A terminally ill person who lives in pain daily is one thing; but this isn't the case and to do it in front of others, especially kids is cowardly at least in my worthless opinion.

Really? Did you know this guy personally? How do you know he wasn't diagnosed with a terminal illness that the cost of treatment would have put his family in dire financial straits? Perhaps taking his own life provided financial security for his wife and kids; bravest thing he could have done. My point is, if you don't know the particular circumstances behind why someone chooses to take their own life, you shouldn't label them as cowardly.

Weren't there several people associated with this board that took their own life? One I believe was quite well like, if not revered. Is he labeled a spineless coward as well, too? Or another that used to post here (banned on several occasions), whose son took his own life... I doubt you'd call his son a spineless coward to his face.

Just sayin'.

Hmmm, how interesting. Some of you sure didn't have these same attitudes back in early May of 2011.

Funny.......how different people see cowardice and heroism differently.

The definitions are constant, however, one shouldn't assign a label until the facts are known.

Do you know for certain whether that man considered what affect his actions would have on others? My guess is no, you do not, you're merely speculating.

Interesting, though, that if your premise is a hero's actions never negatively impact others, do you advocate removing hero status of war veterans? Surely you can agree that whatever actions a war hero took negatively affected the loved ones of those he fought against. So either your premise is unsupportable, or there are stipulations to heroism of which I'm not aware.