Should The State Actively Let You Suicide?

[Yerda]

Interestingly enough, my first thought when reading the OP is: Who is going to pay for it?

Maybe we could have a national insurance sheme. A wee bit of your earnings go towards maintaining the ability to provide lethal injections for all who choose them. The price to live in a compassionate society could be stumping up for hot shots for the masses.

 

[McBell]

Maybe we could have a national insurance sheme. A wee bit of your earnings go towards maintaining the ability to provide lethal injections for all who choose them. The price to live in a compassionate society could be stumping up for hot shots for the masses.

I say let the one who wants to commit suicide pay for it.
In advance.

 

[Yerda]

I say let the one who wants to commit suicide pay for it.
In advance.

It's more entertaining if we do these things by general taxation. Whips up a froth among the crazies.

 

[McBell]

It's more entertaining if we do these things by general taxation. Whips up a froth among the crazies.

I see no reason why I should have to pay for someone elses giving up

 

[Yerda]

I see no reason why I should have to pay for someone elses giving up

What would constitute a good reason for contribution?

 

[McBell]

What would constitute a good reason for contribution?

I cannot think of one.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Existential depression is not regular depression, It cannot be cured with drugs. A lot of people with it go on to suicide. Realising that life is meaningless, morality is made up, one is basically always alone with one's thoughts and free essentially in a purposeless world drives some people to insanity. I know, I've been there and it still affects me now and will forever.

I have that form of depression along with clinical depression. It's hellish. Yeah, I think the state should allow you to commit suicide and provide painless and quick ways for you to do it. They probably won't do it any time soon, however, because it's the loss of a consumer slave. Plus, there's the religions who want to guilt you and people with their fake sympathies.