Getting other people to help you end your life.

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Re: Getting other people to help you end your life.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 16, 2013 3:59 pm

Animavore wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:"Who's going to do it?"
Like with the death penalty, have multiple people press a button with only one administering the shot.


Or, alternatively, give me a couple of hundred :tea:
I've helped a couple of people. I didn't dodge the responsibility with the old "one rifle had blanks" thing. I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think it was the right thing to do.
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Re: Getting other people to help you end your life.

Post by JimC » Fri May 17, 2013 4:57 am

Certainly I support the right of people to end their own lives peacefully, in situations where there is no hope for improvement, and that, in some circumstances, this would require assistance from others.

However, there would need to be strong safeguards to stop potential abuse by people who may benefit financially.
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Re: Getting other people to help you end your life.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri May 17, 2013 3:57 pm

JimC wrote:Certainly I support the right of people to end their own lives peacefully, in situations where there is no hope for improvement, and that, in some circumstances, this would require assistance from others.

However, there would need to be strong safeguards to stop potential abuse by people who may benefit financially.
I think most people who are against euthanasia are afraid it would be used on them. Unjustifiably in many cases. Gleefully in a few.
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