s/b --'human lives are God's gift'

Maqc,

I'm suggesting that suicide shouldn't be either a crime OR a 'sin', but that its definition, i.e. that absolutely nobody else is involved, should be very carefully monitored.

'Assisted suicide' in that sense is something of an oxymoron.

Joe

If Christians choose to believe lame assertions like "human lives are gods gift" that is fine just don't try and force your childish views onto others.

Actually, I 've had second thoughts about the theme of this Post. Should there be an investigation into the exit death industry.

Maybe there should be an investigation. I can only see something positive coming out of the outcome of such an investigation. The Doctors would come on board if there was something in it for them. As it is now they are not making anything out if it. Doctors have the option now of non intervention if you have signed the waver slip, as I have. They just fill you full of Morphine until you die, it hastens the end anyway.

to ALL –

first I wish to praise the author here but he should have been more harsh.

second I wish to note the common responses on this thread are indicative of the whole issue and those who think like this are the reason why “suicide” as a criminal offense under our law was abrogated some decades ago.

People who think that to have systems of caution and checks in place so that not just any person sick or just depressed cannot not have open access to easy kill yourself kits is somehow against their personal liberty . . . is ridiculous and very selfish.

Don’t those people care about the poor souls with mental illness or depression who may kill themselves IF suicide info were so openly and readily available?

Another major problem because of these no doubt self-appointed liberty champions [but is it Libertarianism or Rawlsian Liberalism?] is that they mostly talk about euthanasia yet most suicides are not from rational choices to opt out of physical illness, most are mentally disordered and vulnerable people.

Selfish to the end.

What the Phillip Nitscheites need is for someone thy care about who is physically ill to suicide via the info they want open to all.

Yes Mathew and why are they vulnerable because Abbott has taken away their means of support. He tells us in one breath that we have to take responsibility for ourselves then his religious dogma steps in and shows him as the hypocrite we know so well and he says but I'm not going to let you have money for food or medicine. Die slowly and suffer that's what the Christian meddlers want.