[Fishtalk]

Another was a dear friend who died from the complications of AIDS (yes he was gay, sue me). After watching his skin slough off of his body, the incredible pain he was in, it would have been more humane for him to pass sooner.

There's a million ways to kill oneself.

Now I understand someone in a coma and all that. Plus other extenuating cases. But if a person has a terminable disease and doesn't want to live then that person, or his/her loved ones, can somehow, someway, get medicine that can be overdosed with no pain.

Why on earth does this country insist on getting the medical profession all involved in this matter? Doctors are supposed to HEAL people, not kill them.

Of course I must mention the lovely Dr. Kavorkian who got his rocks off killing people. THAT's the sort of doctor who wants to kill people as I see it.

If you kill your own self, what? they gonna put you in jail?

But oh no. We found a way to make money at it! We can create our own little dying industry. For a small fee, of course.

Not to mention, then I'll shut up, the abuse such a system foments. Like another poster mentioned, soon, given the slippery slope, we'll have OTHER people making decisions to end the lives of those who are a burden.

[Brytani]

Now I understand someone in a coma and all that. Plus other extenuating cases. But if a person has a terminable disease and doesn't want to live then that person, or his/her loved ones, can somehow, someway, get medicine that can be overdosed with no pain.

Do you realize how many people a year survive an overdose? Having a doctor prescribe the correct dosage for the patient, prescribing a medication that will cause a pleasant death versus a death wracked in pain, vomiting, hallucinations etc is another. There is a real reason why Doctors should be involved in this issue.

Why on earth does this country insist on getting the medical profession all involved in this matter? Doctors are supposed to HEAL people, not kill them.

Agreed, yet what do doctors do when our medical abilities are overwhelmed by the disease? When the only "healing" a doctor can do is prescribe pain medications or put the patient into a condition where they have no idea what is going on? That isn't healing. That is waiting for death to take over.

Of course I must mention the lovely Dr. Kavorkian who got his rocks off killing people. THAT's the sort of doctor who wants to kill people as I see it.

Kevorkian made the mistake of not "helping" those who were terminal, instead he opted to assit in the suicide of those who believed their quality of life was too low to live anymore. That was his biggest mistake and is paying for it now, as he should be.

If you kill your own self, what? they gonna put you in jail?

But oh no. We found a way to make money at it! We can create our own little dying industry. For a small fee, of course.

Not to mention, then I'll shut up, the abuse such a system foments. Like another poster mentioned, soon, given the slippery slope, we'll have OTHER people making decisions to end the lives of those who are a burden.

We already have an industry making money off of death. It's called hospice and rakes in billions a year.

As I stated in a previous post, I have a HUGE problem with a third party making the decision to end a persons life. That goes for the Schiavo case, abortion etc. Yet, if a person of sound mind, facing a few months to live, where all medical intervention has failed, I have less of a problem with that person making the decision for themselves.

I hope this case does not turn into a slippery slope, as Roe did. However, in the end, as with Roe this is a states issue and on that basis the SC's ruled correctly.