Quote from Rearden Metal:
That one takes a special place on my list of most annoying clichés.
How is the act of suicide more selfish than rape... or any other sadistic victimizing deed you can think of, for that matter?
Obviously because being so distressed/disturbed that you actually take your own life - committing the mortal sin of causing some emotional distress to friends and family - is *way* more selfish than passing trifles like genocide, mass murder, torture, rape camps, conscripting child soldiers, sex slavery etc.
