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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
ANd I don't think these people committing suicide should be illegal. I don't want the government lending any support to it legally or otherwise, in anyway facilitating it, they should stay out.
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Your last point is taken on the thread-jack...now on this matter...
I guess what I'm asking is how do you propose to have this encoded. Right now its illegal in 49 states, so that constitutes government intervention in the matter. Oregon has legalized it, but with strict regulation to prevent abuse. If you don't have any rules, than it means that anything goes. If you deny medical assistance for those wishing death with dignity, you are still punishing them, but if you allow it, you have to have rules. I mean how exactly to you envision this regime of legal suicide without any government involvement? Do you try and prevent abuse? What is okay or not and how is it enforced? Unless maybe you are advocating anarchy, there has to be some kind of law involved in these situations.