From: ahk@chinet.com
Louis Epstein wrote:
>Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>> Louis Epstein wrote:
>>>Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>> Louis Epstein wrote:
>>>>>Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>>David LaRue wrote:
>>>>>>>A Friend wrote:
>>>>>>>>Tommie Hicks wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>If one is diagnosed with a terminal disease and that one takes their
>>>>>>>>>life, is it truly suicide? I know technically it is, but
>>>>>>>>>philosophically?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>Yes, it is. That doesn't answer the question of whether you should do
>>>>>>>>it, or have the right to do it, or have the right to go to a
>>>>>>>>jurisdiction where they can do it for you.
>>>>
>>>>>>>Life is terminal if you wait for it to end. In some cases the end
>may come
>>>>>>>sooner than expected.
>>>>
>>>>>>>As for taking your life, I have known many with difficult diagnoses and
>>>>>>>they all chose to enjoy life for as long as possible. I believe they
and
>>>>>>>those around them were better off from that choice. Live while you can!
>>>>>>>We only get to do this once.
>>>>
>>>>>>"enjoy life for as long as possible"
>>>>
>>>>>>But we're discussing the period at the end of life, well past the time
>>>>>>that life is still enjoyable.
>>>>
>>>>>You're talking about giving up hope and surrendering to despair.
>>>>>Where (but only where) there is life,there is hope.
>>>>>The war of the living against death needs no traitors.
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to not die while in a coma.
>>>
>>>Never coming out of a coma would appear to be
>>>the most peaceful of deaths.
>>
>> Being maintained on life support in a state from which I would never
>> recover is hideous. I don't agree. Just let me die.
>
>As long as you are being maintained on life support there is
>a possibility that a means of granting you recovery could be
>discovered.
After my brain has rotted away? No thank you.
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