Posted by Shy_Girl on April 13, 2005, at 13:11:21
In reply to Re: Dr. Bob, you overstepped the boundaries » Shy_Girl, posted by AuntieMel on April 13, 2005, at 12:50:11
> My personal opinion is if there is someone about to do harm to himself it and if I could do something to stop it then it would be completely imoral on my part to not interfere.
Immoral, maybe...but definately not unethical. Dr. Bob has absolutely no ethical oligations with respect to interventions of suicide attempts.
> There may also be some legal issues, as in by not helping are you assisting? And it could result in lawsuits from surviving family members.
One can be careful to not assist and still not interfere. It is not against the law to not interfere.
> As far as I know it has only happened with one poster - and she later thanked him for it.
That's fine then. Dr. Bob, if you feel like you must interfere, do so, but not with me. Even though I'm happy at times now, I wouldn't mind if I had killed myself in the past. What does it matter anyways, I will simply disappear. People can believe whatever they want to, no one will know if I killed myself. No one really needs to care. I am NOT suicidal. If I become suicidal...DO NOT INTERFERE!
Thanks for reading
Shy_Girl
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