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It's strange to me that people try to fight against legalizing assisted suicide. If there's one thing a person should have the right to do, it's to decide wheth
by nynx 6y ago
It's strange to me that people try to fight against legalizing assisted suicide. If there's one thing a person should have the right to do, it's to decide whether they want to continue their life or not.
- superjan 6y agoNot to be snarky, but suicide itself is usually not forbidden. Legalizing assistence is a different thing.
- mariusor 6y agoI think it would be tricky to determine a judicial punishment framework for people that commit suicide.
- tremon 6y agoFrom http://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5997&context=nclr http://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5...: A person who committed suicide was punished at common law by burial in the public highway with a stake driven through his body and by forfeiture of his goods and chattels to the king.
- tomjen3 6y agoVestigal Christianity, I think.
- oleander73 6y agoThat plus fear of death.