Euthanasia for the Depressed?

[Saxmoof]

What worries me most is that with the legalisation of this, friends and families of other depressed people in the future may start to think that like in the case of terminal illness, the compassionate thing to do is to let them go. I don't think that's the case, I think hopeless, suicidal thoughts are a temporary and irrational result of their brain having been hijacked by depression and people having them should be convinced that that's the case, however hard it is to make that case to someone who feels there's no hope

From the full interview with the woman in question, talking about her friend -

"Sarah is deceased two years ago. You see that piece in the closet there? It symbolizes her. The black queen. We often played chess together, even just before her death. The last time I lost, when Sarah jokingly said "Too bad not it, that this loss now never can catch up." It was, in a strange way, beautiful to see her. You saw that she had finally rest now that they might go. She beamed. Then I thought. What is this really beautiful " 

Unlike with terminal illness, it's impossible to know whether or not a person's situation is hopeless, and if there's uncertainty is it not best to err on the side of caution?