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Post by lonewolf on Jan 9, 2012 14:37:43 GMT -5
Interesting question. Tosh, any comment? He ran off...He got skeered. ;DHope it wasn't my comment about eating him for lunch.
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Post by lonewolf on Jan 9, 2012 14:38:29 GMT -5
If you stepped in front of a speeding train to save your child are you "committing suicide? If a soldier dives in front of someone and takes a fatal bullet, do we say they are "committing suicide"? No, we don't. That was a very good point Snerds. Now you have made me have to go back on what I said. I would die for one of my children. I would die for my children or grandchildren, too. Who here would die for their spouse?
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Post by starlight07 on Jan 9, 2012 14:44:24 GMT -5
Such acts are called sacrifices and are viewed to be acts of bravery unlike suicide.
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Post by lonewolf on Jan 9, 2012 14:46:29 GMT -5
Such acts are called sacrifices and are viewed to be acts of bravery unlike suicide. Sacrifices or suicide? Fine line, so who determines which is right?
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Post by femme on Jan 9, 2012 14:57:00 GMT -5
Such acts are called sacrifices and are viewed to be acts of bravery unlike suicide. Sacrifices or suicide? Fine line, so who determines which is right? Good question, Lone. I just know I couldn't live with my conscience if I didn't push my child out of the way of a gun shot...Know what I mean? The person would have to decide what they thought was right.
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Post by tosh on Jan 9, 2012 15:05:15 GMT -5
I am all for euthanasia of old-sick people and their permission or consent should not be always necessary. regards. Nietzsche.
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Post by femme on Jan 9, 2012 15:09:17 GMT -5
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Post by starlight07 on Jan 9, 2012 15:18:06 GMT -5
Such acts are called sacrifices and are viewed to be acts of bravery unlike suicide. Sacrifices or suicide? Fine line, so who determines which is right? It can be both but again it depends on the observer's POV. In the cases given by Gagafritz, saving another person's life was considered important whilst risking your own life at the same time though suicide is usually viewed as taking your own life for reasons mainly to do with your ownself.
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Post by femme on Jan 9, 2012 15:20:44 GMT -5
I agree with Star on this one.
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moxie
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Post by moxie on Jan 9, 2012 19:24:54 GMT -5
"Should assisted suicide be legalised?"
^I am not sure, but I am for assisted death in terminal cases if the individual so chooses. Would I choose it for myself...no. Should others have the right to make that decision...yes. Would I assist? Depends on the situation.
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Post by snerdley on Jan 10, 2012 8:29:03 GMT -5
Yes. We need to enjoy what we have. Sometimes we let life and other stuff get in the way of our relationships. I know that i can easily spend too much time on the internet and just have to shut it off.
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Post by bach on Jan 10, 2012 13:18:10 GMT -5
Exactly. The legislation regarding Assisted Suicide is there for people who have a terminal illness, who have reached a point where their existance is beyond what they are prepared to endure. This is about what makes us 'us', and at what point we are not prepared to lose our dignity, our independance or whether we are able to endure the pain of the illness with which we are inflicted. It is an individual choice, some people will endure whatever pain and indignity their disease brings them, others want an early release.
For those who do not want to hang on to the bitter end, regardless of the pain and indignity of their siutation, there should be a way for them to receive medical assistance to terminate their lives, rather than experiment with drugs which may do nothing more than exacerbate the situation.
The phrase 'Assisted Suicide' in this situation refers either to the medical assistance given to them to terminate their lives (by injection or by tablets), and whatever assistance they require from family or friends to get to the place where the medical assistance can be given. It doesn't refer to family and friends actually killing the person themselves.
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