[onja]

And I should have checked before I posted, since I merely parroted the above poster.

But anyways, for the record, I honestly don’t see the trouble with competent adults wanting to commit suicide in a non-painful way. Of course, extreme precaution would have to be taken to insure that only mentally competent, emotionally aware people would make such a decision.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"I honestly don’t see the trouble with competent adults wanting to commit suicide in a non-painful way...only mentally competent, emotionally aware people.."

Just curious: why only the "emotionally aware"? So people somewhere on the austic/asperger's spectrum have no business killing themselves? Or people who would have a difficult time expressing their emotions (like, maybe 30% of us)? And do you know of any objective diagnostic tests proving a sufficient level of "emotional awareness" that would make it ethical to offer them a deliberate drug overdose?

And why in a "non-painful" way? What if somebody wanted to be beaten to death for artistic reasons, e.g. film noir?