[niea_11]

Sorry, I never read the quote as supporting suicide as a decision. But it's possible that a person contemplating suicide might see it that way.

I always read it as being about empathy. Explaining that sometimes a person's action probably have subjectively valid reasons that we should try to understand, or at least try to accept.

I read the gp comment's quote the same way that's why I shared this one.

[jimsimmons]

It isn’t seen an condoning suicide. GPs point is more that his eventual suicide makes him less of an authority here. Bit like a relapsing addict trying to justify his drug use

[mthoms]

Not justify... explain.