Suicide spreads when people feel authorised to opt for it and when they have lost the will to remain alive. The second part is less important than the first part.
Most people wish they were dead at some time or other in their lives. It is the culture of authorisation that translates a possibly temporary indifference to life into a decisive and final action which can be a key factor in the spread of suicide.
The more people hear of suicides, the more suicides will follow.
And the emotive, non-judgmental, godless culture that has emerged in recent years rules out the use of taboo as a social influence on society generally.
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Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Middle Age • Psychology • Suicide • Religion & Culture • * International News & Commentary • England / UK • --Ireland
Posted January 14, 2012 at 12:00 pm
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