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Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD
A lot of time, there's no way to really know what the person wants. I could tell you right now that I want to live, but if suddenly I was strucken ill or in a car accident or something that left me brain dead for the most part, there's no way I could ever convey to you if I wanted to stay alive for longer or if I wanted to die, and there's no way you'd ever know which I wanted.
For the most part, a person doesn't even know if they'd want to be alive through it or not until it's happening. I can say now I'd want to be kept alive but after a year of being unable to think, much less communicate, my choice may change.
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This is very true, and I don't have an answer for that.
Unlike everyone else with a definitive opinion on the matter, I don't KNOW what the right answer is, so I can't comment intelligently on it (not that any of THEM are either, but that's a whole other story).
However, more to the Dr.Kevorkian issue...there should be absolutely no question. He offered a service to those that WANTED to die. That's a no-brainer imo.
How can you FORCE someone to do something they don't want to do? Rational thinkers can't and won't.