Persuasive, paragraph stuff deleted itself

Cody Goslar
Block 4
5-15-08
Suicide.
Suicide is a very touchy topic in which many teens face or even have thoughts of such. Just by putting this as my topic for many I will not have to have a catch statement at the beginning of this paper. Many people will say that it is dumb, stupid or idiotic even. Some adults even choose to act as if it doesn’t exist; I myself am actually very anti-suicide. This is where my thesis statement comes in Suicide. Is it worth it or not? Most people who wish to commit suicide often argue that it is the only open option that is worth taking into consideration; they will say that in one point of the Japanese history that it was considered an immensely noble thing to do. In fact, the samurai a quite noble group of warriors in the Japanese culture considered this the most honorable way to die, rather than succumbing to the enemy after a defeat they were taught not to surrender and if possible the only way to die with full dignity and honor was through saibyku, which is the Japanese art of suicide by withdrawing ones sword through themselves and cutting from below the stomach across to the other side of the stomach and then pull their blade upwards through their heart. As for some, as this writer has declared, they find suicide pointless, not dumb, stupid or any number of other adjectives that mean ill minded or simply unintelligent, it is found suicide pointless for the fact that you are ending ones own life which is a dictionary definition of such, but in ending ones life you miss out on the true joys that life has to offer to you or one person, especially so when it is done by a minor or adolescence as it to commonly is, because as previously stated they simply cannot find another way to end their life problems, but as many who have survived these attempts on ones self have found there is so much more to life than we see when we are troubled, there are so many answers to every problem in life and much more sensible ways out at that. Some are driven to commit this act because of harassment, as for that I find that the best way to avoid harassment is to either not show that you are bothered, which is the median of three often suggested answers, the other two being tell an adult which most adolescence will not even consider because that tends to bring the harassment on even greater if you do not bring it to the correct superior. The other of the options that have been often thought of or referred to a possible suicide attempter if you will is Harass back. Which is highly regarded as a horrible option to give to such a person but as the writer of this report finds it if you are contemplating suicide then how bad could it be to harass the harasser in return, most likely from personal experiences I have found that this is often times a better option but as was said before is greatly frowned upon but alas the most sensible option is the second tell a superior and inform him or her what is happening why you believe it is happening bring some sort of proof of the incidents and have them see to it that you are no longer harassed. It is found that suicide victims or those suspected of suicidal thoughts should be comforted immediately and not given advice but listened too. Although it is important that you try to seek help for this individual it is also important that you keep their thoughts and feelings in mind. If you know of someone who is considered a potential victim it is recommended that you instantly seek help though a hotline or a yellow ribbon campaign in your area. As for those of you who are potential victims and are reading this, remember. There is always someone around who cares about you deeply if not you parents, a spouse, a friend, an acquaintance and let us not rule out those of which you have not began to think of, because suicide does not just hurt you. It hurts everyone.