"... followed by a humiliating, terrifying, and excruciating end." This is why it's so important that we discuss voluntary euthanasia as a society. The thing

"... followed by a humiliating, terrifying, and excruciating end." This is why it's so important that we discuss voluntary euthanasia as a society. The thing is, people prefer not to think of it. Everyone acts like they're immortal. I would much prefer to choose my own time of passing, preferably quite a way from the end that you describe. "The most debauched psychopath would not dream of subjecting their victims to such an experience." And yet, that is the experience that the law mandates we have.