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the only kind of sollution I can think up is to
1) make up laws that restore citizens' rights to be responsible for themselves unless they are proven by trained physician(s!!!) so there will be no doubt that the person wishes to proceed.
2) Make the patient wait several weeks.
and many more i cannot think of now.
the thing is, it is our body. not yours, not the governments, not the sheriff's or our parents... its OUR body. if we wish to destroy it and someone doesn't like it, tough for them it's not their business. and before someone say 'what if its' their kids' or some such, still, ultimately, its the patients business.
its a shitty thing to think of. it is possibly the biggest decision a person can ever make.
i by no means like the idea of someone getting bad news and ending themselves. i would love to think that these ideals would be meditated on for lengthy periods of time; hopefully with loved ones. however, if i had someone in true pain and they begged me for days or weeks and they have no hope or friends or families, put me in jail if you must but I will not allow a fellow person to suffer because they are so sick they cannot do the procedure.
i would hope that anyone who is unwilling to help other people would do the same. how would you like it if you were totally up the creek and someone says 'its not my affair' and walk away?
that's the path of a true blue coward.
its the last thing i'd want to do, but by all means I would. human beings deserve the respect and treatment that they should be provided with, not what our consciounce says.
the idea of a person saying I am not allowed to commit suicide fills me with unimaginable rage. God itself has given me the freedom, who the fuck has the right to take away my right?
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