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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (7380)	3/5/2001 9:53:47 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It is almost impossible to distinguish murder in such an instance. Besides, it does nothing against the "pressure to die" problem. That is why I think one should have to run some risk of prosecution before assisting in a suicide. Slavery is evil. It is not simple negation. Similarly with the other things. As far as refusing to respect his wishes goes, it is a matter of conscience for the individual. There are too many people, though, who, when depressed, sought to take their own life, were prevented, and were later glad to have the opportunity to finish their business in this life for me to take the mere expression of wishes as final. Anyway, I think the bar should be high, that is all, since the procedure is drastic.

To: Lane3 who wrote (7380)	3/5/2001 11:18:46 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Has hospice been discussed in this context? "Are you say that we negate a person only when we kill him but do not negate him when we deny him his humanity by making him a slave, experimenting on him without his consent, subjecting him to gross indignities, or refusing to respect his wishes regarding the relief of his suffering, for example?" Hospice views their entire roll with a patient as alleviating suffering and indignity for someone who has accepted the inevitability of their own death. The hospice approach is that death is a natural and good outcome of the process of life. Once a patient has entered a hospice program all life prolongation processes are stopped. The person is "allowed" to die, and is given support with resolving life issues and is often given generous doses of pain medication as needed. I like this philosophy and consider it to be an entirely acceptable choice within our current society. Going to the next step of assisting in someone's choice to end their life will, IMO, be shelved to the section of unresolvables like abortion. Personally, I'm agin' it.