It may sound heartless, but the young woman didn't die, so this is a case of murder -- not suicide.

Attempted suicide perhaps.

"The girl survived; a woman in the other car was killed."


As my sister the trauma surgeon has taken to saying lately, you just can't kill trash.

wow...you have no idea what you're talking about

Really? and how many people do you know that have committed suicide? How many people have you seen commit suicide?

Out of my troop from Yugoslavia, 4 have committed suicide and one is a vegetable after a failed attempt - do I feel for them? Yes I do, and I visit Andrew twice a year at the veteran's Hospital in Ottawa. However that still doesn't change the fact that I consider their suicide an act of cowardice - they gave up because they were too afraid to go on; they didn't have the courage to keep fighting, the courage to help others going through the same thing, the courage to accept the horrors and move on.

Equally, while in Yugoslavia I saw suicidal acts that were incredibly noble and courageous - but on the whole suicide is the act of a coward, and a quiter.

I guess I could see that hopelessness does drive to suicide. I've heard tons of cases back in asia that families without any income are so desperate that they can't even put a meal on the table. So in the end, they will carbon monoxide the whole family so they don't have to suffer. I heard that was the most peaceful way to die. But it also aches me because it happens so often and there's no way they can get money anywhere...

But going back to this case, I can't really see hopelessness in this girl. It's more like revengence in a sense that if she dies, she hopes that the other girl will regret her entire life for not being with her. I may be wrong though...*shrugs*

*pulls up sleeve*

how many others do I know? I'd rather not talk about them, I will let them rest.

so I am weak and a coward? You've only seen the struggle of others, not gone through it yourself. I agree that suicide is pointless (now, I didn't always, obviously) but cowardice? No. Suicide isn't born out of cowardice or fear, usually what feels like a very clear head, and sudden urge to "act now, for good"

I could go on, but I don't feel like it because it's like explaining baseball to someone who has never seen a game. I can tell you all the rules and describe it, but if you've never been there, you just can't know.

Please see my earlier post about depression - with severe depression suicidal thoughts are pretty much par for the course. And yes, even after having experienced suicidal thoughts I still view those who have attempted suicide as weak, cowardly, and selfish ~ in fact I'd say it was dealing with and working throught the severe depression that strengthen this view.

Most people commit suicide because they feel everything is hopeless and they can't go on - they are afraid to face another day... and that to me makes them a coward - no matter how "brave" they were to take a final "for good" act... because even then they are still afraid to face another day, or face up to the consequences of their act.

Again - read my earlier post responding to the question about suffering from depression. Again - I have been there, and I have experienced the creeping and clawing darkness that is depression - I think it takes more courage to face the fears and doubts caused by depression, than it does to eat your gun and effectively hide from them forever.

sorry to jump to conclusions then...the rest of this is a pm now

There is a difference between being afraid of something and not seeing a point to it. I can't be afraid of water if I'm already swimming. They know that they can bear their suffering because they are alreay bearing it. But they don't see any purpose or value in continuing the suffer. "I'm too scared to keep going" and "Why keep going?" are two different thoughts.

I'm sorry, committing suicide is not 'cowardly'. The guts it takes to make that final decision, to press the blade deeper, to step off the chair, to jump from the platform, to purposely aim towards a tree, to put that barrel in your mouth and pull the trigger? That's unbelievable courage right there.

A courage of a different sort, truly. But still, not cowardly in the sense that you condemn it. Yes I've been suicidal, tried it, and known someone who succeeded.

Personally it makes me really sad that someone felt their only way out from their problems was death. How low must you be? How futile and devastating and miserable must your life be that you wake up each day and can see the tears in every breath you take.

This chick? Doing it for attention, obviously. She's old enough to know that all actions have consequences, and she needs the consequences. I believe she'll get manslaughter first degree, if I'm not mistaken, but I probably am.

RACooper, you know that we normally agree, but let me play the devil's advocate for a moment. The jumpers on 9/11. Cowardly or brave?

Suicide can be brave, but it can also be cowardly. There are people who use it as an escape or a way of getting attention. How do you react to the mother of four who drops a bottle of pills to end up on the psych unit. She's in therapy, she's just manipulative.

Bravery is not leaving a husband and four kids alone...
That's escapism.

are you guys actually equating 9/11 jumpers to this idiot?

Seriously...

Not at all. I was making the reference as to the 'suicide is always cowardly' discussion that's going on.

This chick is in a class by herself.