Pro-Freedom Fanatic
IT should be legal in all. People own themselves: Their lifes are their own, and they should be allowed to choose to forfeit'em, or to choose to do anything at all, except violating the rights of other person without their consent.
Consent and self-ownership define morality.
edited 15th May '11 4:51:33 AM by SavageHeathen
You exist because we allow it and you will end because we demand it.
I see the Awesomeness.
Some countries don't even allow unassisted suicide.
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Sneering Imperialist
Yes, with the proviso that there are a shitload of checks and balances.
With cannon shot and gun blast smash the alien. With laser beam and searing plasma scatter the alien to the stars.
I see the Awesomeness.
Which is also a problem.
Fight smart, not fair.
Grin and tonic
Any thoughts on weather it should be run by private companies or government?
edited 15th May '11 9:34:43 AM by MCE
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Pro-Freedom Fanatic
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Irrelevant. The person seeking death should make his/her wishes known. The chosen Mercy Killer would act, protected from legal reprisals by the victim's unambiguous consent.
LOL! Private companies that profit every time they help someone die. yeah, i see no chance of "the bottom line" causing problems.
edited 15th May '11 9:36:42 AM by willyolio
Pro-Freedom Fanatic
As long as those companies cannot coerce people in any way, what's the problem?
They'll have business as long as there's people who want to die.
You exist because we allow it and you will end because we demand it.
Grin and tonic
I'm trying to thing of assisted suicide in fiction, I can only think of two examples, the suicide booths from Futurama and the suicide kits of Children Of Men.
update: not a new idea
apparently.
edited 15th May '11 11:50:27 AM by MCE
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Pro-Freedom Fanatic
@Excelion: If people want to die, it's their business. I'm not my brother's owner or keeper, that I've gotta tell people whether they've got good reason to off themselves or not.
If someone wants the lethal injection and gets it, it's ultimately their call.
You exist because we allow it and you will end because we demand it.
Nihilist Hippie
You're right, that's a rip-off. 
@OP: Yes.
I also see no problem in having corporations benefit on people taking their own lives. Except for, you know, the families left behind.
On the other hand, I think that the end goal should be the extermination of the entire human race, so I'm probably not the person to listen to.
edited 15th May '11 11:52:49 AM by TheyCallMeTomu
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Would you like some Soylent Green ?
Happy New Year!
@OP: Nope.
If you need some one to hold your hand when you die, you don't deserve a peaceful death.
edited 15th May '11 3:02:51 PM by joeyjojo
hashtagsarestupid
With a ton of checks and balances and probably at least a week waiting period, why not? I'd prefer if it was government so poor people would have access as well.
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Chaotic New Troll
Yes.
and @joeyjoe - Why?
Assisted suicide is done by individuals with terminal illness. Most of them still have families, and they want their families to help send them off. I don't see what's so dishonorable about that that it deserves a painful death.
edited 15th May '11 3:31:08 PM by LilPaladinSuzy
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Jamais vu
Can't they save money and jump off a bridge or something?
UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI
That's painful. And also a mess for the city to clean up.
Jamais vu
Not if they land head first.
UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI
I see the Awesomeness.
I always make a "drink some bleach, it's cheaper" type of comment for that.
Fight smart, not fair.
Inspired by this
article about "Suicide Tourism".
Should people have right to end their own lives in this way?
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