Faith-based pro-life arguments annoy me the most. There is just no substance to them of any merit. I don't see any value in being intimidated by archaic dogmas, birthed in different cultures as a response to the historical context of the time. Unfortunately, those in positions of power often ascribe to these beliefs or at least need to be seen to. That often affects Right to Die legislation. Intangible concerns are used to prompt moral outrage that stifles further discussion; of the very material concern of being faced with future prospect of drowning to death in your own lung fluid.
When they say Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
This saying also annoys me. It is reflective of the empty soundbite parroting culture we have come to inhabit. It also operates on the false premise that people who are suicidal have temporary problems. That is demonstrably false.
I suspect that media influence is very much behind the widespread use of this phrase being used as if it conveys a eureka moment. There is a bit of a myth peddled by films, and various drama's that people erroneously believe. But is also likely why they say this stuff in the first place. It is that if you just talk to someone who is mentally distressed they will have a eureka moment and recover because of the insight they have just been provided from that talk. As if one heartfelt talk will fix it. Often when it doesn't those same people will get frustrated and in some cases then blame you for not wanting to recover. Worse, psychiatric services can behave in a similar manner if you don't show signs of improvement. Which is ironic because they often follow a medical model in the first place...
You see this myth constantly reinforced every time you watch a psychotic killer being confronted with their own mental illness and in the moment they realise, they put down the knife. You see it in terrible dramas where some traumatic event has occurred and best friends hug it out and have a good cry and then the next day the trauma is gone. Media rarely reflects reality as it is. So disposable nuggets like the above continue to perpetuate, but really offer no useful wisdom or insight into chronic enduring problems.
