Of course the government's answer is to try and ban it, rather than solve the underlying cause of people wanting to use it in the first place.

This isn't anything new, it's been happening since the days of usenet being popular.

Everyone has the right to die if they want.

While I understand the loved ones point of view it is supremely selfish to say "you have to keep suffering, because I don't want to feel bad."

maybe it will get better. Maybe it won't. If I dont wanna take that gamble anymore I shouldn't be forced to. Especially if its something you have been fighting for years.

Or maybe, we should just recognize a person's right to death.

Prepare for the most boomer comment ever...

"Looking for a suicide partner, we used to call that marriage."

Helen Kite’s sister, Linda, advertised for a partner in 2023.

Linda contacted a man through the partners thread and met him at a hotel in Romford, East London.

They consumed a toxic chemical and died together on 1 July 2023.

But there was worse to come.

In September 2023, Helen’s other sister Sarah - devastated by losing Linda - also went on the forum, ingested the same toxic chemical and died.

What the fuck. This is dark.

I suspect I’ve got a bad read on this, but I mean… if you’re going to do it, wouldn’t you want someone to do it with too? Companionship in those final moments?

Maybe ‘The Seventh Continent’ had the wrong impression on me.

The site, which we are not naming

That's a refreshing thing to read

Maybe address the underlying reasons people kill themselves, and legalise assisted dying if it's an unsolvable problem, rather than trying to do a bandage solution and try to ban the means for people to kill themselves.