r/nextfuckinglevel • u/bendubberley_ • 1d ago

A police officer in Mexico prevents someone's suicide attempt, on a bridge, with no safety equipment.

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u/doggietv123 1d ago

Probably its the best outcome cant be in the public if your gonna jump off a bridge

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u/Xacktastic 1d ago

Idk, better to have your agency than be stuck in a box. The criminalization of suicide is fucking stupid. 

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u/jedielfninja 1d ago

I agree suicide should be legal with a doctor.  But no, people shouldn't be allowed to splat themselves and traumatized everyone who sees it. 

The hazmat people that have to scrape someone's remains off the road etc... IDK maybe they don't mind cuz they get paid but there are externalities to not wearing a seat belt and suicide in public spaces so you get my point

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u/FictionalContext 1d ago

That's my thought, too. If you're gonna do it, don't be a dick about it.

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u/Olakola 1d ago

With the current legal situation, there is no way to take your own life without traumatizing someone else. At the very least the person that finds you will suffer from that experience. Afaik there is like one country in the world that has legalized assisted suicide. That is the only way to do it without "being a dick about it".

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u/FictionalContext 1d ago

I disagree. And I don't mind discussing it, but this seems like the kind of topic the admins would start throwing permabans around over. Gotta love that ipo.

But I can imagine scenarios where it's little different than a medic finding an old guy who passed of natural causes-- especially if that person scheduled a message to be sent to the right people ahead of time.