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If I remember correctly, jpw is, like me, Catholic, although unlike me, he is a practising Catholic.
From what I remember waaaayyy back when, part of our catechism is, indeed, suicide is murder of oneself, and therefore, not allowable under the Ten Commandments.

At first contemplation, making suicide illegal is basically pointless, as if you succeed, there is no one to prosecute, and if you fail, then you can always try again as they don't keep you locked up forever.

however, thinking that logic over, there actually appears to be a good basis for making it illegal: people who fail at it, get remanded to custody of a psychiatric facility for observation and very often wind up getting the help they need to strengthen their skills for coping with life, or medicinal intervention to help re-balance their brain's chemistry and hopefully, allow them to be 'happy' and not suicidal.

the ideal behind making suicide illegal may well have been those two points. if anyone has a background in law and makes a habit of researching why certain laws came about, the story behind this one might be one I would find worth hearing.

<blockquote data-quote="AnnetteMarie" data-source="post: 61161" data-attributes="member: 802">If I remember correctly, jpw is, like me, Catholic, although unlike me, he is a practising Catholic.From what I remember waaaayyy back when, part of our catechism is, indeed, suicide is murder of oneself, and therefore, not allowable under the Ten Commandments.&nbsp;At first contemplation, making suicide illegal is basically pointless, as if you succeed, there is no one to prosecute, and if you fail, then you can always try again as they don&#039;t keep you locked up forever.&nbsp;however, thinking that logic over, there actually appears to be a good basis for making it illegal:&nbsp; people who fail at it, get remanded to custody of a psychiatric facility for observation and very often wind up getting the help they need to strengthen their skills for coping with life, or medicinal intervention to help re-balance their brain&#039;s chemistry and hopefully, allow them to be &#039;happy&#039; and not suicidal.&nbsp;the ideal behind making suicide illegal may well have been those two points.&nbsp; if anyone has a background in law and makes a habit of researching why certain laws came about, the story behind this one might be one I would find worth hearing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AnnetteMarie, post: 61161, member: 802"] If I remember correctly, jpw is, like me, Catholic, although unlike me, he is a practising Catholic. From what I remember waaaayyy back when, part of our catechism is, indeed, suicide is murder of oneself, and therefore, not allowable under the Ten Commandments. At first contemplation, making suicide illegal is basically pointless, as if you succeed, there is no one to prosecute, and if you fail, then you can always try again as they don't keep you locked up forever. however, thinking that logic over, there actually appears to be a good basis for making it illegal: people who fail at it, get remanded to custody of a psychiatric facility for observation and very often wind up getting the help they need to strengthen their skills for coping with life, or medicinal intervention to help re-balance their brain's chemistry and hopefully, allow them to be 'happy' and not suicidal. the ideal behind making suicide illegal may well have been those two points. if anyone has a background in law and makes a habit of researching why certain laws came about, the story behind this one might be one I would find worth hearing. [/QUOTE]

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