tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690365956618918207.post8722366788994250241..comments2022-03-27T06:28:11.641-07:00Comments on Big Thick Glasses: Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356460399015222744noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690365956618918207.post-57455802981712875492016-10-10T21:42:40.572-07:002016-10-10T21:42:40.572-07:00I agree -- without reservation -- that an individu...I agree -- without reservation -- that an individual should be able to exit with dignity, and as expediently and painlessly as possible. I can't really find a justification for local, state, or national government to intervene in this highly personal matter.<br /><br />On the other hand, I can see many ethical questions. As John Donne told us long ago, no man is an island and one life affects many others. I'm sure others close to my age have had personal experience with suicide. Most commonly, the feeling evoked is a mix of guilt (if I'd known I might have helped), anger (suicide can be viewed as a selfish act), and disgust (it's never pretty, and the deceased NEVER has to participate in the cleanup.) However, in the event of degenerative disease, severely painful affliction, clearly hopeless situations, it seems to me to be terribly cruel to deny an individual an exit strategy. <br /><br />The caution is that no governing body should ever be allowed to make a decision to end a persons life for similar reasons.Rufus Otishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11916859989509921697noreply@blogger.com