PARTNERS IN CRIME ???
As I was reading the newspaper today……I came across this news regarding someone being arrested for *abetment of suicide*…..
These kind of news are very common in India…..’coz in women who commit suicide (dowry and related issues)…….the in-laws may be arrested as per law…..and charged with *abetment of suicide*……..
Now this post is neither about dowry and related crimes nor about the causes of suicide nor about suicide per se....it is only about *abetment of suicide*.....
What is this *abetment of suicide*????
I believe that committing suicide is a crime…..and one should not be doing so…….and while some argue that it is the life of that individual person…..and he / she should be allowed to do whatsoever he / she wishes…..the question is open for debate as far as I am concerned……but whatever said and done…..most of the people will agree that suicide is an act of cowardice…….
If a person for whichever reason chooses to kill himself / herself……why should anyone else be held responsible for it???
Under no circumstances should a person give up living…..and if the person does so…..by his / her own wishes…..the person should be solely responsible for it and no one else……
Why held some one else responsible for something that they have not done…….they may be one of the reasons due to which the person took this drastic step……but to kill oneself…..is not the option…….there may not be lot of other options….but still…..suicide can never be considered as the last or the only option…….it may be the easy option out……and the coward-of-a-person chose it….
A person should have a moral duty to report any other person who is about to kill himself / herself to the concerned authorities like the police and take every possible step to prevent it from happening……..and I do agree if he / she fails in this duty……. It should be punishable………
I may tell a person I do not like to go and kill himself….and if he does…..does it mean I have abetted to the crime??? Most certainly not!!!
So are these “Partners in Crime” actually partners or they should be relinquished of their partnerships???
These kind of news are very common in India…..’coz in women who commit suicide (dowry and related issues)…….the in-laws may be arrested as per law…..and charged with *abetment of suicide*……..
Now this post is neither about dowry and related crimes nor about the causes of suicide nor about suicide per se....it is only about *abetment of suicide*.....
What is this *abetment of suicide*????
I believe that committing suicide is a crime…..and one should not be doing so…….and while some argue that it is the life of that individual person…..and he / she should be allowed to do whatsoever he / she wishes…..the question is open for debate as far as I am concerned……but whatever said and done…..most of the people will agree that suicide is an act of cowardice…….
If a person for whichever reason chooses to kill himself / herself……why should anyone else be held responsible for it???
Under no circumstances should a person give up living…..and if the person does so…..by his / her own wishes…..the person should be solely responsible for it and no one else……
Why held some one else responsible for something that they have not done…….they may be one of the reasons due to which the person took this drastic step……but to kill oneself…..is not the option…….there may not be lot of other options….but still…..suicide can never be considered as the last or the only option…….it may be the easy option out……and the coward-of-a-person chose it….
A person should have a moral duty to report any other person who is about to kill himself / herself to the concerned authorities like the police and take every possible step to prevent it from happening……..and I do agree if he / she fails in this duty……. It should be punishable………
I may tell a person I do not like to go and kill himself….and if he does…..does it mean I have abetted to the crime??? Most certainly not!!!
So are these “Partners in Crime” actually partners or they should be relinquished of their partnerships???
posted by jerry_mumbai at 11:29 AM
3 Comments:
u r right when u say that the person who comitts or attempts suicide should be held responsible, ie if one should be held responsible for deciding when he/she wishes to die and how.
however, we can't completely ignore the fact (i'm using Indian women as example here) that there are situations where tradition (one MUST make efforts to remain married), lack of support (from family or society, emotionally or finanially)...there are still so many things that drive a person to take a drastic step like that. the partners in crime are those who take away even the faintest glimmer of hope from a person and leave death as the only option...
personally, i believe that suicide is the most selfish thing a person can do and also that it is the act of a coward but i cannot ignore the fact that i am a person who is empowered by the thought that i can fight and rough out any problem that come my way and that i love life too much to give it away...
but Ms Fit...i still do not get the concept of death being the only option.......
how can you run away and think everything is gonna be alright???
suicides are a permanent solution to a temporary problem. i know that. i guess some ppl succumb to their demons.
they say, a man can live few days without food, 8 minutes without water but not a minute without hope...
like u, even i sometimes wonder how cud pppl just decide to end their lives/ isn't there something they cud've done to make things alright? there r somethings that remain unexplained...
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