ThunderJam Posted December 24, 2005 Report Posted December 24, 2005 Im not gonna pretend to know anything about this topic, because i honestly don't. Everything I am saying here is basically coming from person thoughts. Isn't it currently illegal to assist someone in suicide (USA)? What's the purpose behind that? Don't citizens have the right to decide when to end their lives? I would think "life, liberty, and property" would include the right to decide when you want to die... Why can they ask someone to help them end their life?
»Purge Posted December 24, 2005 Report Posted December 24, 2005 Because it's related to homocide? And that's one less citizen that pays taxes for the government.
»Ducky Posted December 24, 2005 Report Posted December 24, 2005 It sounds like !@#$%^&*isted suicide would be a hard thing to keep track of and regulate.Obviously someone with the appropriate knowledge would do it for a fee.If the person wasn't full sound of mind (Patient), one's family (I can only assume) would have numerous avenues of legal suits they could file. In my personal opinion, please keep killing yourselves in the old fashioned way. It's not only free, but you can do it in the most humorous ways. Blood splattered knock knock jokes livin the scene of a homicide investigation 10 fold. Knock Knock!Who's there?Not me! Haha, clean it up.
MetalHeadz Posted December 24, 2005 Report Posted December 24, 2005 Way to demean a serious topic! Lols, no, I agree with Ducky in many respects - how on earth could you regulate it. It is often patients with mental illness of serious disabilities who would supposedly want this treatment, and there in lies the problem - how do you know that's what they want? I suppose you could enforce a system where by the patient could only agree to !@#$%^&*isted suicide in 'sound mind'. But there was a instant a few months back (in the UK) where a women with a terminal illness signed a contract, similar to one expressed above, then miraculously survived and then completely regretted signing the contract and deemed it 'utterly unwise'. In principal/ethically, it's fine, it's acceptable (in my opinion) - but the technical and administrative problems facing it render it unsafe.
X`terrania Posted December 27, 2005 Report Posted December 27, 2005 Ex;I could murder my sister and say it was !@#$%^&*isted suicide. How would anyone know any the wiser?
»Ducky Posted January 1, 2006 Report Posted January 1, 2006 Without the proper credentials, it's murder.
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