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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (3998)1/22/2003 6:29:15 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 7720
 
And if not, then you have to set up some government process to separate the broken hearted 18 year old from the terminally ill pain-filled person...which is quite contrary to my belief, and what I thought was your belief.

Not me. Suicide should not be illegal or regulated in any way, IMO. It's a tragedy that love-sick teenagers kill themselves. But developing a set of regulations for who can commit suicide and who can't is not the answer just as making it illegal isn't the answer. Such regulations would be an incredibly crazy and costly mess.

(Notice that I'm using the same argument here that I use for not regulating abortions--laws won't stop either, the regulations would be impossibly complex and costly, and big brother gives me the creeps. We have to educate, support, trust, and recognize that some tragedies will occur anyway.)
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