SUICIDE QUESTION: Why do people KEEP suicidal people alive?

Suicide was not considered illegal or immoral until the insurance companies complained to the United States government. After hearing the complaint, the Congress decided to make suicide illegal as a way to deny death benefit claims from families where a member committed suicide. In most cultures ritual suicide was considered honorable. Even the British had their version among the military and nobles where someone would thoughtfully load and place a revolver on their desk while they were out hoping that they would do the honorable thing by using it on themselves.