Should assisted dying be legal?

[MarillionFan]

BBC News - Assisted dying debate: Tony Nicklinson in his own words

Seen this guy on the press, plus his twitter feed was quite interesting. Those who are anti are telling him to hang on in there. He's paralysed from the neck down & has no life.

When the brain is fully working it's a nightmare scenario.

I'd want the option to choose.

[russell]

Only for CUK, and if I get to decide who is assisted (whether they like it or not)

[Support Monkey]

Only for CUK, and if I get to decide who is assisted (whether they like it or not)

And inadvertantly Russell has hit the nail on the head in this debate, Who wants to make the decision on who lives and who dies

I think if its all automated with no intervention from any other person then fine but were assistance is required thats were there is a problem.

[russell]

And inadvertantly Russell has hit the nail on the head in this debate, Who wants to make the decision on who lives and who dies

I think if its all automated with no intervention from any other person then fine but were assistance is required thats were there is a problem.

Err yes that's what I meant.

[Mich the Tester]

And inadvertantly Russell has hit the nail on the head in this debate, Who wants to make the decision on who lives and who dies

I think if its all automated with no intervention from any other person then fine but were assistance is required thats were there is a problem.

Since when has automation required no human intervention?

[MarillionFan]

Since when has automation required no human intervention?

Since the rise of the machines.

[Support Monkey]

Since when has automation required no human intervention?

Exactly and there is the problem, when i say automation i mean so the person who wants to die can push the button, then its their decision if it requires someone else to press the button then its a problem

Clearly the gentleman in question cannot push the button, what is required is thought transference then it will be his desicion and no one elses so until they come up with that system its always going to be an issue

[MayContainNuts]

Deathmatch with Stephen Hawkins?!!!!

[d000hg]

Sounds like a plot for a US series, about a man who provides assisted suicide for money. In the same vein as Breaking Bad.

[bobspud]

And inadvertantly Russell has hit the nail on the head in this debate, Who wants to make the decision on who lives and who dies

I think if its all automated with no intervention from any other person then fine but were assistance is required thats were there is a problem.

How so? Have you had to sit at the bedside of someone you love, watching them slowly starve to death because thats the only way the hospital can honour their own wishes? If you had you would understand that under the system today people are being left in disgraceful pain just because a vocal minority don't have the balls to handle death with the dignity it deserves. hiding behind the point that someone might feel pressured to go early is just crap.

And anyone that says palliative care works I would like to offer them the chance to lay in a bed whacked up with morphine to a point that they cannot scratch their own nose or drink water without help. and have their food withdrawn for a week...