I don't agree that Aaron was hypocritical at all though. He has been far more productive in his tragically short life than most. I know that he has done more combined than myself and all that I know in person.

The fact he has achieved what he has with severe depression makes him far less of a hypocrite. It's very hard to get yourself to do anything with depression. I couldn't and it wasn't half as bad as Aaron's.

Fact is Aaron died because he lost a battle to an illness, much like all those who have died from physical diseases. Depression is a mental illness and a suicide due to that is not the resposibility of the victim, much like when someone with severe schizophrenia wouldn't be responsible if they had killed someone based on their delusions.

He is not a hypocrite. It actually makes this advice far more powerful.