Is sucide the only way out?

mahawarrior SG

I was (again) watching this drama ('the price of peace' rerun) serial on TV when it gave me yet another inspiration for another question Very Happy

The setting of the drama is during the Japanese Occupation. In the show, the japanese soldiers captured a women and inflicted many kind of torture on her in an attempt to force her to reveal the locations of the resistance group and the identity of the resistance leaders she's helping. But of course, this women can't say anything as it'll only lead to the japanese killing more people.

And so, the japanese proceeded to inflict inhumane and unimaginable torture on her day by day. Worst, they even capture the women's daughter and proceed to burn her (slowly) in front of the women, hoping that she would reveal what they want.

As I watch the show, I tried putting myself in her shoe and tried to imagine what I would do if I was her. If I reveal where the resistance groups are, the Japanese will surely wipe them out. People will die, and the war would go on. If I don't reveal anything, I'll be tortured day after day until I cannot take it anymore. There's without a single doubt that I'll die...but that'll be in a very very long time.

So, is the only solution in this situation sucide?

I don't think this is another hypothetical question because such things may be happening even now in some parts of the world, sadly.

DC+ SG

I'd say suicide is a temporary solution to a permanent problem.

Unidentified SG

hard to say ........

If you sucide to save others lives , protect secrets , then your death is honourable ,

but hor , u know there alway black sheep , 10 ppl 9 nvr reveal are dead and the last one surrender and give up , die honourable also wasted

An Eternal Now SG

Originally posted by mahawarrior:
I was (again) watching this drama ('the price of peace' rerun) serial on TV when it gave me yet another inspiration for another question

The setting of the drama is during the Japanese Occupation. In the show, the japanese soldiers captured a women and inflicted many kind of torture on her in an attempt to force her to reveal the locations of the resistance group and the identity of the resistance leaders she's helping. But of course, this women can't say anything as it'll only lead to the japanese killing more people.

And so, the japanese proceeded to inflict inhumane and unimaginable torture on her day by day. Worst, they even capture the women's daughter and proceed to burn her (slowly) in front of the women, hoping that she would reveal what they want.

As I watch the show, I tried putting myself in her shoe and tried to imagine what I would do if I was her. If I reveal where the resistance groups are, the Japanese will surely wipe them out. People will die, and the war would go on. If I don't reveal anything, I'll be tortured day after day until I cannot take it anymore. There's without a single doubt that I'll die...but that'll be in a very very long time.

[b]So, is the only solution in this situation sucide?

I don't think this is another hypothetical question because such things may be happening even now in some parts of the world, sadly.[/b]

Wah everyday one new drama question Laughing Mr. Green

I think we must see the situation with wisdom. Of course if theres a way out that's good. Oh and.. even if she committed suicide, they'll still capture the daughters and kill them perhaps? So it's a very difficult situation. But I think in such cases we must weigh the possibilities of how many people will die as a result of one choice and see it from there. It's just a matter of wisdom.

An Eternal Now SG

Yes that's honorable.

(though if you can stay alive without harming others thats the best)

hatemeifuwantto SG

suicide is not the only way out…but the easy way out

Beyond Religion SG

I do not think the circumstances cited by Unidentified constitutes a suicide.

To me, for a suicide to take place, one must want to die and have a deliberate intention to kill himself. But if a pilot of a doomed jet forgo his chance of an escape by ejection in order to steer his burning plane away from a densely populated area, then to my mind, that pilot has not committed suicide even though he goes through the motion of killing himself...

Ultimatly the pilot doesn't want to die, but he has been put in a circumstances where he has no choice but to die in order to save people.

In other words, a mere act of killing oneself =/= suicide... My 0.2 cents

An Eternal Now SG

Originally posted by Beyond Religion:
I do not think the circumstances cited by Unidentified constitutes a suicide.

To me, for a suicide to take place, one must [b]want to die and have a deliberate intention to kill himself. But if a pilot of a doomed jet forgo his chance of an escape by ejection in order to steer his burning plane away from a densely populated area, then to my mind, that pilot has not committed suicide even though he goes through the motion of killing himself...

Ultimatly the pilot doesn't want to die, but he has been put in a circumstances where he has no choice but to die in order to save people.[/b]

Gd point.. Smile