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Baalzamon said:

Well, you're completely misinterpreting what I'm saying.  I'm not saying that I can't offer people other options, nor that I am unable to.  If they indicate that they want my help, I would be more than willing to help them get out of their current situation.  What I'm saying is I'm not going to decide FOR THEM that they want my help.  If I see somebody in a very tough situation, I'm even willing to ask them if they want help, but if they say no, I'm not going to decide for them that they are wrong and help them anyways.

The problem with your argument is that you assume that the person who wants to commit suicide desires so because of rational thought, which is almost never the case. Minds are dynamic, which means that we are always changing our way of thinking. Theoretically, when you commit suicide, your are violating the rights of your future self, if you wanna get down to that.