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Originally posted by l_e_cox
People exercise their "right to die" all the time. It's not really something we need to confer on anybody. Even though death is hard for most people to go through, if someone wants to die, they'll find a way.
The consequences for the people they leave behind is often more to the point.
A well-off guy could decide to check out without making any responsible provisions for what he leaves behind. His lawyers could end up with the estate and leave the family paupers. Did that guy have the right to do that?
Originally posted by sugarcookie1
Originally posted by amkia
You don’t give life; you don’t take one (even if you think that it is your own).
IMHO life is a school of process where the spirit matured and get ready for the next process, pain is the part of the experience.
Thank you for your opinion i value it..But i don't think pain and suffering should be part of the experience of life..
Originally posted by meathed
Everyone has the right to die with dignity.
Everyone.
Originally posted by meathed
Originally posted by sugarcookie1
Originally posted by amkia
You don’t give life; you don’t take one (even if you think that it is your own).
IMHO life is a school of process where the spirit matured and get ready for the next process, pain is the part of the experience.
Thank you for your opinion i value it..But i don't think pain and suffering should be part of the experience of life..
Hi sugarcookie,
Im sorry to hear of your unwanted jouney.
I do have to agree with amkia on the point they brought up.
I too think it is part of life that some of us have to experince pain, loss and suffering.( its part of life)
It doesnt mean you should be happy and embrace the experience. But just eccept that things like your experinece can and will continue to happen.
Maybe there will be a time in the future when this wont be the case, but until that time , well.... some will have to experience the hard parts of life more so than others. Im am sorry that you are one of those.
Goodluck on your journey though this.
I send you all the positive energy i can muster.
Peace.
Meathed
Originally posted by VariableConstant
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, of course. The way I see it, it is your life, and if you decide you have had enough, you should be able to end it in the way you choose.
Me personally, I have always said that if I develop a terminal illness and know that only pain and suffering lies ahead, I will jump from Rainbow Falls.
I have heard tales of people doing it and surviving, but I've certainly never seen it done. I've always wanted to, but seems like pretty certain death to me. As good of a way to go out as any, and preferable to dying in a bed in agonizing pain.edit on 3-4-2011 by VariableConstant because: bunk link
Originally posted by TerryMcGuire
You do know this is a huge can of worms. This calls into question everyone's basic assumptions about life and afterlife. I won't go into philosophy.
Baring accident, I will go when I want, laws or no laws. I will find a way to spare my family of legal implications. I will not leave a mess. It's off to the forest for me. Some place that I can just go to sleep. Maybe take some pills, or just maybe stop eating and hang out with the chipmunks for a week or so. I don't know.
Everyone knows the horror stories of life lived beyond the ability of the individual to care from him/herself.
I mean, this is the biggest thing we do in life, die, isn't it? It's not like what we will watch on tv tonight.
I know, I'll take some tunes and just bliss out. I even have the music picked out. la la la
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth101
Every human life is precious and means something special to another.
Thus no human must be allowed the option to commit suicide.