nikiTa i don't think you really understand the situation. You say murder. Your right either way it's murder. But if they are just going to stop feeding someone or giving water to someone who can't get it themselves than that is going to kill them. It's perfectly legal and happens on a daily basis. So if you can kill someone by starving them to death and it last weeks, why not do the humane thing and get it over with. I'm not talking about just whoever wants to die let them do it, I'm talking about these situstions where things are already set into motion that are going to cause their death anyway. How can you not see that? Can't you atleast agree that that would be the less of the two evils?
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, diet coke in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies.
A friend is someone who thinks you're a good egg, even though you're slightly cracked.
Its wrong in the method they used, simply letting her starve, and I know as a new user I wont get much respect, but I do believe Doctor assisted suicide should be perfectly acceptable. Although, it should not be anyones choice other than that person, it is they're life, not anybody else's. Good for them if they're secure enough to die. But I reiterate *NOBODY ELSE HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE YOUR LIFE*. The method itself should be a painless pill or injection, similar to putting animals to sleep.
I think that in Switzerland and Holland euthanasia is carried out by a massve cocktail of mucle relaxant, morphine and sedatives pretty much what is used to execute people by lethal injection it's menat to be humane and dignified way to go out.
Someone wants to die, they should be allowed to die, and competant authority should be able to assist without sanction. Everyone else should butt out. It isnt their life.
Wow.. The story about the woman with cancer actually made me naseous. It's just sick of them to do that...
My personal feelings on assisted suicide in general: Like rubicontao said, it's their life. If someone has an incurable illness that leaves them bedridden and they want to die, it's their right to do so. But it should only be done after a thorough analysis by psychiatrists to make sure they are actually in their right mind. They might ask for suicide because they're content with the life they've had up to this point and are ready to go, or they might ask for it because they have severe depression that could be avoided if treated correctly. If they're just ready to go, then give them the chance to take that option. If they're suicidal, treat them like you would any other suicidal person until they can kick their depression. And if they're ready to go after they've fought through that, let them make the decision.
"You're disturbing...yet intriguing. Like couscous. I'm gonna call you Couscous from now on."
Euthanasia is perfectly legal in countries like Switzerland and The Netherlands and wht you see is terminally ill people making the physically painful journey to these countries to die so it's not like banning it in one country is going to stop it happening.
Personally if I found out I had cancer or Motor neurone disease or something like that as soon as the symptons got bad it's the first plane to Switzerland for me. I know there are relgious objections but the way I see it god gave you life and if he gives you a terminal diesease he wants to take your life all you are doing is speeding up the process and retaining a little dignity with it.
I wouldn't say that's God's way of saying he wants to take your life (never mind that my concept of God is different). My mom has the worst type of multiple sclerosis there is and has been stuck in a wheelchair for twelve years. But the funny thing is, having a crippling disease made her realize she shouldn't take being a mother for granted. She was self-centered to a ridiculous, ignorant fault before, but after she was diagnosed, she actually started making efforts to smooth things over for me whenever bad stuff happened. I only have one happy memory of her before it happened, and even that was probably just her showing off her cute little kid to her friends. I have lots more after that. Quite frankly, I don't think she got MS because her life was supposed to end- more like our's weren't supposed to because of some stupid thing she neglected, or so I'd be able to think fondly of her.
"You're disturbing...yet intriguing. Like couscous. I'm gonna call you Couscous from now on."
11-18-2006 05:20 AM
