> I find the idea worrying. Someone with depression wanted > to visit this clinic, not sure how it turned out but what > doctor could kill someone *just* because they wanted to die? > Depression is always curable, all it takes is effort and > a search for the personal best cure. I don't think it should > legal anywhere for someone to be helped to die because they > are unhappy, for whatever reason, it's a part of life. Wanting > to die because your partner is dead is normal but it aint > the end of the world. people do get over it. > > I think all this is symptomatic of our cultures' alienation > from the natural process of dying and mourning. There's > a real feeling nowadays that if someone doesn't live a full > and happy life until they are 90+ someones gotta be sued. > Life aint like that, it's bitch. > > Having said that, I've watched good friends die long and > painful deaths and I think the attitude that we have to suffer > til the bitter end is wrong. I wouldn't let my dog suffer like > that, why inflict it on people I love? But it's not for the > depressed or unhappy, emotional pain goes away. Lying on a > table and being injected with a lethal dose of painkillers > can't be considered a lifestyle choice can it? >
You hit the nail on the head. I agree with much of what you say here.
