Assisted Suicide

[Natasha]

I agree with assisted suicide. After all, we can all take our own life anytime we want regardless. Why do we need government regulation of what we can already do freely? Seems a waste of our money to try and regulate something like this.

Because where you have law you will have violations of said law. If not monitored, how easy would it be for an abusive spouse to kill their significant other and CLAIM they wanted to commit suicide and they were simply assisting???

 

[Guyzerr]

horrific for the son, or the client? just playing devils advocate here, if you know the latimer case you will understand

I know that case and I still feel sorry for Robert. I think he should have walked.

 

[porterjack]

I know that case and I still feel sorry for Robert. I think he should have walked.

You are not alone many Canadians think he was wrongly convicted, personally from what i read of the case i think he deserved his sentance, i was never convinced that if Tracey was in constant pain as he claimed that there was no medical remedy, i do believe he loved his daughter and did not want to see her suffer, i just feel that he took the law into his own hands when he took her life, he imho had no right to do so

 

[Panacea]

You are not alone many Canadians think he was wrongly convicted, personally from what i read of the case i think he deserved his sentance, i was never convinced that if Tracey was in constant pain as he claimed that there was no medical remedy, i do believe he loved his daughter and did not want to see her suffer, i just feel that he took the law into his own hands when he took her life, he imho had no right to do so

I agree. He wasn't a monster like the man who decapitated his disabled son, but you can't say there was no better way to go about easing her suffering.

 

[BornReady]

Live and let live also implies let die if that is what the person wants. If everyone would live their own life and let others live or not live as they choose then the world would be a better place.

 

[itsmeJonB]

this video sums up what I believe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXi7f9k0djI

 

[Guyzerr]

You are not alone many Canadians think he was wrongly convicted, personally from what i read of the case i think he deserved his sentance, i was never convinced that if Tracey was in constant pain as he claimed that there was no medical remedy, i do believe he loved his daughter and did not want to see her suffer, i just feel that he took the law into his own hands when he took her life, he imho had no right to do so

They ( medical professionals ) had been dealing with it for years and it was getting worse instead of better. But............ it depends on who you want to believe at the end of the day. Robert or the " professionals ". In this particular case I chose to believe the father. I have heard nothing but good about him . He was a devoted father that loved his kid and never harmed a person in his life until that day. I would invite him to stay in my home if I still had kids around which is a hell of a lot more than I can say about some folks around here. He should have walked but because of our archaic laws they stuck it to him.

 

[porterjack]

They ( medical professionals ) had been dealing with it for years and it was getting worse instead of better. But............ it depends on who you want to believe at the end of the day. Robert or the " professionals ". In this particular case I chose to believe the father. I have heard nothing but good about him . He was a devoted father that loved his kid and never harmed a person in his life until that day. I would invite him to stay in my home if I still had kids around which is a hell of a lot more than I can say about some folks around here. He should have walked but because of our archaic laws they stuck it to him.

i suppose the big diiference in my view between Latimer and assisted suicide is the desire on the part of the individual to end their life, i dont believe we can prove Tracey wanted to die, whereas the terminally ill cancer patient who is lucid enought to instruct a loved one to end their suffering is totally different, i support the latter not the former

 

[darkcgi]

I'm pretty sure GOD will not agree to his actions.
But who knows for sure.....
sad really

 

[skyblue]

Suicide is suicide... It's a selfish way out.

obviously you haven't seen a loved one waste away in front of your eyes,my dad had 2 types of cancer which made him impossible to treat.....i went from seeing him as a skilled caftsman/master painter still working at 73 years old to become a shell at 74,i witnessed him become virtually senile for the most part,someone who even had to have help when using the toilet,let alone bathing and other sanitary stuff,i saw him pumped up with morphine in his last days just so he would last an exta few hours in agony,i saw his lungs continually being drained so he could do something as basic as drawing breath...everything he went through,the continual agony,the constant care he needed,the drugs,everything was so fucking undignified for a man who had worked most of his life,a man who had raised 7 healthy and law abiding children..yes,undignified,unless you have gone through seeing this you dont know so shouldn't pass any sort of judgement...he's at peace now thankfully...i consol myself to the loss with knowing that he's not wracked with pain anymore

 

[Alien Allen]

obviously you haven't seen a loved one waste away in front of your eyes,my dad had 2 types of cancer which made him impossible to treat.....i went from seeing him as a skilled caftsman/master painter still working at 73 years old to become a shell at 74,i witnessed him become virtually senile for the most part,someone who even had to have help when using the toilet,let alone bathing and other sanitary stuff,i saw him pumped up with morphine in his last days just so he would last an exta few hours in agony,i saw his lungs continually being drained so he could do something as basic as drawing breath...everything he went through,the continual agony,the constant care he needed,the drugs,everything was so fucking undignified for a man who had worked most of his life,a man who had raised 7 healthy and law abiding children..yes,undignified,unless you have gone through seeing this you dont know so shouldn't pass any sort of judgement...he's at peace now thankfully...i consol myself to the loss with knowing that he's not wracked with pain anymore

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