View Poll Results: Could you end a loved one's life if they asked you to?
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05-26-2007 #1
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Could you end a loved one's life if they asked you to?
Picking up from Chefmike's thread on Kevorkian, I got to thinking. Some of my older relatives, witnessing the way others have died have told me "If I ever get like that, help me die." At least one of them has meant it.
It's simple- the right kind of injection or a dose of painkillers could end someone's suffering. But you may believe that euthanasia is murder and suicide is a sin. It's your call.
So, if there was no risk of going to jail, would you be a willing accomplice if they wanted you to? Or would you decline? And why?
I will emphasise- we are assuming there would be a way to do it without going to jail. The question here is about morality and not just the law.
What would you pick?
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05-26-2007 #2
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Morally, i have no qualms about it being the right thing to do.
Whether i'd have the courage to do it or not, though, is another matter.
Obviously, i'd prefer never to be in a situation where i find out, but, if it came to it, hopefully i would.
I hate being bipolar...It's fucking ace!
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05-26-2007 #3
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Originally Posted by Jericho
Navin R. Johnson: You mean I'm going to stay this color??
Mother: I'd love you if you were the color of a baboon's ass.
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05-26-2007 #4
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Originally Posted by Jericho
Elvis: I was dreamin'. Dreamin' my dick was out and I was checkin' to see if that infected bump on the head of it had filled with pus again. If it had, I was gonna name it after my ex-wife 'cilla and bust it by jackin' off.
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05-27-2007 #5
I've handled DNR/hospice patients before and from experience It's "heartbreaking" for someone to make that call when the one's involved are close knitt relatives..i.e. parents, brother, sister, daughter, son etc.
You are torn wether to keep them (prolong their lives) or end their sufferring. The latter would make more sense but still a hard choice for one to make.
I dont have the heart for it when it involves any of my family members. I hope that time doesnt ever come.
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05-27-2007 #6
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I would like to say that I know that I could make the choice to end their suffering...but I honestly don't know. I hope that I can make the right choice for them, but I won't know for certain until I'm confronted with that situation.
While if I could go back in time and change things, God knows I would, I also realize that such a thing is impossible. So I just have to move on with my life and make sure that I come out the other side a better person. That’s all there is too it.
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05-27-2007 #7
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Everyone should have a living will, just consider the Terry Schiavo matter if you have any doubts...
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Poe
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05-27-2007 #8
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Originally Posted by Hara_Juku Tgirl
So if we're humane to our pets, why not to the people we love? I don't know.
Navin R. Johnson: You mean I'm going to stay this color??
Mother: I'd love you if you were the color of a baboon's ass.
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05-27-2007 #9
LOL Thankfully, I have not had that horrible experience LG. I'd say Im lucky to some extent. I know how attached I get with my own pets.
Cant bear the thought of putting a pet down.
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HURDLE #1: If guys would learn to stop over complementing, and not compliment every tranny (or girl) they see and talk to (so a girl would feel it was sincere and that she's special), maybe they'd get somewhere but a dead end! lol
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05-28-2007 #10
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Only under extreme circumstances... Like the army brass getting eaten by a giant bug in Starship Troopers.