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I think we've all gotten really ivory tower here. Let's bring it down a notch. Seems to me we own *some* part of ourselves. I would bet the vast majority of posters on this board agree with that statement, and Yorick your belief that we do not own ourselves any at all is not only not mainstream, it's exceedingly rare from my experience.
I would also assert that if we own *some* part of ourselves, it is likely that we do own the OFF switch, because the ability to be dispossessed of ownership or destroy what you own is likely one of the most basic elements of ownership. It seems to me. I don't know that I would say this is mainstream, but I think it seems reasonable.
Then again, I guess it depends on the nature of your limited ownership of self. A shareholder owns part of a corporation, but it takes a super-majority of the special voting stock guys to close the thing down and end it. So, I realize there are arguments against this conclusion.
I think in the end we can come to at least two certainties. One, if you own yourself absolutely, you have a right to die. Two, if you own yourself in the majority then you should and probably do have a right to die.
Then again, seatbelts are required in 49 states.
[ 10-23-2003, 04:26 PM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]
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