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[catman]

[young_clinton]

Why does somebody else need to be involved in someone's suicide? Why is another person going to be involved and interested in someone else's suicide? There is always a selfish motive in a person's actions. The motive can be very highly sublimated and deep inside for human beings, but how is it that people can operate contrary to their own interests although the interests may be hidden? The selfish motivations behind love, brotherly love etc. work well and are adaptive and make life worth living. I don't think it's the same for assisted suicide. Again why would a person be interested in assisting someone's suicide? Plain, flat out, what's in it for them?

[Fox]

[Underwaterbob]

I'm with him.

Death isn't like what you see in the movies. It's ugly. And isn't over in a matter of seconds with a dramatic fluttering of the eyelids. It can take weeks. It can cost a lot of money. It can be a slow, dragged out, painful process for everyone involved.

If I were in his situation: waiting around to die, knowing it's going to happen at anytime, I'd want the quick way out too. And not just for myself, but for everyone else who also has to watch me go through it.

[Captain Corea]

Yup, my feelings as well.

I actually take it one step further and say that all suicide should be legalized (or not punished, or whatever).

[geldedgoat]

[The Cosmic Hum]

[geldedgoat]

[catman]

The primary objective of euthanasia is to reduce suffering. Many religions view suffering as a righteous condition, in effect, an act of faith. Obviously, the unfaithful should not be required to suffer unnecessarily, so no debate is required on that point. Debate is required only with respect to the possible abuse of legalized euthanasia, which is a matter not involving religion. In conclusion, religion has nothing to contribute to the debate.

[The Cosmic Hum]

[caniff]

I lost my mother to brain cancer last year. She was still practicing law up until she went in for her surgery to remove the tumor, and unfortunately she was too weakened from months of being sick and she never woke up afterwards and died a few days later.

I saw the look in her eyes before the surgery and it looked like she knew it was the end. I was optimistic (knowing her character), but I guess she knew better.

If assisted-suicide had been an option for her, I wonder if she would have chosen that route. Maybe it wouldn't have been presented to her as an option as the doctors claimed there was hope, but I knew her and it looked like she was ready to throw in the towel but was going through the procedure as it was the prescribed course of action.

It's a difficult subject, but overall I would support assisted-suicide (until it was turned into an industry by the scumbags who always seem to pounce on such an opportunity).

[Steelrails]

I don't believe in physician assisted suicide. I do however believe in "Friend/Family with a .45 to the head" (for men) or "Bottle full of pills" (women) assisted suicide.

If you're going to do it, don't drag health care and hospitals into the equation.

If you can't bring your family or friends into it, and they aren't willing to pull a trigger and clean up your skull, then it probably shouldn't be done.

[Fox]

Bottle full of pills fails more than it succeeds by the looks of it. Chinese-style "devour pesticide" is the clearly correct approach if a woman actually wants to die (instead of just wanting attention).

[geldedgoat]

You could also try rectally funneling a few liters of vodka. Effective and it makes for a good attention-getting show. A two for one, if you will.