Euthanasia?
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But that is assuming that he does not have the capacity to make his own decision, and that someone else will be making it for him, perhaps against his will. If he is a devout Catholic and his Catholic family are clustered around him, yes, they should be counseling him against that action, because they feel it is a grievous sin.
I don't doubt that the man is situationally depressed. But if he is found to be of sound mind despite that, he should be able to take action to end his own life, whether it be judged a sin or not.
DW
I don't doubt that the man is situationally depressed. But if he is found to be of sound mind despite that, he should be able to take action to end his own life, whether it be judged a sin or not.
DW
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Absolutely DW.
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If they want to die because of their acne, let them.sgtnull wrote:so we should allow depressives to die because what they think life should be isn't? how far will you carry this? if someone loses their legs and doesn't want to live anymore? if someone is really fat? or if someone has a bad case of acne? when you allow for slef murder you open the flood gates. so how bad off does someone have to be? is your level the same as my level? do we go the strictest level or allow for full access? is it right to tell the quad he can die, but not the depressive? is the quad suffering from depression that effects his judgement?
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that wa a joke, right warmark?
teens have large number of suicides. do we extend this logic to include their right to die?
it is my contention that anyone in the right mind will want to live, no matter the odds stacked against them. maybe that is why i can not see you sides of the argument.
teens have large number of suicides. do we extend this logic to include their right to die?
it is my contention that anyone in the right mind will want to live, no matter the odds stacked against them. maybe that is why i can not see you sides of the argument.
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Your contention is dead (no pun intended) wrong.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Good posts folks. I thought I was surprised at Cail's position on this, but I'm not actually now that I think about it.
And for what it's worth, I agree with Warmark. It's your life, you can do what you want with it. I'm not even too concerned about how sound your mind is. It's yours. Nobody else lives your life, nobody else feels what you're feeling. Laws against Euthanasia and suicide are the last vestigaes of monarchial/feudalist control, when you were the property of your overlord.
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And for what it's worth, I agree with Warmark. It's your life, you can do what you want with it. I'm not even too concerned about how sound your mind is. It's yours. Nobody else lives your life, nobody else feels what you're feeling. Laws against Euthanasia and suicide are the last vestigaes of monarchial/feudalist control, when you were the property of your overlord.
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I have to agree with Av and crew. It's my body and I should have the right to do what I want with it and to it and that goes for my mind as well.
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Hey, I would lock up a guy who had a deadly disease that was willfully infecting others!
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I would let someone pull the plug on themselves, yes, because a person has every right to be in control of every aspect of their body. The decision to euthanize is one that only majorly affects the person asking for the euthanization.
On the other hand, TB guy has a major affect on others. Working in food service he has the perfect position to spread a sickness around. I don't think the two are comparable situations. (That said, I am with Cail and Syl on that position to respect the confidentiality of the patient. )
On the other hand, TB guy has a major affect on others. Working in food service he has the perfect position to spread a sickness around. I don't think the two are comparable situations. (That said, I am with Cail and Syl on that position to respect the confidentiality of the patient. )
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Well, I understand patient confidentiality but when it imposes a health threat to others willfully done by the carrier of a disease then isn't it akin to assault?
And Wadds you are absolutely right, they are not the same subject at all...
And Wadds you are absolutely right, they are not the same subject at all...
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Although I feel suicide should be something we can do legally and freely, I'm glad that there's suicide prevention because people do recover from dangerously depressed states. If there were no laws and such against suicide, there'd I assume be no prevention and no way of stopping it. I can believe that the guy in question will never feel the urge to live again, but for how many cases of suicide is that actually true?
No, not really.sgtnull wrote:that wa a joke, right warmark?
teens have large number of suicides. do we extend this logic to include their right to die?
it is my contention that anyone in the right mind will want to live, no matter the odds stacked against them. maybe that is why i can not see you sides of the argument.
Of course, its rediculous to want to kill yourself because of acne, howeer if thas what they want, who am i to stop them?
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
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Good post.Holsety wrote:Although I feel suicide should be something we can do legally and freely, I'm glad that there's suicide prevention because people do recover from dangerously depressed states.
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May be, but I'm not arrogant enough to tell someone they can't off themselves. I will tell them why they shouldn't.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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