People have the right to decide to die. If they make a bad decision you can try to talk them out of it but ultimately it is their decision. I should mention though that I have talked to peopel who were stopped from committing suicide who were glad that they were stopped. So maybe it depends on the person's state of mind. I have no problem with the pope saying hey I am the pope and I am not going into the ICU even if that means I might die, what the heck I have had a good life. That isn't even suicide; it's declining heroic measures.
It's when the wishes aren't known that it gets tricky as there is no objective "best" for someone like Terri Schiavo. BTW I saw a column that pointed out that really, the gap between the two camps on the Schiavo issue is really not that large. Most people say that if Terri did wish to die then the right thing was done, and not if not. I think this is true; at least that's the way I feel. Dana On Apr 2, 2005 6:45 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's all kinds of Schiavo stuff in there. It sort of made me think > that we'll never solve this one due to 2 controversy: > > 1.) Do individuals have the right to choose to die? > > 2.) If they don't make their wishes known who decides? > > You can't legislate either of these things because there's gotchas either way: > > 1.a) If we don't have the right to choose to die then it may be cruel > and unusual punishment. If we allow it then the person may make a bad > decision. > > 2.a) If we allow the family to decide then they may take advantage or > make the wrong decision. If we force legislation to do it then we are > depriving someone the right of self determination. > > No right answers. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152660 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
