mornelithe said:
JWeinCom said:
Why don't people just kill themselves? Because killing yourself is kind of hard sometimes both physically and emotionally.
Euthenasia is not just about people wanting to off themselves. It is about people wanting to die with dignity. There are people for whom living is genuine torture. People who either live in physical agony, or people who have a failing mind and want to end their life while they are still themselves.
These people do not want to leave their loved ones with a body hanging in a closet or a splatter of gore on the pavement. They don't want their families to walk in on them slumped over in a car, or convulsing from an overdose. They want to go peacefully, painlessly, and quite possibly in such a way that they can be with their loved ones without forcing them to witness a traumatic scene. They also might like the aid of someone who has dealt with death and is trained to help them through it. Forcing someone who has made a difficult decision, presumably with the help of trained professionals and family, in a bizarre situation with timers and black poisons is frankly inhumane.
There is no reason to always choose life. There are some situations in which life is of such poor quality that it would be incompassionate to allow it to continue. The kindest thing we can do for people in such a situation is help them to end their life on their terms, in a way that will be best for them and their loved ones.
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Well said, damn you have a way with words sometimes.
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Especially with made up words like incompassionate ^_^;;
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