@Rebel Dynasty
I suppose my main point was the blatant hypocrisy shown by some when presented with suicide vs assisted suicide.
I agree with this. It's either okay to choose death as an option when you're suffering a chronic/ terminal illness, or it's not. They can't say it's okay for some but not for others. I mean discrimination ftw!
If they can say to depressives, chin up, keep going, be strong, you can get through this, they should be saying the same thing to cancer patients.
My friend has just recently been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. This is going to, eventually, possibly, bring down her quality of living. It's not going to go away. When/if things start going downhill for her fast, if she opted to be euthanized, she wouldn't be judged too harshly for it.
But if someone like me, who have struggled with major depressive disorder since age 10, decided that I can't do it anymore and chose death as an option to a 'not-so-temporary' problem, the whole world will be scoffing at me in disgust. I'd be called selfish and all sorts of horrible things because look, I left a family behind, willingly, my choice.
Killing someone against their will is murder.
Killing someone with their permission is euthanasia.
Killing yourself is suicide.
All of the above result in death, one way or another. Killing is killing, it makes no difference what the circumstance is.
This is why I have a very black-and-white view of the world. There are too many people who think they can get away with things when it's in the 'grey' area, but the fact is THERE IS NO GREY AREA. It's either right or it's wrong.
You either save a life, or you take a life. There's no in-between.
