CDZ Do You Believe In The Right To Die?

[Road Runner]

People have been doing that forever.

Do you mean those who are terminally ill or purposely overdosing?

 

[hjmick]

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[jwoodie]

Terminating one's own life can be a gift to others, as long as it is not decided in haste or done for evil purposes.

 

[pknopp]

Do you mean those who are terminally ill or purposely overdosing?

We are all terminally ill.

 

[Road Runner]

We are all terminally ill.

No we're not.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

All I'm saying is which is better when you're old and sick? Dying a slow and painful death? Or just getting it over with already and dying quickly? I would personally choose the latter.

It just might not be you making that decision. Everywhere assisted suicide has been legal, it has grown and morphed into something monstrous that murders people. For their own good of course. If you somehow don't want to die, perhaps you are incompetent to make that decision.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

And doctors are ordering the DO NOT resuscitate orders Not the families.

A doctor cannot order a DNR. That is arranged ahead of time.

Are you ever not wrong about anything?

 

[MarathonMike]

Like most things. it's complicated. Suiciding a teenage girl who is distraught over losing her boyfriend is not the same as suiciding a 90 year old woman dying of cancer. And a thousand other variations each of which needs to be treated on a case by case basis.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Isn't there a pill you can take at home or something to do it yourself if you wanted to?

Speedball. Overdose of heroin and cocaine. Fentanyl overdose.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

When I put my precious little girl down she was dying a horrible death. She couldn't walk, she was in incredible pain as her heart was basically exploding in her chest. She was bleeding internally passing ropes of black stool. I held her in in her eyes I could see her fear. She still didn't want to die. She was terrified and all I could do was hold her and tell her how much I loved her until she was gone.

I cannot imagine a human being being put down like that.

 

[Road Runner]

Like most things. it's complicated. Suiciding a teenage girl who is distraught over losing her boyfriend is not the same as suiciding a 90 year old woman dying of cancer. And a thousand other variations each of which needs to be treated on a case by case basis.

That's exactly what I was saying.

 

[jc456]

Like if you're really old, sick, and suffering at the end of your life, do you believe in the right to "euthanize" yourself? I do as it's a lot better than just suffering in my opinion.

black folk do suicide by cop all the time. And they are never the aggressor but the victim. I think that's your answer

 

[Leo123]

We not only have a right to die we have a duty to die..

No we don’t because death is inevitable.

 

[Moonglow]

No we don’t because death is inevitable.

Mortality makes it a duty since you have no other choice.

 

[Leo123]

Mortality makes it a duty since you have no other choice.

That’s why death is not a duty actually. One does not have to do anything to die.

 

[Road Runner]

No we don’t because death is inevitable.

Well, science is trying to reach immortality but I don't think that it's such a good idea. Overpopulation and living on earth until the end of time doesn't seem like fun to me and death is part of a wheel anyways. Tuck Everlasting proves that point.

 

[candycorn]

My worry is that folks who are looking at amputations or long term prognosis that will mean a forced change in lifestyle will make some folks decide to end their life if they can't walk their daughter down the aisle or ride motorcycles or whatever. You are a light in someone's life if you can't walk, surf, etc....

 

[Captain Caveman]

Like if you're really old, sick, and suffering at the end of your life, do you believe in the right to "euthanize" yourself? I do as it's a lot better than just suffering in my opinion.

It's the trickle effect. As soon as you allow, say, the terminally ill to have the right to euthanasia, then another group will campaign, and then another, and so on.

In theory, I would agree if you're terminally ill, but as the problem I've just highlighted, it'll open a can of worms and thus won't work in practice.

When Michael Jackson died, there were a number of people around the globe who committed suicide. There's another group that would campaign because their favourite celebrity died, or their cat got ran over etc..

 

[Blues Man]

Like if you're really old, sick, and suffering at the end of your life, do you believe in the right to "euthanize" yourself? I do as it's a lot better than just suffering in my opinion.

I believe anyone has the right to decide to end their own life at anytime for any reason.

 

[Captain Caveman]

I believe anyone has the right to decide to end their own life at anytime for any reason.

One day you're happy, next day you're sad.

"Mummy, where's daddy"

"Well sweetheart, daddy was sad last night so he went and got euthanized this morning"