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Originally Posted by kane
My understanding is that they all supported her in going public. She did it as a way to draw attention to a cause and show that it is a way for people to end their life on their terms if they so choose to.
Personally, I support it. Obviously, not everyone has to be as public about it as she was, but I think if you have a terminal illness there is nothing wrong with ending your life instead of just laying there lingering, suffering and withering away.
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the problem with making a public spectacle out of it, and that's exactly what this is, is it puts ideas in peoples heads. Not the terminal ones, but ANYONE who has problems in their lives. The thought of getting 'everyones support' and attention because you CHOOSE to end your life.. Ulcers? better blow my brains out, post partum? I should probably jump out the window. Too much debt? oh man i better drive into the lake...
This message doesn't only encourage the terminally ill, it nudges people on the edge over the cliff because now its hip... People kill themselves anyway, they don't need encouragement, not ever.