Thread: The Right to Die

You have the right to live, right? Why not have the right to die?

I don't mean just euthanasia, but suicide as well.

You can say it is a good thing to keep a person from killing them-self, but why is it bad for someone to commit suicide?

What is it with laws who punish suicide attempts (and euthanasia)? Why take someone's right to choose whether they want to live or not?



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Originally Posted by Buried & Me

... but why is it bad for someone to commit suicide?

Because they're dead.

Most suicide attempts are for a passing suicidal condition.

Euthanasia, for those who are dying of a terminal illness, should be a state assisted thing.

I would have thought that in principal, if we have a right to life it includes an implicit right to death. How can something be a true right if you don't have the option to refuse it?

There are practical questions of course, and with the right to life they're quite significant given the permanent nature of refusing this specific right.

Originally Posted by Panzerkampfwagen

Euthanasia, for those who are dying of a terminal illness, should be a state assisted thing.

I completely agree. When an animal has a terminal illness we humanely euthanize it to prevent unnecessary suffering. We should do the same for humans with some attendant restrictions, of course.

If you are against people taking their own life, presumably you also believe that the homeless should be given food and shelter so they do not die from starvation or cold. Something to think about. Of course, it is far easier for our society to try to solve problems by punishing people than actually doing anything to help them.

http://www.jimmyr.com/blog/Bunny_Sui...s_226_2007.php

It should be illegal for people to try to kill themselves... the mandatory punishment should be the death penalty!

I have an absolute right to die at a time and place of my chosing if I wish.

No one has a right to kill me, without a trial and sentence, without my consent even if they're liberals doing it for my own good or the good of the group.

Aside from paraplegics, I can't imagine why anyone would need help committing suicide.

Originally Posted by Buried & Me

You have the right to live, right? Why not have the right to die?

I don't mean just euthanasia, but suicide as well.

You can say it is a good thing to keep a person from killing them-self, but why is it bad for someone to commit suicide?

What is it with laws who punish suicide attempts (and euthanasia)? Why take someone's right to choose whether they want to live or not?



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The right to die is the ultimate freedom of choice. If any man or woman can take their own life, I salute them. Aside from all the religious stuff, some see death as a more dignified way to live out their life. I have seen severe alcoholics that wanted to die so bad that they actually complete suicide without telling any one they are going to kill themselves. Some say they would rather die than go on with life with alcoholism, and they seek help by threatning suicide.

In most US states, if a person is dangerious to self or others, the court can have them commited and treated for up to 72 hours against their will.

In some cases Dr. Death Korvorkian of MI would have stepped in and give someone with a degenerative fatal condition the death juice.

People should have the right to end their life. That is true freedom that any individual can choose. But most people do not have the guts to do it.

The real problem is that even if people bypass you when you are starving, they WILL expect you to get help or expect an authority to assist in keeping you alive. They do this even though they themselves naturally despise desperate looking people (of course). People are just too afraid of their own futures to leave you alone if you choose not to be desperate but starve yourself instead. They think you do something when you starve, that they would not be able to do. This fear is what kills the right to die.