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Originally posted by Yorick:
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Originally posted by Night Stalker:
Yorick
I too see where you are comming from, but I tend to agree with Timber. The examples you cite, murder, spousal abuse, ect, are cases where personal freedoms infringe on another person. I have always been an advocate of my freedom ends where another's begins.
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How does this make suicide any different? The personal freedom to kill yourself directly impacts another person as I've shown. It can rob a child of a father, a person of their sister, a parent of their child etc etc etc. Suicide victims are those left behind. The effect on others is precisely my point![/QUOTE]I understand what you mean, but where do you draw the line? Other things can cause this too. Divorce, choosing of sexual preference, converting to a religion, all of this, and other things, can break families apart. They can all make children lose parents, or parents lose children, etc. But I reserve my right to all of that. I have the right to convert to whatever religion I want, or to be gay if I wish. And I think I have the right to my own body, and do with it what I want, as long as it doesn't do harm to others (harm is difficult to define here [img]tongue.gif[/img] ). If I was in physical pain, and knew that I would never get relief from it, and that I would die because of it, I'd rather end my life than suffer. I'm sure that my family loves me and that they would understand...
But I don't really support of other people deciding who should die and who should live. This should be a completely personal decision. Though assissted suicide should really just be for people who are capable of making the decision (aren't in a coma, under the influence of others, etc.), are terminally ill, and in pain which cannot be relieved (since sometimes medicine against pain doesn't work).
Edit - grammar.
[ 10-18-2003, 03:16 AM: Message edited by: Spelca ]