I simply say that you don't know what his mother will think in a few days, a few months, a few years. Maybe she'll end seeing her son as a great human being, maybe she'll fully understand his decision, maybe she'll accept it - or not. Maybe she'll be proud, yes. Or not. All this belongs to her, not to you.
You're pissed by someone commiting suicide after writing a book about the meaninglessness of life. You can't be sure of the real meaning of his gesture : maybe it was the conclusion he came to after years of intellectual research (flawed or not), maybe he wrote this book only to allow himself to die. Maybe he simply was a very sick mind, a megalomaniac dreaming of some posthumous fame.
But you don't know, hence you can't judge.
Saying that suicide is selfish is a truism. And blaming those who choose to die for not seeking the help of their loved ones, or of a psychiatrist, or of a priest, is simply ignoring that they certainly would have done so if only they had been able to. It makes as little sense as blaming
a paranoid for his delusions. What is common sense to you is not anymore for someone trapped by his own mind.
You're pissed by someone commiting suicide after writing a book about the meaninglessness of life. You can't be sure of the real meaning of his gesture : maybe it was the conclusion he came to after years of intellectual research (flawed or not), maybe he wrote this book only to allow himself to die. Maybe he simply was a very sick mind, a megalomaniac dreaming of some posthumous fame.
But you don't know, hence you can't judge.
Saying that suicide is selfish is a truism. And blaming those who choose to die for not seeking the help of their loved ones, or of a psychiatrist, or of a priest, is simply ignoring that they certainly would have done so if only they had been able to. It makes as little sense as blaming
a paranoid for his delusions. What is common sense to you is not anymore for someone trapped by his own mind.
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