To me it is something other people do. From the moment i understood what the word meant, i decided it wasn't ever going to happen to me.
It doesn't appear ever in my options because i have never ever put it there. My last resort usually is to get the fuck up and keep going.
I personally don't understand it. I wanna keep it that way too. The moment i understand such madness would probably mean i was considering it. I
do think it's a person's 'right' though, and shouldn't be an unlawful matter.
I can't really ever see myself thinking 'yeah good one' or giving a thumbs up about it. Perhaps if someone was terminally ill, or in a horrific amount of pain.
I think these things are rarely 'out of the blue', as Adam said. They usually follow some sort of mental deterioration. Possibly depression. It is just sad, in those cases. Not something to celebrate. It's a fail. They failed to get help and they quit.
I love the klingon's
The Heghba' as I understand it:
When a Klingon can no longer stand and face his enemies, when he becomes a burden to his family and friends, it is time for him to die.
Surrounded by friends, family, and comrades, the ailing Klingon takes the ceremonial Heghba' dagger and plunges it deep into his own heart. A family member, preferably the eldest son who will assume leadership of the house, twists the blade counter-clockwise and pulls it from the body, wiping the blood on his sleeve. The Klingon death ritual follows.
This ritual "suicide" is the only acceptable way of taking one's own life. Only an ailing Klingon may perform the ceremony. This generally includes Klingons mortally wounded in battle but not killed. With the exception of suicide missions for the glory of the Empire, any other suicide is considered a dishonorable death and the Klingon can not cross the river of blood and enter Sto'vo'qor.
I know people sometimes think it is selfish, or cowardly. I don't. It's just a big fail. For me, better to go down fighting than to take an early exit.
