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To: Lane3 who wrote (4469)	2/17/2003 11:45:06 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

"I am horrified at the prospect that I would be stuck alive below my threshold of life quality and am further horrified that my financial resources would be consumed keeping me alive when they could be put to good use. And I get angry that this could be forced on me by arrogant busybodies at a point in my life when I am disabled and incapable of standing up for myself." I have been stuck alive and below my threshold of life quality many times, but am not suicidal. Most people I know readily admit that life can, at times, seem like an impossible struggle. Yet, time is a great healer for most things that seem impossible in any given moment. Tunnel vision is a phenomenon that can be associated with all suicidal people. Being able to see only the problem at hand that seems overwelming is tunnel vision. Lots of people have real problems that are irresolvable and overwhelming. Bankruptcy for a person who is 45 years old and has 5 dependants can be very real and offer an overwhelming feeling of 'no-way-out'. Yet we all know, that the bankrupt person who persists in hoping and striving, will have a life 10 years later that will be on a completely different basis. The despondant 45 year old Jane/John has already experienced the tramma of their 45 year old life. The life that is being destroyed is the 50/55/60/70 year old Jane/John that has not yet been lived and may be quite worth while. The issue of course in assisted suicide becomes one in which the suidal person is beyond hope. All suicidal persons believe they are overwhelmed with things that are beyond hope. All have tunnel vision. How does the assistant justify their support of this kind of decision knowing that it is based on tunnel vision? "One way is to deal with that is to accept that each has a right to his view, that persuasion is an option that doesn't always work, and that that's OK. One step away from "que sera, sera." Another way to deal with it is to try to control not only physical elements but other people to make them conform to your world view." It is hard not to view the subject of suicide as a health issue. " I am biased toward the former, absent compelling reason to intervene. " A life or death decision is ALWAYS a compelling reason to intervene. It seems incumbant on society to have some sort of vehicle that illiminates the 'tunnel vision' element, before passing approval (not that I am agreeing approval on that basis would be ok with me). " ...well, I think society needs to get a grip when it comes to the notion of death,..." I definitely agree with you that society at large does not deal well with death. I have voiced my philosophy many times, being ...'Death is a positive outcome for a life worth living.' I look forward to my own passing (at the appropriate time) and hope that until that time, I will make the most of my opportunities to live a worth while life. I have not found other people who feel good about the prospect of dieing some day; I have met very few people who consider talking about it, anything more than morbid and distasteful.