| I've already commented on Ken's piece on Political Puzzle, but here's another thought to the suicide legality. If you have a living will or do not recessitate order and try to kill yourself it is nullified and the paramedics are legally bound to try and keep you alive. How about them bananas?
So many people are driven by circumstance to try suicide but really want to live (most jumpers and wristcutters for example)
On the other hand, at one time I was very serious about suicide. I tried to overdose on some OTC drugs, just made me sick. I drank a concoction of Drano and other household chemicals, just made me sick. I put a gun to my head and pulled the trigger. The gun jammed, or I didn't have it loaded right. I hung myself, but my father heard the sound of the chair I kicked over and came to investigate, and cut me down. I tried running a pipe from the exhaust in my car into the window, but a neighbor noticed and pulled me out. I tried to overdose on a prescription drug, made me sick. I overdosed on prescription drugs again, they pumped my stomach. I finally took 35 nembutal and 3 hits of acid. A friend realize what was going on and took me to the hospital. Got me there just as I passed out and my heart stopped. I finally realized that if it's not your time to die, there's nothing you can do about it. You might as well figure out how to deal with life.
Making suicide illegal just gives the authorities a way to intervine if possible.
Euthanasia is a whole 'nother subject. |