O so true! Exactly like the words written down the left leg of the sweat pants I used to wear "Just Do It" and if you succeed you'll never regret having done it.Stormcloud wrote: It seems we have a population that loses itself in words and have lost sight of what the words are implying. Solutions are o so simple - grasped only by simple minds.
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Of course it does since it would still allow for the possibility to regret not having done it! In my scenario regret is not a factor.Stormcloud wrote: .................and if you didn't do it, does it matter?
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OK! Now I'm beginning to be confused. Logic seems to have gone into the quantum reality zone.Stormcloud wrote: ....but, if you can accept your choices equally, without regret....?
If I want to do myself in - which is what I assumed we're talking about - am I going to regret my decision because if I do I have to option to change my mind. If conversely I manage to make myself extinct am I going to say "oops, I should have thought this over! Should have watched the detour signs before traveling into that country from whose bourne no traveler returns?"
...please advise! I'm near to traveling the path less traveled:shock:
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Suicide - good or bad? Individual choice?
Is suicide euthanasia? Is euthanasia suicide?
Is euthanasia suicide for society.
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Potatoes, potahtoes... Suicide, death with dignity...
Dead is dead. The discussion really has to do with access. And who is in control.
You made me laugh. Always a good thing in the morning. Thanks!
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Do you know of anything that would keep it going after that?Stormcloud wrote:But putting an end to ones life...is that the end of consciousness, too?
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Euthanasia or Suicide?
Or if the person is in a hospital and is hooked up to medical equipment which keeps him/her alive, and he/she is able to reach and pull the plug of the equipment, and does so of his/her own free will to terminate his/her suffering and life, is that suicide or euthanasia? If the plug is pulled by the medical personnel, it will be treated as euthanasia as it is normally viewed. Does it make a difference as to who pulls the plug when the objective of ending the suffering is the same? If it does, why? The suffering person knows first-hand the extent of his/her suffering, much better than the medical personnel. Or is the issue a purely legal matter?
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It makes no sense to keep zombies alive, especially if they don't have the savings to pay for their own upkeep.
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Anyone who opposes this right in principle has less compassion than Al Qaeda. At least the 9/11 hijackers got to die instantly.
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