TAW122
Emissary of the right to die.
- Aug 30, 2018
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These are questions (perhaps even rhetorical) that the bereaved ask themselves or even amongst other survivors within their circles or acquaintances whenever someone they know have successfully CTB'd. Before I proceed, I want to say that I understand that whenever someone dies, whether by CTB or other cause, it is a sad event and they have the prerogative to have their own space and to grieve. However, more oftenly than not, I've heard similar questions like these, such as "What could I/we have done [to prevent (said person) from CTBing] instead?", "What could I have said to (insert said person) instead [to prevent them from CTB]?", etc., are often asked with the wrong intentions in mind. They are not asked in good faith or an effort to fix a problem, but rather a projection of the bereaved ones values and morals. Additionally, even more nefariously, they are often said with the future intention of more effection intervention against said person's bodily autonomy to stop the 'act of CTB' rather than an effort to understand, empathize, and possibly solve whatever the problem(s), cause(s), factor(s) that drove the person to CTB. This would only push those who otherwise are serious about CTB'ing further underground and make it worse for them.
This short thread is NOT to say that people shouldn't grieve; it's their own business and personal, subjective manner in which they grieve. Instead, it is pointing out the bad faith and ill intentions of those who ask those questions. The people who ask those questions are not interested in the person's well-being and success, but rather to project their own values and morals onto others and uphold their rosy tinted view of sentience (life itself), all the while striking down any dissidence on the sanctity of life itself. If there were more people who were interested in solving the problem(s) that cause people to want to CTB, there may be fewer CTBs rather than paternalizing and relegating those who want to CTB to the status of an infant or mentally incompetent individual(s).
This short thread is NOT to say that people shouldn't grieve; it's their own business and personal, subjective manner in which they grieve. Instead, it is pointing out the bad faith and ill intentions of those who ask those questions. The people who ask those questions are not interested in the person's well-being and success, but rather to project their own values and morals onto others and uphold their rosy tinted view of sentience (life itself), all the while striking down any dissidence on the sanctity of life itself. If there were more people who were interested in solving the problem(s) that cause people to want to CTB, there may be fewer CTBs rather than paternalizing and relegating those who want to CTB to the status of an infant or mentally incompetent individual(s).
