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Personally, I'd say I closest agree with ARTelevision, in the sense that I find it quite humerous that there are actually structured systems and laws that attempt to gain such autonomous control over other individual lives to the point of declaring whether or not we are permitted to end our own existence. Personally, I think any state's intervention should not be so damn concerned with our personal lives (like wearing seatbelts, if I don't want to wear a seatbelt out of my own arrogrance, I'm not going to wear a damn seatbelt! lol). I think this applies to suicide, not just euthanasia, if I desire to end my own life I find it ridiculous how others would claim to possess the legitimate authority to stop me. However, I realize that people have ingrained ethical standards, and they would say suicide is evil, and to that I say this: If you find it evil, then don't do it, you don't have to impose your subjective values own others.
As an afterthought, I think making the actual decision as to whether or not commiting suicide would be beneficial is the sensitive issue, where others would suffer from your actions and where you may be handicapped by short-sighted agony. Ultimately, I think anyone can end their own lives if they desire to do so, but I urge them to weigh the consequences far more carefully than most do.
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