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To: Texan5
...if someone is so determined to off themselves that they will travel to another state for help/approval doing it, there probably wasn’t a way to dissuade them in the 1st place...

Then let them do it under the radar, and outside of the law. We don't need to ensconce this practice into law as a "right." Otherwise, it will metastasize into another holocaust, as the "right" to kill oneself will ultimately become an OBLIGATION when the person in question cannot prove himself a net benefit to society. This line has already shifted, from initially being about people in horrific pain about to die anyway, to someone who is just chronically depressed and wants out of life. Check out Oregon as an example.

14 posted on 05/02/2023 2:44:46 PM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: fwdude

I totally agree with that-it is between that individual and God-no human should encourage or assist such a thing-if they do anything, it should be to try to discourage the person from suicide. It has been my experience that the person who has their mind set on taking themselves out does not tell others they are having suicidal ideation, ask for pills, guns etc because those are red flags to others who will try to keep that from happening-if they are talking about it, there is a good chance they can be redirected to life with prayer and psychotherapy-but don’t give them any drugs or guns...


16 posted on 05/02/2023 4:20:23 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: fwdude

The friend I work for is from rural Oregon-he just got back from visiting family there, and he says Portland is like Satan’s palace now-nobody is safe and there are homeless addicts everywhere...


17 posted on 05/02/2023 4:27:41 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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