Beerball Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Dead+noon+grandma+ends+life+rather+than+suffer+indignity/10132068/story.html My personal opinion is that there are circumstances when physician assisted suicide should be allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryCletus Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I'm not against it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 It's a kindness we grant our pets. Humans should be allowed the same option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I was up with my 90 year old aunt today. I do not want to live like her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 If I was unable to take care of myself, was in constant pain, and was nothing but a burden to my family, I would like to think that there was a safe and painless option to end my suffering. I think this should be a matter of personal choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokinES3 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I agree. It's a humane option in many terminal cases. Especially involving constant pain or worsening paralysis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I agree that a person should have some level of choice in some circumstances. However, the situation is easy to think about as a hypothetical but maybe nearly impossible to properly enact. Look at the recent Robin Williams situation. In a way he did the same thing as this woman. He chose death as a means to escape pain and illness. The question in either case is did the disease and circumstances leave either to act and make a noble and proper choice? This is a very hard question to answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 There's a certain irony in a couple of moderators supporting assisted suicide who won't delete people's accounts on request... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 There's a certain irony in a couple of moderators supporting assisted suicide who won't delete people's accounts on request... Neither of us said that self elimination from the board on the basis of stupidity was out of bounds... Besides unlike death, leaving their accounts intact gives all of us the joy of knowing they may come back at any time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I have mixed feelings about this. Why do we need physicial assisted suicide? She seemed to just fine on her own. If I had acess to the drug she took I wouldn't want a doctor near me. I'd prefer to do it on my own. I've dealt with several doctors recently and I'm afraid if I got them involved they'd end up killing my wife instead of me. Whoopsie Mr Chef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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