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I absolutelyagree. |
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If I were getting Alzheimers, I think I would rather they take all the organs they could still use
to save some lives and let me die rather than have my family lose me a little bit at a time. |
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I don't know if you've seen the movie Patch Adams, but one of my favorite parts of the movie is
where Robin Williams' character Patch points out that the focus shouldn't be on prolong the
patients' deaths but rather improve the quality of their lives, and that is something I agree with
100%. With quality of life taken away there's not really much to live for. But at the same time I
struggle with whether or not I agree with assisted suicide because of the permenancy of death. |
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I can think of no worse hell than being forced to endure excruciating suffering and continuing to
bankrupt your family for treatments just because society has less backbone than the individual and
refuses to let them end their lives.
Quality of life is as important as the mere existence of life. If that were not true then all other
human rights would be unnecessary (freedom, privacy, expression, etc) because all that would matter
is whether or not you were alive. |
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As long as it is voluntarily euthanasia then I don't see the problem with giving someone the right
to end their life with dignity and respect. Of course they're certain arguments against euthanasia
such as the slippery slope into non voluntary and abuse of the system.
There is also the case to be made for is that person in their right mind. But if you find out you
have a terminal illness and have no chance of survival what sort of state of mind are you going to
be in. Regardless of how comfortable modern medicine can make you I think people should have the
choice to end their lives in a respectable fashion and in a manner of their choosing. It is shameful
that we as a society think we have the right to say a person who maybe in tremendous pain has to
keep on living when we are not even in that position. |
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I am also extremely sure. |
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I am extremely sure. It is the most fundamental right that we have. The only case against it is
can legalised euthanasia be abused. For most the decision to end their life would come when there
was little quality left in it - one would be a shadow of their former selves, and very possibly be
in pain. It must be a very tough decision to make. In my work I see many people in such a
condition and it is tough for me to see never mind how the individual (if they are aware) and those
close to them must feel. All I know is if it was me in that position, there was no hope of a
recovery, I had no quality of life and those around me who I loved were unable to move on with their
lives because they were in a perpetual state of grieving for me, I was in pain, then I would want to
go. On my terms.
I think it is sick that society decides to drag peoples lives out to the last breath, when they
don't even know that person. |
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Assuming someone is in their right mind, which is the tricky part, then yes I believe it should be a
right. In fact I think it is an inalienable right in that it really can’t be taken away. I
certainly feel there are a number of situations where a desire to end your life would a perfectly
natural and reasonable response. I’m sure I don’t need to go into detail at what some of those
situations might be. Most of us have criteria for ourselves already in place in our minds.
But what of situations a little removed from direct suicide but involve putting your life at risk?
Becoming a soldier, policeman, or fireman certainly puts your life at higher risk. To take a job
like that you must know you are putting your life at risk and you must have decided there are things
that are more important than the fact that you as an individual keep breathing. Or even to ride a
motorcycle, or go hang gliding you are taking risks for reasons that you find sufficient.
So really the only time in your life when you lose control of that decision (other than people who
are diagnosed mentally ill) is typically when you arguably have the most sensible reason for wanting
to take your own life; i.e. When you are very ill. |
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17 Nov 2009 18:41
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