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I understand why it might for you and your own values, but why should that sound alarm bells for others who might see things differently? Imagine that you're o

I understand why it might for you and your own values, but why should that sound alarm bells for others who might see things differently? Imagine that you're one of these patients. If you're looking at the last poor years of your life anyway, and it turns out that you see they'll be spent in the shadow of a global pandemic and economic crisis, it's sensible that you might want to just turn out the lights and go to bed already. Making that choice on their own terms isn't something that people do flippantly; instead of assuming we know what the right answer should be for them, isn't it more humble and respectful to assume they made a sound choice and then draw insight from how they were able to do so?

rob_c 4y ago
> why should that sound alarm bells for others who might see things differently? This is not a reversible decision like salted or caramel popcorn. All I'm saying is that numbers like that with a human life be treated seriously. I'm not saying the usual madness of 'halt a thing until we know more'. I'm just saying wouldn't it be prudent to ask the question rather than blindly accepting this as a good thing. I'm not saying anything disingenuous or in bad faith here so please don't assume my argument comes from this position, this just runs the risk of turning any conversation toxic and political which I'm trying to avoid.