The Right To Death

[Caleb]

You can't kill yourself when you can't move decently or are under surveillance of doctors, smartass.


And sifter, are you saying that if you were under hellish pains all the time, you'd not even think about wanting to die? Let me tell you, you will and anyone would if they were in the situation. Also when you're living and you can't do anything, you'll probably get so bored you'd want to just leave the planet. You'd have had a nice life and wouldn't want others to get this horrifying image of you just lying there like a plant.

[Sifter]

Locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson dies of pneumonia less than a week after losing a legal challenge for the right to end his life - Home News - UK - The Independent

That doesn't change anything.
@K leb: Well, my religion made commiting suicide forbidden because if we did so, we'd had defied the fate that is given by god. And that'll automaticly put the one in hell.

[Mitchell]

You can't kill yourself when you can't move decently or are under surveillance of doctors, smartass.

I think you kinda misunderstood him. He means if you've already killed yourself they obviously can't do anything.
Still the way he said it was p douchey.

[Caleb]

@K leb: Well, my religion made commiting suicide forbidden because if we did so, we'd had defied the fate that is given by god. And that'll automaticly put the one in hell.

If you're in hell on earth it won't change anything, I'd take the shot. But I'm an atheist who thought rationally about religion and decided I can't believe in it even if I wanted to, who am I to say things about it.

[Jojishi]

That doesn't change anything.
@K leb: Well, my religion made commiting suicide forbidden because if we did so, we'd had defied the fate that is given by god. And that'll automaticly put the one in hell.

Not everyone has the same beliefs though. No matter what beliefs we have I think we can all agree that constant suffering is no way to live. It's a hard decision to make and I'm sure people would want to live but don't have much of a choice when they're in so much pain. Contrary to belief, sometimes it is the only option if the situation has no hope of improving.

If we're going to bring religion into this debate, then if the person in question is religious and being kept alive is their wish then they can have it. It all comes down to choice though and I don't think someone should have the choice over whether someone else lives or dies. It can only be the person in suffering's decision.

[Amir]

I'm so bored!
I need halp. I'm an atheist too. yay!

[Caleb]

Not everyone has the same beliefs though. No matter what beliefs we have I think we can all agree that constant suffering is no way to live. It's a hard decision to make and I'm sure people would want to live but don't have much of a choice when they're in so much pain. Contrary to belief, sometimes it is the only option if the situation has no hope of improving.

If we're going to bring religion into this debate, then if the person in question is religious and being kept alive is their wish then they can have it. It all comes down to choice though and I don't think someone should have the choice over whether someone else lives or dies. It can only be the person in suffering's decision.

Well yeah like, this debate is about whether you can have the right to it in the end. I think even if you wouldn't want to sign for your own death, you can still give others the right to choose for this if they feel life is truly unbearable.

Also, this is one of the less obvious cases that I think will actually make people agree and disagree about whether it's a right to be put down then. My dad personally says that if he becomes one of these elderly people with dementia he wants someone to pull out the plug. He wants to be remembered as the person he is and has been all his life, not as this gaga bastard he was for the last (few) year(s). Do you guys think of this as his right and give him the ability to sign something that will let him die when he gets dementia or do you guys think this isn't major enough to be considered his right?

[Gary]

I'm so bored!
I need halp. I'm an atheist too. yay!

What in god's name does that have to do with this thread.

anyways, I believe that if a person really wants it honestly, they can have the right to death.