Hanging onto life.
In another thread, a FM referred to life ending "earlier than it could have lasted to".
This got me thinking about hanging onto life, when it is no longer enjoyable.
Of course it is already true that, thanks to medical intervention, people can continue to live beyond the point at which nature would've normally taken its course, but I'm not implying that people shouldn't be allowed to use medicine to defy nature.
What I am, however, wondering is, would you want to have your life artificially preserved, if you were in constant, incurable, pain, permanently drugged into oblivion, or otherwise beyond further treatment?
This got me thinking about hanging onto life, when it is no longer enjoyable.
Of course it is already true that, thanks to medical intervention, people can continue to live beyond the point at which nature would've normally taken its course, but I'm not implying that people shouldn't be allowed to use medicine to defy nature.
What I am, however, wondering is, would you want to have your life artificially preserved, if you were in constant, incurable, pain, permanently drugged into oblivion, or otherwise beyond further treatment?
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I would not want to hang around tbh..
My family know.. to turn off any machines..
www.alcor.org have my life insurance details... hopefully it will work. If it doesn't, I'll never know about it, if it does, heeello infinity!
Infinity?
Are you intending to be taken a long way away, until you are beyond view?
Not quite. Infinite life, the chance to experience everything I want to, was what I had in mind
Most definetly not, I cannot think of anything worse, it,s about time the laws on euthinasia were revised.
As has probably been pointed out many times before, we have our pets put to sleep to stop them suffering unnessecarily but the law won,t allow prople do die peacefully and with dignity. It,s a farce.
The law is a lot more complex when putting a human to sleep, which is a much more complex animal than a pet, and rightly so. Such things should not be taken lightly.
I agree the law is more complex regarding humans but I still think if you are of sound mind, the choice should be up to the individual and I,m sure it would not be one taken lightly.
But who is to say that human is in a sound frame of mind? There are a million teenage girls who say "i want to die" after being dumped - human life is sacred - there are a few countries that have more liberal euthanasia laws than the UK, such as Switzerland - and if they are determined, they will go there.
Says who?
Religion?
God no. Religion is a human concept, and complete nonsense.
Infact I despise religion and love nothing more than ripping apart the people who have such superstitious beliefs.
So who says life is sacred?
Me, as a humanist. We only get one, and I for one don't want to waste it. Infact, I'm not just a humanist, I'm a Transhumanist, hence the contract with Alcor.org.
Obviously I wasn,t refering to teenage girls who have been dumped. I think people who are terminally ill and there future is going to be a painful, undignified living hell, then they should have a choice.
I know if it was someone close to me I would much rather they slipped away peacefully than have to watch them suffer for months on end, something which I have had to do in the past.
I don't think it should be made too easy for people to end their own lives, it should be hard, and legally complex, even if it means traveling to Switzerland. Only the most determined should be able to do it.
I agree in the fact that people shouldn,t be allowed to end their lives too easily and especially without good cause.
But I think people who are terminally ill and have no quaility of life whatsover shouldn,t have a legal battle on their hands to fight for the right to end intolerable suffering.
It,s definetly not black and white subject though:)
So you really believe that someone who has an incurable illness, is going to have slow, painful death shouldn,t have the right to say "enough is enough" and be allowed to die peacefully?
I thought medicine and medical people were supposed to make your situation easier?
Therefore, shouldn't they provide you with the "easy option", if there is no hope of improvement?
1. one or both parents are still alive - i shall then wait till after their passing
2. i have a spouse/partner at this time - i shall then wait till after their passing
3. i have a dog at this time - i shall then wait till after their passing
judge me as you will ...
60 is quite young nowadays
I know of people in their 80s who are still independant, healthy and happy
How old are you now?
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