So, why is my grandfather not a coward and this man is? They were both suffering from chronic illness. This is where your argument stands still. My grandfather left a lot of loved ones behind who DID NOT find his actions as brave as I did – who felt he should have left naturally, rather than by suicide. Does he not have the same responsibilities to family and loved ones as this man does?
Also the fact that the chronically depressed DO NOT think like you or I, and their “choices” are therefore not the same.
See, I am apparently bi-polar, but I work more on the manic scale. I do get depressed, but I don’t get suicidal. I just don’t. My brain doesn’t work that way (even if it would make it a LOT easier for me to get help, but that’s for a different discussion).
Not everyone has the same brain function. That doesn’t make someone with a chronic disease (depression) “selfish”.
