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Originally Posted by Debi
Assisted suicide is for those who, obviously, cannot commit suicide themselves.
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That statement relies on the presumption that suicide itself is acceptable. Regardless of whether an individual feels suicide is acceptable or not, it is accurate to say that modern society frowns on suicide.
If assisted suicide is "for those who . . . cannot commit suicide themselves," then suicide by those who can do it themselves must be acceptable.
Again, my point in my previous post was: if it is one person's right to have someone kill him because he cannot do so himself, then, is it fair that a person who is capable of killing himself does not have the right, even if he wants to die just as badly?
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Originally Posted by Debi
And by the way, assisted suicide is already allowed in some countries. And a posteriori, it is not a "dangerous precedent"
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Yes, I am aware of that. My point was not necessarily that it
is a dangerous precedent, but, rather, that it
could be, particularly if it is defended as a "right."
I hope I don't seem argumentative -- I'm really just discussing.