[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]

Look at the "Balls of Steel" Hunter S. Thompson displayed.

Didn't Thompson blow his brains out with his wife and daughter in the next room?

I think he also began taking alcohol through an enema because he could no longer drink it due to self destructive living. Sounds like the perfect "spokesman" for the "Die with Dignity" crowd.

[Abin Sur]

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.

I don't think money is an issue for Mr. Pratchett, given that he's one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom over the last 30 years. That having been said, I agree with your overall point. Someone earlier on this thread said that one could simply jump off a high building, but that leaves a mess for people to clean up.

Why not simply find the most remote wilderness spot available, locate a suitably high cliff, and jump? Scavengers will take care of the mess.