If it's legal, he's in excruciating pain, and he's absolutely terminal, is it okay to escape his pain now?
My opinion: Unless you've nursed a loved one to the death, you cannot know the depths of pain they experience. They would never put you through the trauma of watching their last minutes after a lasting illness if they could possibly avoid it.
If an animal was this ill, we would euthanize it. But many people would say allowing a man to end his life by himself is wrong, even if his suffering is deep.
I'm not talking about the teenager who is down, or the drunk who is trying to get dry, or the mother, who, having lost a child, wants to join them. These people need to wait, and they will feel better in time or with meds.
What do you think? I want to hear from people who know--people who have experienced great pain, people who have taken care of their ill relatives, and people who would never consider suicide even to alleviate the suffering of the terminally ill.
2007-08-30
17:15:10
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