I know I'm going to get a lot of bad comments, but hear me out first. I guess everyone has the right to destroy themselves, but usually it's something minor. That's the cowards way out. Unless it is some severe medical condition, I might understand. Why did Chris Cornell take his life? It's usually a perminent solution for a temporary problem. No honor for them. If you could get into my head for a few seconds, you'd think you'd kill yourself. Not me. I am stronger than that.
I don't think the issue in question is a person walking down the street saying ho hum woe is me. I think the issue has to do with people who are in severe physical pain with no way of recovery or something like that.
@Piece2YourPuzzle I guessed that, but it's so easy to read what they are saying in one sentence! lol Had a classmate of mine blow his brains out because his GF broke up with him. No joke. That's what I'm talking about.
@TheGreatShadow I definitely think that's a special case and there are other avenues to go down.
The right to die law is in response to people with a terminal illness with no hope of recovery. It’s not the same as blowing you brains out. The two are completely different.
@Piece2YourPuzzle I agree with you 100%. Yeah it's a bummer when you get dumped, but not the end of the world.
I disagree. It takes a lot of courage to end your life. Not to say it doesn’t have a huge ripple effect and cause grief. But few do it because it’s one of the hardest things to do.
Just that. It is an individuals right to choose to exit this life as & when they choose! Period. Full stop!
It's our life and our death. It's a human right.
There should be this option, and it should be safe and legal.
Let me turn it round. If a decision does not affect you directly what right have you, or any of us, to make choices for another human being? I apply this rule to all repressive legislation. ?
It's your life! So why not? I understand there could be mitigating circumstances i.e. mental issues. But in the case of incurable disease (including mental) an Advance Directive should overrule any challenges.
My dad wanted it so badly but couldn’t because he had Alzheimer’s and didn’t pass the psychological criteria. This was his lifelong belief but was denied it.
That's bad. It's a catch 22 situation.
The same thing happened with my dad.
@PalacinkyPDX My dad was in Portland when that happened. Noticed the PDX I’m your username b
As long as we're separating correctable vs terminal diagnoses, I'm all for allowing terminal patients the right to choose when and how they end their life.
No one should be forced to suffer because of someone else’s fairytale
That’s a great question. It depends on wether it is a retorical question, or if you are talking about the ability to let go of a loved one when their time comes to say goodbye and bow out of the stage.
When she decided to die, my mother accused me of being a hypocrite. She said that, for years she had heard me and my siblings talk about the right to die and all of a sudden we were denying her her right. She was so eloquent, I had no voice but to concede and give her my unconditional love and respect her decision.
It took one of my brothers several years to forgive me.
I think you’re brave.
If a person wants to die for any number of reasons, they have the right to either terminate their own lives or let a physician do it for them.
I feel like everybody has a right to end it anytime