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British TV Will Show Assisted Suicide
Okay I read this story the guy had LG. He stated he would rather die a quick death rather than a long and painful one.
I have told my wife a long time ago if I am on a machine and I dont have much of a chance unplug it there is no need to make a Dr rich.
So my question is if you found out you were dieing from a disease that has no cure and you got to the point someone was having to take care of you would you want to do yourself in???
I would just for the fact I really dont want a painful death I would assume to go in my sleep but we dont get to pick what we may die of I guess it just happens.
I have told my wife a long time ago if I am on a machine and I dont have much of a chance unplug it there is no need to make a Dr rich.
So my question is if you found out you were dieing from a disease that has no cure and you got to the point someone was having to take care of you would you want to do yourself in???
I would just for the fact I really dont want a painful death I would assume to go in my sleep but we dont get to pick what we may die of I guess it just happens.
Yes, excellent MJI. That's exactly the way I view "The State". lol !! My new name for them .... "The Giver"....... from the cradle to the grave. Give them the power to deem who dies and you risk corruption. No, you ensure it !! Absolute power corrupts absolutely. ...and the ability to have a say in who dies is power at its most absolute !! lol ... don't mind me folks, I want the ability to choose when I've had enough suffering. I just don't think the clowns in Washingtoon should have any say in it !! Screw 'em... Free the people !! Viva Revolution !! lol
... Burrrrrpatch
... Burrrrrpatch
Your post reminded me of a book I read. The Giver by Lois Lowry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver
Has anyone read that story? I don't want to spoil it, but peopel wouldn't get very old before they'd be "released". If a baby was born with some kind of defect or a twin, it'd be "released". If someone committed a crime, they'd be "released".
In The Giver, they also took away things supposidly unimportant like animals, the ability to see color, feel love, and what not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver
Has anyone read that story? I don't want to spoil it, but peopel wouldn't get very old before they'd be "released". If a baby was born with some kind of defect or a twin, it'd be "released". If someone committed a crime, they'd be "released".
In The Giver, they also took away things supposidly unimportant like animals, the ability to see color, feel love, and what not.
Hmmmmm...Whenever this subject comes up, I start to think of the 1973 Movie "Soylent Green" with Charlton Heston. I remember being horrified as an old and depressed Edward G. Robinson (who played Heston's dad) calmly walked into a nice air conditioned government building, greeted the pretty nurse on duty and after signing his name was shown to a comfortable room. They put him in a nice clean bed and asked him what his favorite color was. "Orange", he replied. Favorite Music ? "Classical", he said with a wry grin. They hooked him to a machine (I think) and quietly left the room. The room took on an orange glow and classical music started to play as a wide screen in front of him showed image's of deer playing in the forest, waterfalls and other earthly beauty's as he comfortably slipped away ..........
I've heard different stories. For some people with terminal illnesses, they ride it through the end and remain optimistic. For others, it's nothing but agony and torture.
okay,,,cleared up, suicide in no longer illegal. It was a silly law to begin with. Anyone who;s at that despereat and hopeless moment wasn't going to take the law into consideration.
BUT the part of it being illegal which was a benefit is that it made involentary hospitalization easier. When the cops show up to bring you to the hospital because you're threatning to kill yoursel..there's no if ands or but's about it. Your going.
They can still do that regardless of the legal law. If someone is suicial they have no choice but to be hospitalized at least for a hold to be watched for 72 hours.
But my saying it was a silly law doesn't mean I agree that people should be able to kill themselves whenever for whatever reason.
Suicide can be the result of many mental illnesses and for snap judgement emotions that seem too overwhelming to have to keep living through.
Suicide is never the answer. Suicide is acceptable IMHO when someone has reached the end of their life and the suffering is a suffering that none of us can possibly understand.
To me that's not suicide. It's someone deciding how they would like to go at the end. They could either suffer physically until their last breath pr they can fall asleep peacefullty and feel they were able to keep their dignity.
It's a personal choice. Many have choosed to live naturally until the end and I'm sure more than we know have not and took the time and date into their own hands.
It's heartbreaking either way. But to me not immoral or sinful
BUT the part of it being illegal which was a benefit is that it made involentary hospitalization easier. When the cops show up to bring you to the hospital because you're threatning to kill yoursel..there's no if ands or but's about it. Your going.
They can still do that regardless of the legal law. If someone is suicial they have no choice but to be hospitalized at least for a hold to be watched for 72 hours.
But my saying it was a silly law doesn't mean I agree that people should be able to kill themselves whenever for whatever reason.
Suicide can be the result of many mental illnesses and for snap judgement emotions that seem too overwhelming to have to keep living through.
Suicide is never the answer. Suicide is acceptable IMHO when someone has reached the end of their life and the suffering is a suffering that none of us can possibly understand.
To me that's not suicide. It's someone deciding how they would like to go at the end. They could either suffer physically until their last breath pr they can fall asleep peacefullty and feel they were able to keep their dignity.
It's a personal choice. Many have choosed to live naturally until the end and I'm sure more than we know have not and took the time and date into their own hands.
It's heartbreaking either way. But to me not immoral or sinful
LOL, I think it's funny too! But what it really means is that if you attempt suicide and fail you then have broke the law. But mainly they would be put into a psychiatric facility to watch over them and get them some help.
Maybe they would decide to give the person a fine or something like that..I don't know about that end of ot legally. But I dount there would be any jail time:)
I'm pretty sure it's still illegal...Maybe the law has changed?? I always found it to be a strange law to make as if that's going to be a deciding factor if someone really wants to end their lives.
It must not be in the UK though or else they would arrest the person assisting the mans death?? Maybe..who knows I'm confusing myself, LOL
Maybe they would decide to give the person a fine or something like that..I don't know about that end of ot legally. But I dount there would be any jail time:)
I'm pretty sure it's still illegal...Maybe the law has changed?? I always found it to be a strange law to make as if that's going to be a deciding factor if someone really wants to end their lives.
It must not be in the UK though or else they would arrest the person assisting the mans death?? Maybe..who knows I'm confusing myself, LOL
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