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KamaAina

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10. Being told "I'd rather be dead than live like you" is not pure speculation

Reply to idwiyo (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 06:05 PM

Dec 2013

It happens to people who use wheelchairs far more often than you'd think.

And suppose the person saying it is wearing a white lab coat and holding a syringe?

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French panel recommends legalizing assisted suicide for terminally ill [View all] Redfairen Dec 2013 OP

Good for France. It's a gift to sober, sane, terminally ill people who believe they must. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2013 #1

Define "terminally ill". KamaAina Dec 2013 #2

Stage 3 lung cancer. Stage 4 cancers. Would that be enough? idwiyo Dec 2013 #5

Because that other person might be being pressured into that choice. KamaAina Dec 2013 #7

I am sorry, but "might be pressured" is pure speculation. idwiyo Dec 2013 #9

Being told "I'd rather be dead than live like you" is not pure speculation KamaAina Dec 2013 #10

So, we force everyone else to suffer needlessly just in case someone else idwiyo Dec 2013 #11

No, we give them better palliative care KamaAina Dec 2013 #13

And if they don't want palliative care? What if it's already to the point idwiyo Dec 2013 #14

What "palliative care" would you prescribe for my father? Medically induced coma? PassingFair Dec 2013 #16

Being told that one would rather be dead... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #15

When I am appointed as the Obamacare Death Tsar, JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2013 #12

Personally, I think assisted suicide should be legal for anyone. The_Commonist Dec 2013 #3

I agree with you get the red out Dec 2013 #4

Agree. My body, my choice. idwiyo Dec 2013 #6

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