I am very opposed to euthanasia and I cringe every time someone says that's just what they want, that they want it legal, that it should be legal, that it fair, humane, and one's right to leave the world when they can no longer deal with it. Stop it!
It isn't a fair thing to expect. You don't have to be of any kind of religion to grasp this concept. It just isn't a fair thing to expect from another or even ask of another. It just isn't.
I wouldn't want to be the one to give someone - especially someone I love - that lethal amount of medicine. I would not want to be the one who had to live the rest of my days knowing I made the last call on whether that person should live one more day, forfeit all hope, "throw in the towel."
Suicide isn't a sure thing. People who attempt it often times FAIL! That person might simply be forced to stay in some kind of mental hospital until it is fairly certain s/he is stable. Sometimes that person loses all independence and is in 24 hour supervised care the remainder of his/her life. (What fun!) And then sometimes:
Permanent intellectual damage!
Permanent physical disability!
Permanent emotional struggle!
Loss of friends, work, trust, respect, family - fear can do that. Why get too close to a person intent of breaking your heart and abandoning you?
But guess what. Suicide is ultimately that individual's decision. That person is the one ultimately responsible for it. And it is LEGAL!
Assisted Suicide - Ha! call it what it is: Homicide - is not an individual's decision. It is in the hands of another and that other has to live with the fact that it worked (OR FAILED with serious ramifications) It's simply not fair to ask/expect another to do this. It is NOT legal.
I don't advocate suicide. I ADAMANTLY oppose euthanasia!
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