Right to die

You clearly don't see the value of a human life. If your brother had pushed through that time in his life, he probably could have found happiness. He could have seen a therapist, met new people, found a new girlfriend, moved on with his life and been happy.

And people who are depressed have a chemical imbalance in the brain, and have cluttered and strewn emotions. For one to make a rational choice, he has to at least have close to balanced emotions. Since those with depression are incapable of balancing their emotions, they are also incapable of rational thought, and therefore can not make good choices. If you ask any mentally healthy person "Do you want to commit suicide?" 99.9999% of people will say no. Depression isn't a terminal disease or incurable. Asking if a depressed person if they want to die is the same as asking an intoxicated one, since they are both not capable of rational thought.

I see value in living, but I don't really see why it is so bad to lose it. We all know life can be enjoyable or unenjoyable. I think everyone has the right to live or die if they want. Granted, I don't condone medically assisted suicide unless the person meets certain criteria (terminally ill, vegetative state, etc.) that way it might be easier for the doctor to bear it on their conscience. I don't really see much difference in improving life, or just ending it. Either way you end the misery, it just depends on the route you choose. I don't really think we should be allowed to control another individual unless they're clearly a harm to society. And again, you can still think rationally when you're depressed. Depression causes sadness. The only irrational thought I can think of that is associated with depression is choosing to do nothing at all. A normal person would want to end the sadness, somehow. I don't really want to judge that person on their decisions, either. Could things be different if my brother was alive? Things most certainly would be different, but who's to say what he did was wrong? He's no longer sad, and at the end of the day that is really what matters. I'd rather someone not have to suffer pain, physical or emotional, regardless of how they go about doing that.

Obviously I know my thoughts are a bit radical as all our lives we are told "suicide is never ok."