Anyone here seen the movie "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"
Richard Dreyfuss plays the part of Ken Harrison. The film makes some very cogent points relating to the subject of suicide. Courts around the country use the canard of harm to self and others a bit too loosely. Unless they ca show that a person is not capable of making a rational decision (grief or depression does not automatically preclude rational thinking) then they should have no right to enforce their arbitrary decision that living is better than death. There are many cases where death could be preferable.
As much as I hated living in Oregon, it may well wind up being where I go to die. It's the only state that (currently) legally allows physician assisted suicide. Hopefully more states (and especially my home state) will pass similar laws. While I never wish to return to Oregon except for brief visits to family that still live there, neither do I wish to suffer the indignity of a long, drawn out, painful death.
In case you want to know but don't want to watch the movie:
Quote:Ken Harrison is an artist that makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In hospital he make friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083326/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Richard Dreyfuss plays the part of Ken Harrison. The film makes some very cogent points relating to the subject of suicide. Courts around the country use the canard of harm to self and others a bit too loosely. Unless they ca show that a person is not capable of making a rational decision (grief or depression does not automatically preclude rational thinking) then they should have no right to enforce their arbitrary decision that living is better than death. There are many cases where death could be preferable.
As much as I hated living in Oregon, it may well wind up being where I go to die. It's the only state that (currently) legally allows physician assisted suicide. Hopefully more states (and especially my home state) will pass similar laws. While I never wish to return to Oregon except for brief visits to family that still live there, neither do I wish to suffer the indignity of a long, drawn out, painful death.
In case you want to know but don't want to watch the movie:
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