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Post by mermaidsal on Oct 17, 2008 20:49:14 GMT
I know this is kind of about Other Sports but it seems to me to be a bigger moral question so I'm starting it off here. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/7676812.stmIt was only 18 months since Dan's injury, and he was only 23 years old - he obviously had a deep conviction that he didn't want to live with a disability so major, had tried to die before - but should Dignitas have helped him carry out his wishes so soon after his accident and at such a young age? I'm really torn about this, and hearing about it's had a big and very upsetting impact. On the one hand I believe anyone has the right to take their own life, but on the other if they're in a dangerously depressed state we also have the right to do anything we can to save them. If I loved one was terminally ill and steadily, rationally wanted to die I'd respect their wishes, however difficult that was. But in Dan James's case I'm not sure I could have done. |
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Post by powchirper on Oct 17, 2008 21:01:54 GMT
I remember it happening and this is as you say a tragic end to a young mans life that held so much promise.
As for the assisted suicide, I'm totally against it, There are pro's and con's for and against it but i feel its just wrong.
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Oct 17, 2008 21:08:13 GMT
I have to disagree, it was his life and his choice. Who are we to question someone else's conscience?
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Post by powchirper on Oct 17, 2008 21:19:25 GMT
I have to disagree, it was his life and his choice. Who are we to question someone else's conscience? Like i said "There are pro's and con's for and against it" Its just my opinion but i wont be writing to the Swiss clinic and complaining as he was of sound mind and it was his choice. |
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Oct 17, 2008 21:25:07 GMT
I have to disagree, it was his life and his choice. Who are we to question someone else's conscience? Like i said "There are pro's and con's for and against it" Its just my opinion but i wont be writing to the Swiss clinic and complaining as he was of sound mind and it was his choice. Exactly Chirper, not something I could ever contemplate doing, not sure I'm brave enogh for starters. |
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Post by dad1 on Oct 18, 2008 0:59:08 GMT
The tragic thing about all of this is that in this great country of ours the right to take one's own life is severely limited by the stupid laws which say that, even if you are of sound mind, if somebody helps you (if you are say quadraplegic and can't do it yourself) that person will probably (almost certainly, in fact) be faced with a murder charge! The law says that if, for example, your cat or dog is dying of a terminal disease, it is perfectly OK to "assist in their euthenasia" and allow them at least some level of dignity in their "passing", but if a member of your family or a friend is terminal, they cannot have the dignity that even a cat or dog can.  This country is thouroughly fucked up, in my opinion! While I can't understand this persons need to do this, I can at least respect it, as it is his decision, taken when he was of sound mind. |
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Post by Ghostface on Oct 18, 2008 8:07:11 GMT
The problem boils down to the Human Rights Act. It states that everyone has the right to life, but nothing about taking their own...
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