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Letting Go
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:27 am
by Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds
This is hugely long, and so incredibly worth reading through to the end.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/ ... tting-go-2
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:51 am
by I REALLY HATE POKEMON!
I read as much as I could. It's a decent article, kind of scary. I just know that I'd like to linger as long as possible...
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:38 pm
by Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds
More people need to see this. Everyone, in fact.
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:20 pm
by Random User
I have always believed patients deserve a choice between living and fighting or merely dying and avoiding suffering. Assisted suicide should be legal. Forcing the terminally ill to live is inhumane.
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:17 am
by I REALLY HATE POKEMON!
^ The only problem with assisted suicide from a non-moral point of view is what if there's a lack of professionals willing to help with that? I can't imagine I'd want a job doing that but maybe there's people who don't feel that way about it. After all, there's no shortage of doctors performing abortions.
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:10 am
by Random User
The whole article is about the suffering of people clinging desperately onto their last days, and is written by a professional. I am sure there are plenty of professionals that would agree that assisted suicide is moral.
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:16 am
by I REALLY HATE POKEMON!
^ Moral or not, I would imagine not a lot of people would like to do that work. I couldn't do it for long, if at all.
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:45 pm
by ScottyMcGee
Man, if I got sick like that I'd want them to just let me go naturally. I want to be able to have my last words. Something like "Peace out, bitches."