Posted on 10/15/2011 1:39:32 PM PDT by wagglebee
I understand if someone does not want further treatment and just wishes pain meds. I can understand DNRs. What I don't get is this push to actively kill people.
What kind of ghoul would want to kill someone? And yet this is exactly what they always push for.
I don't want to live.
Ok
I want you to kill me.
No.
You have a right to the first, you have no right to the second. You are asking me to take ownership of your life because only the one who owns it can end it. You may not do that. Your ownership is nontransferable. You can not sell yourself into slavery. You can not hand your life over to someone else.
This is from a legal standpoint. Morally is quite another thing.
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