Posted: Aug 19, 2012 3:26 pm
Residue wrote:This sounds a bit like the guy who had no prospects so had no gun then swallowed the bullet and ended up with hemorrhoids. It's a very pertinent question indeed. It presupposes, in mental health corridors, that every human who ever lived, at the point of death, would have filled in a survey sheet to return a positive balance - on having lived. Now as, we all know, for many of us that just ain't so! Many of us would return a rational "no go" to life. However the fear of consequences, of accepting euthanasia booths standing next to vending machines in retail outlets, is too challenging to comprehend considering. People are all too fearful of the criminal fraternity switching door signs, with the gents or ladies toilet for example, and it becoming something that might stare themselves in the face and everyone think it just another clunk in a long line of 21st century symphonies. The privileged and powerful are probably the most fearful group respecting any memes that have the potential to devalue the sanctity of life. After all, isn't it them who are racking up positive life balance at the end of most days they are living?
I don't think the right to die is about having suicide booths in the high street, Residue. It's about making it legal for doctors to help a patient who has nothing but pain to "look forward to" end his/her life with dignity, and end their suffering.