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<blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 7407924" data-attributes="member: 82779">If that statement were objective fact, you might have something there.&nbsp; However, it's not objective; it's entirely subjective.&nbsp; And there are survivors who would rather have died than lived with the trauma of having been raped.&nbsp; Many who feel that way attempt suicide, and some of them succeed before getting the counseling and care they need.Please note that I'm not taking a side here as to which one is objectively worse, because it's entirely subjective.&nbsp; Take myself, for example.&nbsp; I'm chronically depressed.&nbsp; I think about suicide quite often.&nbsp; For me, being murdered would have the upside of ending my chronic misery, while being raped would aggravate my depression with lasting psychological harm that would probably help me finally decide to kill myself.Don't get me wrong, both would be horribly traumatic while they were happening.&nbsp; But, if someone successfully murders me then I don't have to live with the trauma because I'm dead and can't think or feel anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MechaPilot, post: 7407924, member: 82779"] If that statement were objective fact, you might have something there. However, it's not objective; it's entirely subjective. And there are survivors who would rather have died than lived with the trauma of having been raped. Many who feel that way attempt suicide, and some of them succeed before getting the counseling and care they need. Please note that I'm not taking a side here as to which one is objectively worse, because it's entirely subjective. Take myself, for example. I'm chronically depressed. I think about suicide quite often. For me, being murdered would have the upside of ending my chronic misery, while being raped would aggravate my depression with lasting psychological harm that would probably help me finally decide to kill myself. Don't get me wrong, both would be horribly traumatic while they were happening. But, if someone successfully murders me then I don't have to live with the trauma because I'm dead and can't think or feel anymore. [/QUOTE]

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