[Abin Sur]

So when I gave my Airmen those suicide intervention briefings I was wrong? Perhaps instead of taking that one young lady to the over to "Life Skills" I should have given her a loaded pistol and some "alone time."

1) I presume you used reason rather than force with your Airmen. I don't have the slightest problem with that.

2) Military personnel (in the United States, anyway) have entered a voluntary contract in which they waive some rights. A private citizen has options that an Airman doesn't.

[rollo tomasi]

Why does Pratchett go through Dignitas? There are many ways to kill yourself in the privacy of your own home. Plus, the kicker is that the deed is a lot less expensive then Dignitas.

Look at the "Balls of Steel" Hunter S. Thompson displayed. Pratchett is a wimp and a pansy as well as all those, including yourself, that lobby to get others to do the "wet work". Don't drag the tax payer and people who would subsidize assisted suicide programs through their premiums as well as deductibles to pay for your centralized fantasies.

This is not about dignity, but about establishing a perverted sense of "care" in the medical field. If one was truly dignified, he or she would do their own wet work and leave the medical profession out of the selfish process.

[Grizzled Bear]

I presume you used reason rather than force with your Airmen. I don't have the slightest problem with that.

Those who I took in for an intervention were politely informed that if they did not go willingly, they would be informed of their rights and escorted in with minimal force necessary.

So, should I have let them off themselves? After all, it was their right to choose.