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Originally posted by Nygdan
For that extreme example, I'd have to say its irresponsible and inhuman to just allow people to kill themselves when then whim overtakes them and do nothing. Ultimately its their choice, but the derranged aren't expected to be competent enough to make regular decisions, let alone that kind.
Originally posted by Nygdan
how did i destroy the context? You said 'particularly' with certain cancers, this means that you were talking about the phenomenon in general, and highlighting a particular example. If you meant something else, then it wasn't clear, at least to me, and glad to see we agree on this aspect of the topic.
Originally posted by tomcat
I believe that dictating how someone chooses to live their is wrong as long as they do not commit crimes and are a menace to society.....
......In that same measure I feel dictating how someone dies is also wrong.
It never was anyone else business and it should never be someone else's business.
Originally posted by Amuk
Originally posted by Nygdan
For that extreme example, I'd have to say its irresponsible and inhuman to just allow people to kill themselves when then whim overtakes them and do nothing. Ultimately its their choice, but the derranged aren't expected to be competent enough to make regular decisions, let alone that kind.
Who are you to tell someone they cant take there own life?
What it boils down to is who owns that persons life?
Originally posted by tomcat
I would be lying if I said I never thought of putting a gun in my mouth and pulling the trigger. It would be easy. I have no children or wife so I would be leaving no one behind. I was always afraid of failing and ending up worse than I presently am.
Originally posted by Amuk
Who are you to tell someone they cant take there own life?
What it boils down to is who owns that persons life? You? The state?
Or him?
Originally posted by Scat
However, where this line should be drawn in everyone else's life is so varied, there is no eay answer andn o one will ever be completely satisfied.
Originally posted by Scat
Two members of the same family could have completey different opinions of the matter, and a huge lawsuit errupts. The second one side wins or loses, it goes down as law, case precedent, and thus, the STATE governs our decisions, not us.
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