Physically healthy 28-year-old woman schedules euthanasia due to depression
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#3Shame about the source
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#4I wish more countries recognized the ultimate and inviolable right to self ownership. If we aren’t free to destroy ourselves if we so desire, we aren’t actually free.
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#5I am terrified of the thought of legally killing people and this article has made me feel quite odd, even slightly sick I would say.
My gut just screams at me: this is wrong. And I cannot help.
The rational arguments do not convince me at all. Call me old fashioned or whatever but this is how I feel about it, and since there is an article about this I imagine that there might be certain interest in this being out of the ordinary.
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#6So the other way aroun, physical sick and mentally healthy, isn't a problem?
Isn't it about curability and pain?
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#7I wish more countries recognized the ultimate and inviolable right to self ownership. If we aren’t free to destroy ourselves if we so desire, we aren’t actually free.
You have to make an argument that freedom is inherently good, which is not obvious to me. I think it's good to force people to do things in many situations
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#8I wonder if she tried MAOIs. Those are criminally underused.
https://www.psychotropical.com/10-patient-stories-a-long-sto...
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#9I wish more countries recognized the ultimate and inviolable right to self ownership. If we aren’t free to destroy ourselves if we so desire, we aren’t actually free.
You have to make an argument that freedom is inherently good, which is not obvious to me. I think it's good to force people to do things in many situations
> You have to make an argument that freedom is inherently good, which is not obvious to me
Your next sentence holds that assumption as obvious:
> I think it's good to force people to do things in many situations
Why do you think you should have freedom to even think, let alone decide, what is good for other people?
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#10It's very strange that the doctors told her "There’s nothing more we can do for you. It’s never gonna get any better." Was that an irresponsible off-hand remark or what? Especially given the disorders she has, perhaps if it was severe schizophrenia or some kind of neurogenerative disorder, but autism + depression + bpd? I highly doubt that they have exposed her to all possible treatment methods, which in my opinion they should do before allowing her to take her own life.