Date: 9/25/2003 6:04:00 PM
From Authorid: 37101
Hate to tell you, but if people want to commit suicide, it doesn't really matter if it's legal or not. But I remember a group of people in California wanted to make suicide a crime punishable by death. How ironic. -  |
Date: 9/25/2003 6:06:00 PM
From Authorid: 13897
Smooth Criminal- yeah, that kinda stuff makes you wonder- what are they thinking?! punishable by death?! hah... are they gonna take you out of your grave and put you in the electric chair? pft.  |
Date: 9/25/2003 6:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 54987
LOL@criminal. Suicide is legal isn't it? It's bad enough having a problem where death seems the only way out, without having to worry about legalities.  |
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Date: 9/25/2003 6:17:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 55546
lol =) |
Date: 9/25/2003 6:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 42568
I think the question sounds a little better put this way: Should assisted suicides be legal? And my answer to that, is No.  |
Date: 9/25/2003 6:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 60018
Beth, once again you took the words right out of my mouth lol :P  |
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Date: 9/25/2003 6:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 42568
Scary..... |
Date: 9/25/2003 7:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 32806
To have suicide as illegal is totally ridiculous.
Gonna prosecute me from the grave if I succeed???
These people (and I have been there) need HELP and SUPPORT not the threat of making their lives more miserable by punitive punishment if they fail or someone realises they are on that path and need help.  |
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Date: 9/25/2003 7:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 32806
To have it as an accepted thing to do is not the way to go either. It should not be encouraged but on the other hand it shouldnt be condemned as a crime. |
Date: 9/25/2003 7:44:00 PM
From Authorid: 1225
I think that for people with painful, terminal (i.e. they're dying anyway), and incurable diseases it is a right to decide to go out with dignity.  |
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Date: 9/25/2003 8:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 32806
Terminal (they are dying anyway) yes agreed, painful and incureable no. I have arthritus which is painful and incureable. Doctors in both Britain and USA already do assisted suicides, except its really murder as the people they have turned the machines of, were not even part of the decision process, comatose and 100% dependent on the machines to stay alive. This is far from a straightforward issue. With one hand you can give sane, conscious and able people who know they have an incureable, degenerative and terminal illness which will lead to a slow, painful, lingering death the right to end it all in a peaceful and painless way, on the other hand giving them this right also opens the way for others to kill off family members who may very well NOT have decided to take that path. It is not straightforward at all. |
Date: 9/25/2003 8:08:00 PM
From Authorid: 36994
Depending on the circumstances, I think a person should be able to decide to end their life. The kind of circumstances I'm talking about are if they are suffering because of a sickness/disease, which they can no longer bear, none the less their families watching them suffer as well. I think in that event, it should be allowed, not 100% behind that opinion though. But if it has to do with running away from problems, of course not. That's not the right conclusion to reach.  |
Date: 9/25/2003 8:19:00 PM
From Authorid: 55386
Hmm. Hard to say. I mean, you're getting killed aren't you? Either way it's murder, either by someone, or by your own hand. But, like Smooth Criminal said, it doesn't really matter, because if you suceed, you can't get charged or whatever happens to you. I think people that want to kill themselves should get some help, and if they still do, I think they should tell the people they want to, and let them know, and do it.... So, I don't know. I'm in the middle on this.  |
Date: 9/25/2003 8:42:00 PM
From Authorid: 19625
I think assisted suicide should be legal, yes. Erin-  |
Date: 9/25/2003 9:34:00 PM
From Authorid: 54707
Well, there's no way to make suicide legalBecausein a sense the person gives themself the death penalty. But assistated suicide is illegal. But in my opinion it should be legal.  |
Date: 9/25/2003 10:46:00 PM
From Authorid: 48858
There's just too much that has to be taken into consideration. It'd probably do wonders for the populaton increase though, seeing how we are living longer and longer these days.  |
Date: 9/26/2003 8:20:00 AM
From Authorid: 59418
if you are terminally ill and in pain...yes....if you just hate life..no.  |
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Date: 9/26/2003 10:35:00 AM
From Authorid: 54987
Is suicide murder? And if so, who do we prosecute? We can only prosecute if it fails, which means that the crime is attempted murder. |
Date: 9/26/2003 10:37:00 AM
From Authorid: 55967
The way I see it is like this. First, it IS true that suicide (even without assistance) is illegal in this country, and in many others. Therefore, if one attempts it and fails, the state will issue a mandatory sentence in a hospital for a specified period of time. They can only enforce such a thing if the person broke the law; no law-abiding citizen can be forced into an institution. If suicide were legalized, no state can be required to hold the person to help them. They could only be institutionalized on a voluntary basis. To this end, no, it should not be legalized. Think about it.  |
Date: 9/26/2003 11:28:00 AM
From Authorid: 53284
Maybe it should be a death penalty crime? Just kidding. I think that in some cases, like terminally ill patients with a short amount of time to live, it should be legal. Why should people have to suffer when there is little doubt about the outcome. I have had several relatives end the lives in pain and agony at the hospital. There was needless suffering. That should not have happened.  |
Date: 9/26/2003 11:44:00 AM
From Authorid: 62060
In the UK suicide IS legal, assisted suicide isnt. I mean, what are they gonna do, dig you up and put you on trial?  |
Date: 9/26/2003 1:35:00 PM
From Authorid: 57225
it wont work and i doubt it'll ever be legal  |
Date: 9/26/2003 1:58:00 PM
From Authorid: 15394
What gets me about this debate, is that we deem it legal for a woman to choose whether or not to let ANOTHER human being live/die, but we don't allow our ownselves the same right...hmmm YES I think that in certain situations it should be legal to end it all...  |
Date: 9/26/2003 7:47:00 PM
From Authorid: 36967
If you commited suicide, you are dead. How can you punish someone who is already dead. After death, then it is up to God to decide what would happen to you.
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Date: 9/27/2003 5:30:00 AM
From Authorid: 42945
if I wanted to end my life, I wouldnt want anyone else to be involved, and I think that anyone who is terminally ill, should be able to decide what path to take...hugs  |
Date: 9/27/2003 5:34:00 AM
From Authorid: 62118
God tormented you throughout your life and when its over he'll torment you some more.  |
Date: 9/27/2003 7:05:00 AM
From Authorid: 48809
I personally do not believe that suicide should be made legal. However, if someone is in great pain that is not likely to have an ending anytime soon, and if it is their wish to take their own life it is up to them to deal with the consequences of their own actions when they reach the other side. I think everyone should have a living will that states very clearly their intentions whether they do or do not wish to have any hreoic measures taken in the event of their having an incurable disease that involves great pain. That way , it is their own decision and no one else needs to feel guilty about having to make this decision for them. It is then up to the doctors who do this sort of thing.  |
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Date: 9/27/2003 8:48:00 AM
From Authorid: 55967
62118, God has nothing to do with "tormenting you throughout your life." People bring that on all by themselves. It is blind and immature to keep blaming God, or anyone or anything else for what you feel and experience in life. It is all you, man. |
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Date: 9/27/2003 10:23:00 AM
From Authorid: 62118
By the Bible it is. |
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Date: 9/27/2003 11:22:00 AM
From Authorid: 55967
I disagree. If you read the Book of Job, you see where, after God delivered all that crap on him, he complained to God at first, but God said back to him something like "Where were you when I created all this stuff? Stop blaming me. If you get what you think is bad, deal with it. Learn from it." That is the lesson in the whole story, I believe. |
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Date: 9/27/2003 3:12:00 PM
From Authorid: 15394
so does anyone that thinks abortion should be legal also think that death with dignity should be illegal, cuz I don't see the sense... |
Date: 9/27/2003 9:03:00 PM
From Authorid: 43948
Uh, try calling it assisted suicide. Suicide is when you do it yourself, not with aid from another person. Yes I think people should be willing to make that kind of decision. However, I think it should only be for those who are ailing, dying, or severly suffer from some crazy disease, with a waiting period.  |
Date: 9/27/2003 10:59:00 PM
From Authorid: 12341
I fully endorse and support Hospice care. As a caregiver, I do not do well with death and dying, but have chosen educational health care and am very involved in Endocrinolgy, especially Diabetes care. Sometimes that will require me to refer a patient to an end stage od care. Again, I am highly supportive of Hospice Care.  |
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Date: 9/28/2003 2:18:00 AM
From Authorid: 62118
I'm talking about Genesis. |
Date: 9/28/2003 1:12:00 PM
From Authorid: 61188
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! lol. obviously i say no, it's shouldn't be legal to kill yourself. .::.Rachel.::.  |
Date: 9/28/2003 1:58:00 PM
From Authorid: 4144
it's not illeagle. i mean what are they going to do to the idiot that kills himself. revive him and kill him again??  |
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Date: 9/28/2003 2:04:00 PM
From Authorid: 15394
why is a terminally ill, suffering person, an idiot if they choose to die with dignity?? |
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Date: 9/28/2003 6:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 4144
a terminally ill person is not an idiot. i'm talking about my two experiences in the past 3 months. an 18 year old boy and 25 year old girl, both letting drugs control them. she left behind a 15 month old baby and a note that said to tell the baby she loves her. that's a load of crap. she didn't love anybody including the kid or she would have hung around and gotten help and took care of the kid herself. that's what i call an idiot. |
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Date: 9/29/2003 6:23:00 PM
From Authorid: 15394
moma bug, now that I totally agree with!! sheesh that is wickedly sad .... |
Date: 10/3/2003 12:07:00 PM
From Authorid: 39763
I think that suicide should only be accepted if the person who did it was terminally ill & was suffering very badly. But if the person was just did it because they hated their life or they wanted to run away from a problem, definitely not. And assisted suicide should never be legal.  |
Date: 10/3/2003 12:10:00 PM
From Authorid: 39763
You're right moma bug, if she really loved her baby then she would've stuck around no matter how difficult life was for her. That's SO sad when people like that commit suicide because most of them don't stop to think how it's going to affect their friends & family  incredibly sad |
Date: 12/21/2003 10:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 37900
Why should terminal illness be a rationale for assisted suicide? In addition, how does one define "suffering"?  |
