Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I think Japan as well.
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Should there be a right to die?
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mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
Ask me more, but it has to be a conversation, because it is difficult subject.
I hope so, i already booked for when the time comes that i cannot look after myself or pain becomes extreme and constant
Hermit Philosopher
Selflessly here for you
If they did not have that right, what would the punishment for them having done so anyway be…?
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
If they did not have that right, what would the punishment for them having done so anyway be…?
Well, it is not that simple.
Yes.
And to be assisted in the process.
It's heinous that government can impose
a an unendurable life upon anyone.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
It's mostly its history particularly in the imperial era as well the famous or infamous suicide forest comes to mind.
TagliatelliMonster
Veteran Member
In principle: absolutely, YES.
With a disclaimer that death is kind of permanent and one should proceed with caution.
One can have such opinion today and not anymore tomorrow. But acting on it today would kind of prevent tomorrow from ever happening...
In that I am off course talking about euthanasia, or "assisted suicide".
Individual suicide can't really be prevented imo.
If somebody really wants to die, (s)he'll find a way. It's not that hard to do after all (assuming one has the guts).
All it takes is jumping from a large enough building.
TagliatelliMonster
Veteran Member
You have that right by default.
You can't prevent someone to kill himself, short of locking him / her up. And even then... they can still bang their head against the wall, refuse to eat, etc...
If one really wants to die, one will find a way regardless.
Australia also has legalised euthanasia, more or less. Most states it’s fully legal. Legal Assisted suicide also varies state to state.
It’s interesting though that euthanasia has gone through a bit of a “tennis match” in terms of federal approval. Going all the way back to the early 1900s even.
Sometimes it’s been overturned, sometimes enacted. Sometimes amendments to our version of the constitution have explicitly prohibited the government from making it illegal, then that was overturned years later. Then they voted to legalise it later on. It’s just a back and forth throughout the ages lol
My state has legalised euthanasia afaik, provided a doctor is satisfied the person in question is of sound mind, has full capacity to consent and has a terminal illness or a disease which will eat away at their brain, basically.
My state also proposed a new bill earlier this year (which if this passes) so by 2023 assisted suicide will be legal as well. It was apparently a “conscience vote” and won by majority.
Which surprises me, honestly. My state has been one of the more conservative states in our country’s history.
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Wildswanderer
Veteran Member
I don't think it should be legal, no. Realizing that it's going to happen anyway but perhaps making it difficult will cause some to reconsider and find hope again.