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TachycardicSymphony t1_j5o4ekf wrote

Reply to comment by No_Painter9904 in [Image] never forgotten by nohobbiesoridentity

Are you suggesting that he should have killed himself in front of his wife and family members?

Or that he should have involved them in a plan to intentionally overdose, causing them to be complicit and potentially legally arrestable after his death?

You don't just get automatic permission for medically assisted (legal) suicide just because you have a terminal diagnosis. It's still a very, very, VERY rare thing to obtain legally in the US, and still very illegal no matter what in most states. And involving anyone else in your illegal suicide plan is incredibly dangerous for them from a legal standpoint. It's better if other people can't be accused of helping because it is still considered a crime.

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No_Painter9904 t1_j5o4unc wrote

Hence, going somewhere that would let him lol. Dude was rich and famous. Probably would have been trivial to setup.

Hell he probably could have got on an airplane or yacht and got around a bunch of laws if he couldn’t find somewhere.

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TachycardicSymphony t1_j5o64pc wrote

Whole paragraph about how suicide is illegal and traumatic, but nah, he's selfish for trying to leave his family out of it because

>"just go somewhere that would let him lol."

Ok. Glad you thought it through. Definitely should have killed himself in front of his family, because it'd be trivial to set up, and none of his family would ever be questioned by police when they legally have to report a dead body, (or are you suggesting they secretly bury him too? And pretend he's still alive and went missing?), none of the family members who were present would get terrorized by paparazzi accusing them of doing it, and none of the people around him would be forever burdened by guilt wondering if they should have stopped it while it was happening, even if in their hearts they know they shouldn't.

Yup, I'm glad you're here to confidently describe how easy and trivial and LOLZ it can all be. Such a shame he had to be selfish and exclude them from the fun.

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No_Painter9904 t1_j5o6mci wrote

🤷🏻‍♂️ he should have figured out something. Like I said I’m sure there’s somewhere that would have gave him the good night juice and be on the up and up. Much better than what he chose to do. His family knowing he went out like that. Probably surprised asf and devastated. He could have offered them closure. Instead of some shocking suicide.

I’m not even sure what he had. Hell there was probably a state he could have moved to where it was legal. Just watched some doc where a couple went and did that in the states.

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