Unruly Passengers

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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That would only be true if killing yourself does not make everybody else
less free.


In a free society, it doesn't.



Suicide impinges on the freedom of everyone else, who must now
support the suicide's family, educate his children, pay for his medical
bills, and possibly even support him for the rest of his life if he
botches
the attempt and merely permanently disables himself.


In a free society, nobody is forced to support the suicide's family,
educate
his children, pay for his medical bills, or support him for the rest of
his
life if he botches the attempt and permanently disables himself.


An interesting point, but if you do not support the suicide's family and
educate his children, then the suicide himself has decided to doom his
family to poverty or even death. I don't think he has the right to do that
in a free society.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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An interesting point, but if you do not support the suicide's family and
educate his children, then the suicide himself has decided to doom his
family to poverty or even death. I don't think he has the right to do that
in a free society.


I might choose to assist the suicide's family. That's charity, and
altogether different from being forced to support them.