Suicide Cleanup

What to expect from suicide cleanup.

Expect your suicide cleanup company to send at least one experienced technician trained in suicide cleanup. During suicide cleanup the source materials removed receive a biohazard designation, and if not, destruction of these materials follows.

Thorough cleaning follows. Disinfection follows thorough suicide cleanup. TOP

Western Views

Western views on suicide reflect broader cultural views on religion, honor, and the meaning of life. Unlike other religions, the Abrahamic religions consider suicide an offense towards God due to religious belief in the sanctity of life.

In this view, we work for the "greater glory of God," rather then destroying an image made by God.

The West's past criminalized suicide, a serious crime at that. Alternatively, during the samurai era in Japan, seppuku was respected as a means of atonement for failure or as a form of protest. In the 20th century, suicide in the form of self-immolation has been used as a form of protest, and in the form of kamikaze and suicide bombing as a military or terrorist tactic. Sati is a Hindu funeral practice in which the widow would immolate herself on her husband's funeral pyre, either willingly, or under pressure from the family and in-laws.

In the West we now argue the merits of medically assisted suicide euthanasia. Such arguments have meaning only in the context of modern medical science, otherwise medically assisted suicide has no meaning other than murder. Now we argue the ethics of the right to die. Such arguments were valid in the early years of the Enlightenment as David Hume, the British Philosopher, argued that the State has no right to hinder one from suicide.

Such arguments resonate with those people suffering from terminal illnesses. Living in sever pain could not possibly add to the quality of life.

If we look as self-sacrifice to save the lives of others, such an act becomes heroic, not suicidal. TOP

We should reflect on the facts regarding suicide cleanup during periods of criminalized suicide. The remains of the deceased were sometimes tossed into ditches. If their family were lucky, the deceased made it to a burial, but not in a common church cemetery.

If the suicide took place in a very rigid church dominated village, the family of the suicide victim may have lost their property. We might imagine in these circumstances suicide cleanup occurred quickly, quietly, and without mention of the deceased's whereabouts.

Nature, Suicide in Japan, and Suicide Cleanup

Nature does suicide cleanup in Japan's Aokigahara Forest. As suicides go, the Aokigahara Forest represents Japan's leading site for committing suicide.

Called the Sea of Trees, this quiet, secluded forest serves the needs of Japan's suicidal, a "suicide forest." Those visiting the forest to commit suicide generally buy a one-way ticket from Tokyo.

Japan's sagging economy leads more to suicide than any other single reason. The Japanese attitude toward suicide gives suicide an honorable way out of debt ridden troubles. The number one place for suicide in Japan, the forest soon buries its dead in snow during winter months, and in summer months decomposition of the suicide victim occurs among the many trees and under growing bushes.

The end of the fiscal year, March, brings the largest number of suicidal people to the forest as bad news leads to shame and guilt.