RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right?
December 17, 2016 at 7:33 am
(This post was last modified: December 17, 2016 at 7:34 am by AceBoogie.)
My initial reaction is to say that we should let suicidal individuals kill themselves. Let water seek its own level, right?
The problem is that we are dealing with human beings here, not water. Families, friends and other loved ones are affected by suicide, so it's not quite so simple as saying, "Screw em, let them kill themselves."
I think that suicide should be allowed for those individuals that truly feel like there is no escape to their suffering. As gruesome as the thought of death is for us, especially the thought of being the agents of our own demise, if an individual has seriously thought it over and come to the same conclusion time and time again, I think we should allow people to kill themselves. As a society we could even implement some type of program where individuals can take that fatal barbiturate pill that they give to terminally ill cancer patients... and quite honestly I don't think we would see a whole lot of change in the number of suicides per year.
If someone is depressed and suicidal and has already gotten help for their issues... why not let them go? Can they actually be productive members of society if they are, basically, mentally ill? Will they have productive relationships with anyone in their families? Probably not.
It sounds harsh and insane but honestly, I don't see any reason to force people to continue living (not that we can do a very good job of stopping someone anyway, I mean, if someone really wants to end their life, they're going to do it one way or another) if they honestly feel like they do not want to live anymore. Not to mention if we offered some kind of overdose pill to people who are like this we wouldn't have nearly as many instances of children finding their parents with half their face blown off from a shotgun blast or have parents finding their kids hanging in the garage or something.
I think if someone is forced to go through the proper channels, i.e. mental evaluation, psychotherapy, medication, etc. and they still feel like they do not want to live, absolutely it should be a human right to die.
The problem is that we are dealing with human beings here, not water. Families, friends and other loved ones are affected by suicide, so it's not quite so simple as saying, "Screw em, let them kill themselves."
I think that suicide should be allowed for those individuals that truly feel like there is no escape to their suffering. As gruesome as the thought of death is for us, especially the thought of being the agents of our own demise, if an individual has seriously thought it over and come to the same conclusion time and time again, I think we should allow people to kill themselves. As a society we could even implement some type of program where individuals can take that fatal barbiturate pill that they give to terminally ill cancer patients... and quite honestly I don't think we would see a whole lot of change in the number of suicides per year.
If someone is depressed and suicidal and has already gotten help for their issues... why not let them go? Can they actually be productive members of society if they are, basically, mentally ill? Will they have productive relationships with anyone in their families? Probably not.
It sounds harsh and insane but honestly, I don't see any reason to force people to continue living (not that we can do a very good job of stopping someone anyway, I mean, if someone really wants to end their life, they're going to do it one way or another) if they honestly feel like they do not want to live anymore. Not to mention if we offered some kind of overdose pill to people who are like this we wouldn't have nearly as many instances of children finding their parents with half their face blown off from a shotgun blast or have parents finding their kids hanging in the garage or something.
I think if someone is forced to go through the proper channels, i.e. mental evaluation, psychotherapy, medication, etc. and they still feel like they do not want to live, absolutely it should be a human right to die.
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It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
