Sorry, what's wrong with prolife posts?
Pro life = suicide is wrong under all circumstances, i.e. no-one has the right to put an end to their life for whatever reason.
It does not pertain to counseling someone to try to stay alive a while longer or encouraging them to think things through and maybe try certain options before opting out altogether. Which is perfectly allright in the context of the rules aslong as you don't badger the person and try to impose your views on them. I do it myself when it's clear the person is hesitant and/or an attempt would be ill-informed and ill-conceived.
I will not second-guess someone whose mind is made up as I cannot possibly judge what the better option for that person would be and I'll not insult them by pretending I can and they can't. Doing so would violate my own ethical principles on the matter, even if I think (based on the very limited knowledge I have) that person may be making a huge mistake. Which I cannot possibly know for a fact.
Anytime someone post a goodbye-post it saddens me because grave, pointless suffering (the major if not sole cause of suicide) is inherently bad and it would have been preferable if that person could have found another solution to their suffering. Sadly that is not always the case and since I'm a big proponent of personal autonomy and human dignity I think every individual should have the right to decide such matters for themselves. Pro choice, not anti life nor pro suicide.
Imo 'pro life' is a misnomer as this would imply that this forum is anti life/pro suicide which is simply not true: being of the opinion that every adult should have the right (morally and legally) to end their life voluntarily does not equal the notion that everyone should kill themselves. It doesn't even necessarily imply thinking life itself is inherently a bad thing (pessimism) although I dare say quite a few members subscribe to that philosophical position.
A more correct term would be 'anti suicide' or 'anti personal autonomy' or even better 'anti freedom' as suicide is as dr. Sasz was wont to say our ultimate, fatal freedom. If you're not allowed to determine the time and manner of your own death how free are you really? If others can prevent you from carrying out such a wish by force you are in fact their slave (Seneca).
I think using the term 'pro life' is giving these people more credit than they deserve - as if they are the guardians of life itself which is most likely not the case or they would be in Africa feeding starving children instead of badgering the suicidal with their unwanted ideological preaching (which usually doesn't offer any real solutions as the great majority of us already tried all the conventional 'treatments') - and it makes us look like an anti-social, nihilistic and possibly dangerous group that opposes life itself. Which again isn't the case at all.
If that were the case I would have left this forum a long time ago as I detest bullying/anti-social behaviour in any form and I'm of the opinion pressuring someone into suicide is a form of unjustifiable, criminal violence that should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
It's also clearly and expressly forbidden on this forum and rightly so:
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Do not encourage, manipulate, coerce or help users carry out acts of any nature whatsoever, including suicide; " (https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/rules-and-faq.4/).
Ironically this forum has probably kept (far) more people alive than it supposedly helped die (if providing information that can be found in freely sold books or other readily accesible sources can even be construed as 'help': knowing how something is done by itself leads nowhere nor does it provide the necessary motivation or means and obviously suicide as a social phenomenon didn't start with the advent of this forum or others like it) due to the fact that it allows open discussion of suicide and its members form a caring, friendly community that offers far more empathy, emotional support and respect to those who are suicidal than the outside world with its supposed tough love 'suicide prevention' programs (ye shalt not...) and 'professional help' in the form of feeding the mental health industry with its rather poor track-record of actually delivering on its overblown promises. If they could actually cure mental illness and it would be true that over 90% of suicides are due to mental illness (which is impossible to determine scientifically as a diagnosis of 'mental illness' cannot be established after death, i.e. through an autopsy) why do suicide rates the world over remain consistently high?
Of course everyone should make up their own mind on the matter and I fully believe in everyone's right to choose what is best for them. If that is psychiatric treatment and/or psychotherapy I wish them the best of luck and sincerely hope it'll benefit them.
Maybe have a prolife megathread pined and everyone "happy"?
There already is a recovery section to this forum (which could be construed as 'pro life' in the sense that it allows members the opportunity to discuss their attemtps to make their life better): https://sanctioned-suicide.net/forums/recovery.7/page-2. There also is an overview of possible 'treatments': https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/recovery-treatments.20652/ and an overview of 'suicide prevention' resources (https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/recovery-treatments.20652/#post-680169). What more could you or anyone else who isn't trolling possibly want?
The pro choice stance of this forum and the 'pro life'/anti suicide ideology are mutually exclusive, for the reasons stated above. What you're suggesting is aking to allowing a white supremacy thread on an anti-racism/pro-equality forum.
Why should we attempt to make everyone 'happy'? This forum is meant for its members and pleasing everyone (including conforming to the prejudices of public opinion) is simply impossible. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
