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You really don't think there's a moral distinction to be made between supervised and regulated use of drugs to end terminal suffering and just grabbing a gun an
by ajross 4y ago
You really don't think there's a moral distinction to be made between supervised and regulated use of drugs to end terminal suffering and just grabbing a gun and blowing out the back of your skull? No one anywhere thinks that end of life care should be a spur of the moment decision by the sufferer. Basically, yeah, gun suicides are bad, and they'll remain bad even given the existence of an "assisted dying" program.
- inkblotuniverse 4y agoI would rather shoot myself or jump off a bridge than have some bored nurse kill me in the cleanest, most cost-efficient way possible.
- cogman10 4y agoThe bored nurse death doesn't result in emotional trauma for some random kid that finds your rotting corpse.
- pseudo0 4y agoI think that individuals have a right to end their own life. Often doing so is a selfish act that hurts the people closest to them, but it's their life, their body, and their choice. Also, jurisdictions are increasingly allowing assisted death in non-terminal cases. For example, Canada is poised to expand its assisted death program to individuals with mental illness. That is effectively carte blanche for anyone to access assisted dying.
- ajross 4y ago> That is effectively carte blanche for anyone to access assisted dying. But not by just getting drunk one evening and deciding to end it all! I have to repeat the question: you really don't think there's a moral distinction to be made here?
- pseudo0 4y agoIt's a bad idea to make any significant decision while drunk. If someone has suicidal ideation and does not want to act on those thoughts while inebriated, then they should choose to either not become inebriated, or not have firearms easily accessible. Both of those factors are within their control.