Comment Re:How surprising,... (Score 1) 478
Suicide because of pessimism about the state of the world is actually a good thing. To make the world a better place, we need all the hard-working, non-substance-abusing optimists we can find. The more of you existential pessimists we can get to autodarwinate, the better off the rest of us are.
The people who deserve the most sympathy are those who have personal problems. We need a better mental health system. Small wonder that the closure of state mental hospitals nationwide has given us homelessness and suicide rising in tandem.
Although I agree that we need a better mental health system, I don't agree that people who deserve the most sympathy are those that have personal problems. Why single them out for sympathy when you throw the "mere" pessimists under the bus?