society that respects the true bodily autonomy of it's members, including the right and freedom of choice in whether said individual wishes to live or die, without bullying and coercing them into living a life that the individual does not wish to live. I also refuse to accept a fate of a destitute one, an impoverished one, and thus, the logical solution coming out of this is to end my own life before I have to endure such hardship, especially if I am kind to myself.
As I am also an antinatalist and efilist, I believe that human life, especially on a macro scale is more deterimental both for our environment and for us as a species. Life is mostly full of suffering, with short periods of respite. In my opinion, the short periods of respite and pleasure are not worth the decades of suffering. I am also against bringing in new sentient life into this cruel world, a world full of suffering. This is because the conceived have no say, nor consent in deciding whether it wishes to exist or not to exist. The most humane thing a humane society should offer would be to give the conceived a choice in deciding whether it wishes to live or die.
In addition to antinatatlism and efilism, I am also a misanthrope as I believe that humans by nature are evil and oftenly cause more harm in order to seek pleasure, oftenly at the cost of others. I did not arrive at misanthropy by nature, but by my environment and seeing the facade of human behavior. I have accepted that this is unfortunate nature and circumstance of what a human being is, myself included. With one less human being in the world, there would be one less person who may cause harm collectively as well as one less person who will be suffering until his/her own inevitable end.
Finally, while the cons far outweigh the pros, death itself is an inevitable fate that all living things will arrive at. The irony is that when all living things eventually arrive at this point in it's existence, others have objections to arriving sooner than later and in a manner which is not approved by society at large. Which thus, it becomes a problem with ego and wishing others to exist so the majority of the populace does not suffer. Furthermore, us humans wish to lord over and be superior to one another, it's a part of our human nature and thus, by checking out, I am no longer a part of the system that further perpetuates this continuous cycle of harm.
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Let me know what you guys think of my transcript for my video and what you may or may not add to it. I haven't decided on which platform I wish to be public on, but a bit iffy on YouTube as it might violate their terms and result in removal, as well as Google being a tech giant and having the ability to detect various red flags is a bit off-putting for me to put on that one, I may consider other ones (feel free to suggest a few that I might not know of).
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