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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Also her decision the manner in which she took her life. She could've killed herself but chose to go to Switzerland and use Dignitas. So long as she was at no point under duress I don't see a problem. Dignitas offered a service, she paid for it and used it.
The state shouldn't be involved in this. Either assisting the suicides or obstructing them and prosecuting those involved.
The right to die at a time a terminally ill person sees fit, in the best possible place they are able to, in the least painful manner is something the state should get out of the way of.
Her case is a little more difficult however her health was fading and she feared losing her independence. It was her choice to end her life at that time, I've seen no-one suggest otherwise, and to die with her faculties and dignity intact.
No-one likes talking about death but it's going to happen to all of us. I find the state forcing people to spend their last months / years in pain and without dignity abhorrent.
It's all about the safeguards; they are tricky but they are doable.
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They're not do able, the safe guards already in place have been abused over and over as referenced in this thread already. The mentally ill killed, the healthy killed, the young killed etc etc etc and speaking of dignity how much dignity is there in having your remains tossed in a lake.