Morning Gopher. DDD Natasha and everyone else on DS today. I hope every one else's day is stress free.
Now then Natasha
I do not worry so much any more about my souls finding eternal rest. I either will or I won't. What comes here after is then. This is now. The only thing my 2 mates will need to assist in, is getting the sail boat as I requested. As for the rest accidents can and do happen, my life wont be on any one else's hands but mine from that point forward.
I believe a person has a right to go out as they choose, so long as they do not harm any one else when they take there own life by harm I mean physically not emotionally. There will always be those who are going to have some emotional pain or attachment and can not accept what has happened.
Sometimes things in life prevent you from doing it yourself my parents can not accept this the first time I brought it up with them. They refused which is there right. My brother was dead set against it also, finally he came around to see that I was right it is my life and my choice. I am sorry that it sounds like you can not accept it either. Some can, Some can not. When a person is born they had no real choice in that matter, most of us have no choice in the method of our own deaths.
For now I wake up and I am thankful to be alive, to still be able to move and have my freedom. However one day will come where I can no longer do so freely, when the pain will become so much that the medications will make me a prisoner of my own body and to me that is a living nightmare. For now I still have the freedom of almost full mobility even if my body does not always do what I would want it to and will continue to enjoy my life until the day I no longer can.
I like to think some countries and people have learned to recognize that suicide and assisted suicide aka euthanasia are viable options and that is is a personal choice and can be beneficial for some. Some people are very tired of the living hell they are in. When you live with constant pain 24 hrs a day 7 days a week. When your own body becomes a prison and your thoughts constantly go to that thought of how death will be a welcome relief.
Sleep is often like death. When the lights go out they are out. I have a feeling death is just the beginning of the rest of our lives. I will see what is on the other side when I get there. If my death is to someday be by my own hand. Well then it will be at my own choosing the time, the place and the method. mind that is still a day far off God willing. If it is by my own hand one day so be it.
I pray that is still away in the future. It probably wont ever come to my taking my own life but I like knowing that I can have that option. it would be better if it was not still illegal to do so. I pray the Canadian government can also come to realize Suicide is a choice.
What ever method a person does chose to go out they should have the right to die with dignity and be respected for there choice. They should also have an option to choose some one to be there second if they are not able to do it themselves. they should have the right to have someone to assist them on there final exit. The Japanese have a second when they commit Seppuku - Ritual Suicide. [font style="font-family: Arial Narrow; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);" size="3"]In Japanese that was the kaishaku (kie-shah-kuu), or assistant, who was responsible for cutting off the head after the person had sliced his abdomen open. The second is generally a close friend or associate. [/font]I see nothing wrong with having some one to assist me if I need it.
Some further information. A bit out of date.
[a href="vny!://www.internationaltaskforce.org/rpt2005_3.htm"]Assisted Suicide & Death with Dignity[/a]
[a href="vny!://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-137271139.html"]Death over the counter[/a]
Belgium and the Netherlands are the only countries in Europe that have legalized euthanasia. Nevertheless, the drive toward legalized euthanasia is taking place in other countries with varying degrees of success.
France, the government and the parliamentary majority refused to legalize active euthanasia but last year passed a law allowing doctors to interrupt care to a dying patient under certain conditions.
The Sotgwpdt government of Spain is considering legalizing euthanasia, especially since the pro-euthanasia film "Mar Adentro" by Alejandro Amenabar played to wide public success.
Switzerland allows assisted suicide; assisted suicide differs from euthanasia in that the physician only provides the person with the means of committing suicide. As a consequence, Switzerland has seen an upswing in "suicide tourism," with citizens of other nations traveling to the Alpine country to end their lives,
Earlier this year, a bill was introduced in the British House of Lords that would authorize "assisted dying:" which covers both assisted suicide and euthanasia. The House of Lords recommended that the bill be debated in the next parliamentary session."
"In the United States, physician-assisted suicide is legal only in the state of Oregon, while euthanasia is not legal in any state."
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[div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle"] [a href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_in_Canada" title="Euthanasia in Canada"]Euthanasia in Canada[/a][/div] Suicide is not a crime in Canada, but physician-assisted suicide is considered illegal.[sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"][a href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_suicide#cite_note-4"][span][/span][span][/span][/a][/sup][/p] The Criminal Code of Canada states in section 241(b) that[/p] [blockquote] Every one who ....(b) aids or abets a person to commit suicide, whether suicide ensues or not, is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years"[sup id="cite_ref-Kluge_5-0" class="reference"][a href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_suicide#cite_note-Kluge-5"][span][/span][span][/span][/a][/sup][/p] [/blockquote] The reason behind its illegality is due to prevent people from 'assisting in suicide' of those that are not mentally capable of making the decision and because of the "value that society place on human life" which "in the eyes of the law makers, might easily be eroded if assistance in committing suicide were to be decriminalized
There is a long road ahead and each person has to come to figure out where they stand on the issue of euthanasia, you all already know my opinion on this matter.
As I like to say everyday above ground is a good one. Thankful to be alive for one more day.
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