Besides Japan, what other cultures viewed suicide as acceptable?

Besides Japan, what other cultures viewed suicide as acceptable?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Nazi Germany

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    suicide has been frowned upon every since slavery/servitude became a thing

    otherwise no one would care what you did with your life, aztecs (supposedly) would willingly offer themselves sometimes

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      been to mexican pyramids, locals suggested they would fight to the death for who got to be decapitated in glorious honor. im not sure about who was chosen for these battles but if you could nominate yourself then it was suicide

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Aztecs practiced slavery.

      Most sacrifices were slaves, or along the same lines, people without personal sovereignty (prisoners, convicts, children/youths). They also certainly wouldn't conflate the ceremonial, spiritual institution of sacrifice with just outright killing yourself. They'd probably consider a cowardly waste of life, if not blood. Sacrifice is all about losing something you'd rather keep.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        uh, those who went to sacrifice by their own will were considered "heroes" and people would tell them their "sins" and thoughts so they could be told to the gods, they also got a "do anything you want" day before their death

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    1st century israelites

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      But I though suicide was forbidden in Judaism? Though I do understand I bunch of israeli rebels killed themselves at Masada however to avoid capture by the Romans..

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        they just make up something to avoid the shame

        they still claim to this day that elijah went to the sky in a chariot instead of killing himself

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Romans, falling on the sword

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Japan's other East Asian neighbors duh, its where they got it from.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Basically every pre-Christian civilization viewed suicide as an honorable was to respond to an inescapable defeat, at least among the upper classes.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    There is a big difference between sacrificing yourself for honor vs promoting that suicide is acceptable via antinatalist style.
    Even the west had the same sort of honor suicide. "The Captain goes down with the ship" is an easy example.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    SandBlack person.

    Forgot all the suicide bombs?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Why did suicide become acceptable in the past 50 years, but not in the 1400 years of Islamic history? It doesn't make sense.
      >fyi: streetshitters are subhuman

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        It's still not acceptable they just do gymnastics and not consider it suicide. Martyrdom is acceptable and encouraged in islam since the first days so nothing has changed really. They just didn't have bombs and the need to wage asymmetric warfare before.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >Martyrdom is acceptable and encouraged in islam
          This is not suicide.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >but not in the 1400 years of Islamic history

        I don't think Assassin didn't accept suicide.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    China, though in fewer situations

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Africans jumping off slave ships into the ocean

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Mayans.
    They even had a god of suicide.

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Trannies view it as a sacred final act

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      obsessed

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Chukchi

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Under what circumstances? Old age or informity?

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I don't think any culture glorified it outside of battle. It has probably only grown more accepted with time, and it is still a huge taboo even now

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    There is no one single reason why, but, historically speaking, many cultures have seen suicide as an acceptable way to escape the trials and tribulations of the world.

    For example, it is said that in the middle ages (around AD 300) Celtic warriors, on return from a battle, would take poison and end their own lives so as not to fall into enemy hands. The Spartans, ancient Greek warriors, would also kill themselves when they encountered defeat. And of course, the Aztecs, a tribe of Native Americans, would immolate themselves to the god Huitzilopochtli to gain entry into heaven.

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