Assisted Suicide

[nailit]

Whats so wrong with it?
Had a facebook feed about it. The comments range from the religious....and ridiculous... (suicide is a sin) to the humanist (sometimes its necessary to prevent suffering).
Personally I'd hope that when my time comes someone would 'off' me if I was suffering.
I find it insane that we routinely put our pets to sleep but strive to preserve human life that's coming to an end anyway, at the expense of the one that is about to die.

[ummmm]

I agree with you.

[rockyracoon]

I agree, but, it's the bit where we hope someone will do it for us. That's a lot of weight for someone to carry, not sure I'd have the balls for it.

[Tilly2]

I agree, Nailit and would like to be able to make a choice if the time came to do so.

I would want it to be my choice, not someone else's.

[DTCwordfan]

hopefully they will change the law here to what Switzerland and the Neths allow....yes, one has to be sane and logical, with all the medical and judicial sign off at the same time, and that is only right. It can be achieved and without the risk of a demented son or daughter wanting to bump the parent off.....

[nailit]

My father died 17 years ago in 2000. He begged my sister to put a pillow over him and end his life a few weeks b4 he died. I think if he'd had asked me I would have done it and paid the penalty that society demands for an act of mercy. Religious people with their sense of sanctimonious righteousness get on my tits.

[nailit]

perhaps I shouldn't have said tits...

[khaleesi]

I totally agree too. On of my biggest pet hates is people telling you what to do or how to live your life. So long as you are not hurting anyone else it should be up to you to make your own choices. And in response to your last post, nail it, surely if their god loves us all, he wouldn't want us to be in pain

[nailit]

// And in response to your last post, nail it, surely if their god loves us all, he wouldn't want us to be in pain//
Alas, reading through the facebook posts he does, apparently! ( according to his followers)

[nailit]

Got a sneaky feeling that medics do 'off' people actually. Maybe Sqad can enlighten us (anonymously of course)?

[ummmm]

My dad died of cancer. He had enough drugs in the house to end it if he wanted to. I asked the Macmillan nurse how much morphine was he allowed and she said whenever he 'needs' it.

To me that meant he could OD if he wanted. At the end it wasn't what he wanted.

He died just after his last sibling came to see him. He needed to say goodbye so he could rest in peace (his brother and two sisters had to come from Ireland)

[Samjenko]

Hate to break the party up. Parliament debated and, quite rightly imo, threw out (with a vast majority) an 'assisted dying' bill 18 months ago.
You're not going to get it any time soon, if ever, thank goodness.

[ummmm]

But yet will can kill our pets!

[Samjenko]

I think any vet can do that, ummmm.

[ummmm]

I know. But humans can't opt for the same thing.

Me...I could never give that shout but it should be an option.

[Samjenko]

Sorry, I thought your vet was called William.

[ummmm]

I don't own a vet.

[waterboatman]

I agree 100% Making someone suffer, sometimes unbearable pain and anguish is cruel and just so wrong.

[Samjenko]

I'm astounded that so many people can't think these things through.

[NoMercy]

The trouble with implementing an assisted dying bill is that it would give rise to people ending the lives of relatives who didn't want to die because they don't want to wait for their inheritance.

[Samjenko]

An ABer mentioned just yesterday, they pay £1,300pw for their mother's care. (I was rather taken aback but can well believe it)
Who but a billionaire or a saint would gladly pay that. And there's a lot of far from saintly people out there.
How many parents would place such a financial burden on their children,,,,,,,if they had an alternative.