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In response to "As sad or horrible as it may sound...if it is suicide, is that not a choice? -- nm" by Jim

You know how guys on steroids make a lot of terrible decisions? Other imbalances in the brain cause depression and you make other dumb choices. -- nm

Posted by zork Aug 12 '14, 10:46

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Of course...but even in your own post you used "decisions" and "choices". - Jim Aug 12, 10:48 12
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  - Having just read the entire blog post...dude makes a good point or two in there. nm -- nm - Jim Aug 12, 10:56 9
    - He might if he didn't completely dismiss mental illness as a cause. -- nm - Inigo Aug 12, 11:01
    - I read it too. I started to get it more when he said he "coudln't comprehend" the choice to commit suicide. That was obvious. - loosi at home Aug 12, 10:59 5
      - The point he made, that I liked, was that depression (as a disease) is not fatal. - Jim Aug 12, 11:02 4
        
        It *can* be fatal, though. There are different degrees of depression. - Kim Pine Aug 12, 11:15 2
        
        In Walsh's case, he had/has depression that he can control. - Inigo Aug 12, 11:23 1
        
        the fact that he says straight up he cant' comprehend it backs you up. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 12, 11:24
        
        this is, as landbeck said, a very complex thing that he is trying to reduce to a simple choice. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 12, 11:03
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      - lol -- nm - Jim Aug 12, 11:00
- basically, there is a puppet master behind the scenes pulling the strings. Those decisions are not their own. -- nm - zork Aug 12, 10:53

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