the right to die
 

more discussion please.....

i'm almost at a loss to see why it shouldnt get the nod....

of course it has to be correctly sanctioned/administered/whatever the phrase may be

but a terminally ill person of sound mind wanting to die surely shouldnt have to travel to Switzerland to do so?

I saw something on the news about this euthenasia......i thought they were on about chinese children......( youth in asia ).............. :oops: ....gets coat and runs very quickly :D

All for it!

i think that almost everybody would be, and IMHO rightly so.

hopefully it'll go thru unoposed...

It's a bit harsh. Suicide hasn't been illegal for a fair old time now (despite common conception to the contrary).

It seems harsh that people who are too ill to be able off themselves (arguably those who deserve/need the option the most) are being denied it. I fully comprehend the "against" camp's argument (greedy family co-ercing an elderly relative into it to get their hands on inheretance earlier, etc.), but feel that it's wrong that genuine mercy killings of this nature could land the family member/friend/doctor who helps with manslaughter charges. :(

EDIT: Incidentally, and apologies if people percieve this as in bad taste; the party wishing to end their life could always consider buying a 'busa and "riding like a tw@" in shorts and t-shirt :)

If i have to rot away in a vegatative state with no hope for recovery, i'd choose to shiffle off this mortal coil and stop making my nearest and deares have to wipe my bum and feed me.

They did that when i was a baby. As an adult i should be allowed to choose my own destiny and my own time.

Is it just me or if someone commits suicide it doesn't matter if it is legal or not, it is a done deal. But I am in total agreement with Scoobs, I am all for it too.

I'm a firm believer in it's not the lenght of your life it's the quality of life that matters. I don't want to end up a burden on my loved ones and not able to do the things I love.

Yup, I don't see any argument either, as long as it's done in a way that prevents abuses. Which could be quite hard, really. And I think it's reasonable that some doctors might refuse to do it themselves.

My gran had a living will- she specified that she didn't want to be kept alive if she had another stroke that left her severely brain damaged. When it happened, the doctors let her die peacefully, and I salute them for it. If she was brain damaged but capable of committing suicide, I guarantee she would have done it- nothing worried her more after her first stroke than the idea that she'd be left unable to look after herself, she hated the whole idea. So why, if she's in a worse condition and subsequently unable to do it for herself, should she be deprived of that choice?

The main problem with it is that some terminally ill people are under pressure from being a 'burden' on their families. They may not initially choose it for themselves but there are some pretty unscrupulous people out there...

Other than that, although I couldn't ever imagine what it's like being in such an awful state of health that I'd want to die rather than endure it for any longer, I agree that people should have the right...