• Man commits suicide, creates biographical website documenting his life and death.
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[B]Today is August 15, 2013. Today is my 60th birthday. Today is the last day of my life. Today, I committed suicide. Today, is the first day this site is active, but it will be here for years to come. Release of rights.[/B] [i]"I always thought I might commit suicide someday. When I considered the options of living to be old and all the negatives associated with that alternative, I knew there was no way on earth I was going to allow myself to deal with such an intolerable situation," he wrote. "In order to guarantee that I avoided it, I also knew that I had to commit the act before I was incapacitated and unable to carry it out."[/i] [img]http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/37/c08f10b730f39dbe24f0d94a34564a/_h353_w628_m6_otrue_lfalse.jpg[/img] Website can be found here: [url]http://martinmanleylifeanddeath.com/[/url] Use this version if you can't access it through the above URL (down etc). [url]http://www.zeroshare.info/[/url] Source: [url]http://news.msn.com/us/martin-manley-details-suicide-sets-off-treasure-hunt[/url] Very interesting. I find the website really harrowing. Read most of it and you sort of realize how quickly people are actually forgotten when they're gone. Have you ever thought about your Great-great-grandparents? Did you know much about them? Or are they memories lost in the annals of time? RIP.
Exactly how I was planning to go. [b]Edit:[/b] Apparently people think this means I'm going to kill myself immediately? I don't see anything wrong with picking this option in old age or if they're terminally ill or something such as that. I plan to be around for a long while.
[quote]1. I always thought I might commit suicide someday. When I considered the options of living to be old and all the negatives associated with that alternative, I knew there was no way on earth I was going to allow myself to deal with such an intolerable situation. In order to guarantee that I avoided it, I also knew that I had to commit the act before I was incapacitated and unable to carry it out.[/quote] this is certainly an interesting person
I can only wonder what it felt like to write out all of this ahead of time. There's a lot here and he basically had to write it as though he were gone.
Stayed up till 4 this morning reading this guys story, no regrets.
[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;41864754]Exactly how I was planning to go.[/QUOTE] Please don't
Indeed very interesting. I admit, I didn't read it all, but I did a quick skim of his "Why Suicide?" section, and his reasoning seems to be, to paraphrase/summarize entirely, "I wanted to die on my own terms, rather than grow old, depressed, and weak, watching helplessly the events around me." I can only hope he has done what he wanted in those 60 years, dying fulfilled, with a sense of "I did all I wanted to," rather with a sense of "I ran out of time, and I know if I stay, I won't accomplish anything."
[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;41864754]Exactly how I was planning to go.[/QUOTE] No :(
I don't blame him, your body starts to hate and dismember itself at around that age.
Minus the suicide part (so far) this is exactly what I started doing last year in the form of a journal. I think it'll be nice, in a morbid sort of way, to leave something behind to answer any questions people have about me and finally get out what I want to without myself to inhibit the process.
I'm getting an error on every single page, except for the homepage.
[QUOTE=Jocke;41864915]No :([/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Laserbeams;41864892]Please don't[/QUOTE] If the guy wants to kill himself at ~60 let him, hell if human euthanasia becomes available i'd choose it at that age.
Man, Yahoo took it down as i was reading, Thanks for the mirror! Interesting stuff for sure though.
[QUOTE=Arid;41864934]If the guy wants to kill himself at ~60 let him, hell if human euthanasia becomes available i'd choose it at that age.[/QUOTE] But being old is pretty cool as long as you're moderately healthy
[QUOTE=~ZOMG;41864932]I'm getting an error on every single page, except for the homepage.[/QUOTE] I'm going to send him an email, maybe he can sort it out.
[QUOTE=Arid;41864934]If the guy wants to kill himself at ~60 let him, hell if human euthanasia becomes available i'd choose it at that age.[/QUOTE] Of course he has the right to take his own life, but it would be best to do whatever we can to help him. If that doesn't work, he's free to do whatever he wants.
He seems pretty upbeat for someone about to die. Look at the "Cool Stuff" page.
[QUOTE=Arid;41864934]If the guy wants to kill himself at ~60 let him, hell if human euthanasia becomes available i'd choose it at that age.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I don't plan to jump off a bridge tomorrow. Give me forty or fifty years. I'm also at a high risk for cancer and given the options I wouldn't choose treatment. I don't think suicide in a situation like this is negative or cowardly thing, I just generally think most people aren't meant to live as long as they do now a days and experiences with my Grandparents and relatives have only reinforced this. Everyone is entitled to do whatever they want with their lives, if that happens to be ending it, than they're at liberty too. Personally I don't like any method of doing it yet and hope that at some point in the future Euthanasia practices or drugs become an option for elderly and sick people at the very least.
As much as I hate suicide I gotta say I hate it for the exact opposite reason of what this guy did. The fact that he planned it out so no one unwilling would have to experience the event, the fact that he wanted to let his family know HIMSELF. It's a bummer that he decided he didn't want to live in his later years but he does have the choice to take his own life. I just hope he was at peace with himself.
This reminds me of the talk I had with my dad about a year ago, When my grand dad died from Lung cancer and suffered from dementia. He made me promise that if he was suffering from a mental illness that impaired his judgment and got him to a point where he could no longer who he was, Or who I was (family etc), that I would give him a level dosage of a drug (he didn't say, Or have one in mind) that was not traceable in autopsy, And ensured a painless death. It's sad really, But also from seeing both sides (My grand dad no longer knowing who he was, Or who my dad was, And the pain it caused my dad), that it was a perfectly normal demand, And I said yes.
When do we as a society actually get to have a proper discussion on voluntary euthanasia? Because despite everything about this case, what he chose to do is deemed irrational by the current medical establishment and illegal in the eyes of the law, which has some negative implications for his estate. Things need to change
that is absolutely one of the most depressing things I have ever read [editline]16th August 2013[/editline] the amount of thought this guy put into this is just amazing
and he has a page about fedoras. Really interesting stuff, though.
What a dick move from Yahoo, a guy writes his life story before committing suicide for everyone to read, and they take it away from him. At least there's a mirror. [editline]16th August 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=FlashStock;41865154]and he has a page about fedoras. Really interesting stuff, though.[/QUOTE] He came from a time where fedoras were socially acceptable
[QUOTE=Zeke129;41865098]When do we as a society actually get to have a proper discussion on voluntary euthanasia? Because despite everything about this case, what he chose to do is deemed irrational by the current medical establishment and illegal in the eyes of the law, which has some negative implications for his estate. Things need to change[/QUOTE] I don't think it would be a problem at least for me if there was a drug that does it for you and doesn't make a mess. The problem I have is people that do it in public, then your not just harming yourself your harming others. My cousin witnessed some guy commit suicide by jumping off a building when she was young and ever since then she can't go into tall buildings without freaking out because she sees that image in her head. I think it should be illegal to subject the public to that, it has the potential to mess some people up. As far as taking some drug that puts you out painlessly and quietly I have no problem with that.
"No, I wasn't fully satisifed with my life, but I was fully satisfied with my death!" Man, things like this just hit you like... Man I feel bad for him.
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;41864955]But being old is pretty cool as long as you're moderately healthy[/QUOTE] Old people are the greatest! They're full of wisdom and experience! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bqi5J7KEr0[/media]
[QUOTE]Clearly, age 60 is somewhat of an arbitrary age to end my life. But, it isn’t just that age 60 is a nice round number. It's also August 15, 2013 – the very day I turned 60. That’s symmetry and I loved a lot of things, but not many more than good symmetry. [/QUOTE] It's so morbid
[QUOTE=Arid;41864934]If the guy wants to kill himself at ~60 let him, hell if human euthanasia becomes available i'd choose it at that age.[/QUOTE] you can still give so much to the world after 60, in the form of knowledge and passion.
[QUOTE=~ZOMG;41864932]I'm getting an error on every single page, except for the homepage.[/QUOTE] Use the mirror version. [QUOTE=Nazereth666;41865012]As much as I hate suicide I gotta say I hate it for the exact opposite reason of what this guy did. The fact that he planned it out so no one unwilling would have to experience the event, the fact that he wanted to let his family know HIMSELF. It's a bummer that he decided he didn't want to live in his later years but he does have the choice to take his own life. I just hope he was at peace with himself.[/QUOTE] The 'how to' page was thriller plotline inducing. He called the police and alerted them to his suicide in their own carpark, then shot himself with a note. "“I committed suicide of my own free will. I am not under the influence of any drugs. I am sorry for your inconvenience! You will be contacted within a matter of hours by my sister. She will find out about this by an overnight letter and/or email I sent to her which she will get this morning. In it, I explain the exact location where I shot myself and gave her your phone number. At that time, she will tell you who I am. If you discover who I am prior to her call, please do not contact her. I do not want her (or anyone else I sent letters to overnight) to find out about it from you. I want them to find out about it from me. Thank you!"
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