http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/12/16/swiss-suicide-tourism/
The article i have decided to blog about is on Assisted Suicide. It is becoming a more and more popular thing in recent years for people with terminal illnesses to go over to other countries and get assisted in basically comiting suicide. The person simply drinks a glass of water laced with sodium pentobarbital and within 30 minutes they die peacefully. An observer described it like a person drifting peacefully to sleep.
This whole issue is very controversial and i thought it would be an interesting topic to "blog" about. I am honestly not sure what i feel about it. I can see where it would be a very reasonable and good idea, but then i think... wait.. after they do this.. that's it.. they are GONE.
For people with terminal illnesses who have been suffering for years and years this may seem like a great resort and option to consider... but the only problem i see is that what if a couple of months or even days after ther person does this "procedure" the doctors have a HUGE breakthrough and end up finding a cure. The person's life was cut short, but even if that did happen... it is still a VERY small chance.
Honestly, i really do not know what to think...
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suicide is really scary and it does seem like the only way out for some people. assisted suicide is basically homocide and should not ever be considered morally acceptable, in my opinion.
I don't think suicide should be encouraged. I understand that the people who commit it are unstable and they should not be judged. However, no one should assist them in terminating their lives. That person should be trying to help the person get healthy.
This is a very touchy subject for a lot of people. I also don't think sucide should be encouraged, and that assisted suicide should really be given more light in today's society.
dang thats really interesting shaady. I actually have a very strong opinion on this subject. I believe if people are suffering from a terminal illness then they should be giving the chance at assisted suicide. Why have them suffer even more for an illness we can not cure? its in human of us.
I agree, this is a very controversial issue. Suicide is such an important problem for our society and definitely shouldn't be assisted.
Very interesting and controversial. Regardless, I feel that suicide is no resolution. And the assistant might as well hold responsibility for the death he/she has made happen.
Hmmm... that is an interesting topic indeed. I've heard a lot about this on the news and apparently it's legal in Oregon or Washington. Although I personally don't think suicide is right for me (duh!), I understand that sometimes people just don't want to continue suffering anymore. At the same time, I wonder if people actually check to make that the patients who request suicide are actually mentally sound and know what they're doing. It must also be terrible for the families of these patients. If one of my friends or family members was ill, I certainly would not want them to die; I'd want them to stay around for as long as possible. Like you said, once you give them the poison, you can never go back. I hope that medicine progresses so that one day people will never have to consider assisted suicide.
I agree: what if they DO find a cure soon after the person is gone? Although it seems inhumane to let a person suffer, you also have to take into consideration what their friends and family members have to say about just letting the person go.
Suicide is scary but I think that those who choose to end their lives should be assisted in terminating their lives if that is their will. I don't think there is anything wrong with that.
this is very scary i enjoyed reading it though. great job!
very good point concerning the value of someone's life. thank you. thats all i have to say
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