Reply #41: Suicide is not completely without victims. [View All]

[Vilis Veritas]

Will that do?

I think you knew what I meant, however if you did not, I will try and explain my reasons for making the statement.

There is typically little DIRECT VIOLENCE that IMPACTS OTHERS. Unless the suicide in question results in others dying, the pain or hurt that is usually felt by the VICTIM/s of suicide is not due to pain or hurt from direct violence on their person, but from loss resulting in depression.

I will grant that, per definition of the term victim, they could qualify, however, in the context of the discussion at hand, their resultant victim-ness is due to loss and not a direct result of VIOLENCE against their person, which would necessitate their inclusion in the study and therefore directly impact the peace quotient of the nation. Just my opinion. I can have that, right?

Peace.