| I find this all just odd. It seems obvious that we do have the right to die. Anyone who wants to kill themselves can do so, its not that difficult. Therefore we have the right to.
The saddest bit comes with those terminally ill people who are in such a state they are unable to carry out suicide, and may be in dreadful pain, with no hope of improvement or survival, and yet it is _illegal_ to offer them any assistance whatsoever with their final wish for peace, rest, release from torture, and dignity. Those people do not have the right to die, and it seems quite inhumane.
But the rest of us can die any day we choose, if we're capable of reading and buying a few simple supplies. As Sgt Rock pointed out, what the law says about that is somewhat moot. (If someone needs the permission of the law to decide to die, I would doubt they were really serious.)
Regards, Lava!
PS suiciders frequently do care about those they leave behind, but at some point life gets too painful to be able to handle it any further. As with any other area of ife, there is inevitably a fair range of different suiciders. |