TV channel to broadcast assisted suicide

Oh come on guys! Just read through the werd-weird thing
It's teenage slang-

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BradB08 said:
Ditto here. I no longer worry about death as much as I think that we all go somewhere spiritually (no, not heaven) after we die and we come back.

And if a terminally-ill patient wants to end their own suffering with the blessing of their loved ones (even without as well), then that is THEIR choice and NOT the choice of the morality police or the state.
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My question is why do some people feel the need to speak for how others want to end their lives? Does it affect their lives if someone they have never met wants to end their suffering and die with assistance?
 
shel90 said:
My question is why do some people feel the need to speak for how others want to end their lives? Does it affect their lives if someone they have never met wants to end their suffering and die with assistance?
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No, it doesn't affect them one iota. Some people feel the need to impose their personal value system on all others. It is a sign of extreme self centeredness and egocentric thinking.
 
shel90 said:
My question is why do some people feel the need to speak for how others want to end their lives? Does it affect their lives if someone they have never met wants to end their suffering and die with assistance?
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...because they're only thinking of themselves instead of putting themselves in the place of others.

when my mother told me she was going to refuse chemo and let god take her when he may, i was a little upset at first, but after thinking about her situation and how i might feel if i were in her shoes, i understood why she felt the way she did.
 
jillio said:
No, it doesn't affect them one iota. Some people feel the need to impose their personal value system on all others. It is a sign of extreme self centeredness and egocentric thinking.
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Moral superiority.
 
jillio said:
No, it doesn't affect them one iota. Some people feel the need to impose their personal value system on all others. It is a sign of extreme self centeredness and egocentric thinking.
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I guess I just cant understand it cuz I cant imagine having the need to impose my values on others especially when it is a personal and private issue like this.
 
shel90 said:
I guess I just cant understand it cuz I cant imagine having the need to impose my values on others especially when it is a personal and private issue like this.
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Yep. You are neither egocentric nor self centered.
 
shel90 said:
My question is why do some people feel the need to speak for how others want to end their lives? Does it affect their lives if someone they have never met wants to end their suffering and die with assistance?
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Yes it does actually, because if assistive suicide becomes legal it's possible for people to be cohered into it instead of recieving the help they need. It has nothing to do with moral superiority and EVERYTHING to do with basic human rights.

Plus you can't change your mind if someone helps you kill yourself. Sometimes seriously disabled people DO change their minds and were glad that they weren't alowed to die.

If someone who wasn't disabled wanted to kill themselves would you help them? Why should the disabled and terminally ill be any differant.
 
BradB08 said:
More like scared sheeple that just can't handle the idea of someone making a choice for themselves without the involvement of the big, bad man in the sky.
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The links I gave were from Disabled people speaking out for themselves.

Not Dead Yet is an entirely secular disabled rights movement. It has nothing to do with religion. Why don't you people just read the links I provided.
 
dreama said:
Yes it does actually, because if assistive suicide becomes legal it's possible for people to be cohered into it instead of recieving the help they need. It has nothing to do with moral superiority and EVERYTHING to do with basic human rights.

Plus you can't change your mind if someone helps you kill yourself. Sometimes seriously disabled people DO change their minds and were glad that they weren't alowed to die.

If someone who wasn't disabled wanted to kill themselves would you help them? Why should the disabled and terminally ill be any differant.
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I did. The individual was also terminally ill.
 
Byrdie714 said:
I did. The individual was also terminally ill.
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I empathize. I was asked to. It was my father. Fortunately, he died before the pain was unbearable, but I most certainly would have honored his request. I refuse to take his dignity away.
 
dreama said:
The links I gave were from Disabled people speaking out for themselves.

Not Dead Yet is an entirely secular disabled rights movement. It has nothing to do with religion. Why don't you people just read the links I provided.
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You seem to be under the impression that disabled people are being pushed to kill themselves.

This isn't a disability rights issue. This is an issue of whether or not a terminally ill person has the right to end their life to spare themselves suffering. I fully believe that people have the right to decide what to do and that their family members, the state and religious institutions do not have the right to suppress them out of some selfish want to keep them alive (and suffering).
 
dreama said:
If someone who wasn't disabled wanted to kill themselves would you help them?
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they can do it themselves, you know. Many ways - jump off the building... OD on drugs... shoot your head off.... etc.
 
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