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I hear you but what’s the alternative though? Provide a DIY guide on how to do it yourself in a painless way? And what about those people who just can’t because

I hear you but what’s the alternative though? Provide a DIY guide on how to do it yourself in a painless way? And what about those people who just can’t because are paralyzed for example? There are a million different cases and someone has to have the power to help someone who has decided that they don’t want to live their lives that way anymore.

whatevaa 2y ago
He'd rather people suffer so he could feel better about himself. Personally, I'm pro-euthanasia for selfish reasons too - I'd like to be able to end it cleanly, alternative ways are a mess. You can't fix everything. Drugs don't fix everything. Not everything can be treated. Seen too many people slowly detoriating, waiting to die for incurrable diseases. If I have a right to live, I should have a right to die, otherwise I'm a slave.
- w0de0 2y ago
  No, I’m not an advocate of suffering. I’m a skeptic of the state’s role in its ultimate antidote. As a cadaver may not be incarcerated productively, I question if one’s right to death is - or can be - denied. Moreover, is not assisted dying treated as a privilege, rather than a right? Like a driver’s license, one must apply. It is alienable.
  - whatevaa 2y ago
    The application process is in place to create friction so that people wouldn't off themselves for silly reasons, also to try to address concerns like yours. Who else than state? Random people? You can always off yourself, but that is messy. Might as well have a process for that.
pentagrama 2y ago
Your comment resonates with me because I remembered the Spanish movie Mar Adentro, who explores that topic on a nuanced way to me. I recommend that movie to anyone reading this who is interested on the topic and likes good fiction.
w0de0 2y ago
In our present marvelous age of information, instructions for painless suicide abound. In societies which grant primacy to the rights of individuals to live and die as they see fit - that is, in which there is a degree of free speech - these resources are easily accessible.

whatevaa 2y ago

He'd rather people suffer so he could feel better about himself. Personally, I'm pro-euthanasia for selfish reasons too - I'd like to be able to end it cleanly, alternative ways are a mess. You can't fix everything. Drugs don't fix everything. Not everything can be treated. Seen too many people slowly detoriating, waiting to die for incurrable diseases. If I have a right to live, I should have a right to die, otherwise I'm a slave.

w0de0 2y ago
No, I’m not an advocate of suffering. I’m a skeptic of the state’s role in its ultimate antidote. As a cadaver may not be incarcerated productively, I question if one’s right to death is - or can be - denied. Moreover, is not assisted dying treated as a privilege, rather than a right? Like a driver’s license, one must apply. It is alienable.
- whatevaa 2y ago
  The application process is in place to create friction so that people wouldn't off themselves for silly reasons, also to try to address concerns like yours. Who else than state? Random people? You can always off yourself, but that is messy. Might as well have a process for that.

pentagrama 2y ago

Your comment resonates with me because I remembered the Spanish movie Mar Adentro, who explores that topic on a nuanced way to me. I recommend that movie to anyone reading this who is interested on the topic and likes good fiction.

w0de0 2y ago

In our present marvelous age of information, instructions for painless suicide abound. In societies which grant primacy to the rights of individuals to live and die as they see fit - that is, in which there is a degree of free speech - these resources are easily accessible.