Stop what exactly? There is no tragedy here until a tragedy has been confirmed. This public figure could have gone off the air quietly, they could have stated a, "leave of absence," and left it at that where cats could have just gone, "that was weird and unexpected," and moved on with their lives. Everyone could assume he was in rehab or some shit.
Instead, they made this public as some kind of crisis, left the public to be concerned and fear the worst, and now leave them without any answers or evidence?
No, treat such manipulation of the public interest with mockery until a need is given for another treatment. I am a dreadfully private person, so I understand the need for privacy, I treasure it, but the minute they made this a public crisis rather than act initially with discretion, the public is owed answers.
You are very kind and your image represents goals and values that I respect and admire. Thank you. Seeing as how many here are unable to take the reality of the duties here as they are, I shall be forced to explain my larger position on the matter.
So while I had been trying to keep this light and fun until reason was given otherwise, what you said is essentially where I stand.
I deeply respect suicide as a strong and meaningful choice, but it is cowardice when done without consideration for those impacted by your choice to exit.
His wife seemed to be in the dark on what happened. That is INEXCUSABLE. This person also had apparently some kind of public following that he cultivated through intentional development over the course of his career that he also left in the lurch with no apparent notice. That is also disrespectful and dishonorable.
Whether this person has chosen to secretly flee to some foreign country for a secret illegal medical treatment or swan dive off the GGB, he had responsibilities to others that he clearly did not attend and that is disgraceful, particularly to the wife, to whom by that process of marriage he has taken a sacred oath to uphold certain duties.
I mean, this guy had some kind of illness that may have been crippling to deal with with, it may have made a lot of sense. I can't know, because I haven;t walked in his shoes, but suicide is in fact selfish. The thing that annoys me is that people think it is not ok to be selfish. We all exist only as the self, so of course attending to your own needs as an act fo selfishness is something one is forced to do regularly and should not be invalidated unless one takes it to excess.
If this person felt that their quality of life was certainly not worth continuing to experience it, that is a valid choice and one only the person living that life is qualified to make. Such a choice should be respected, but what should be observed and judged is how one goes about performing their exit.
Experiencing life makes us all honor bound to others through commitment, connection, debts owed, and promises made. When choosing to exit, one must serve those bonds appropriately.
I cannot control what you think or how you feel, and I have no interest in controlling you, but if you would like to talk through your concerns, I would be happy to make myself available in a variety of formats.
I am sorry to hear of your loss. While choosing to exit makes a great deal of sense to me, I am strongly of the opinion that those who choose to have children have denied themselves of that choice.
It is one of the things I admire in parents that makes their self sacrifice so honorable, they have denied themselves so much for the sake of the species. For one to disregard that commitment, is a very unfortunate insult to your father. Your family has my sympathy for that terrible event.
