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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings
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To: mph who wrote (1090)5/17/2001 2:27:39 PM
From: Original Mad Dog  Read Replies (1) of 14610
 
Tough issue, but to some degree freedom requires that personal moral choices be permitted by the state provided that others are not harmed. If someone wants to vote themselves off of the island, and they are of sound mind, or if they while of sound mind specify criteria and designate decision-makers who can implement that choice for them, then why should the state prohibit it???

I think one of the big problems with this issue has been that some of the early proponents (Dr. Kevorkian comes to mind) had more than a few screws loose and gave the whole concept a bad name. But suffering, and watching others suffer, is something which causes highly personal reactions and emotions. To have the state restrictively define what is permitted in response to those emotions is something I am not willing to sign on to.
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