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Originally Posted by mike pain
the only reason i can see for baning it lies in religious dogma and doctrine....
essentially keeping a person alive just for the sake of doing it....
but isn't the right to trully choose to end ones life the ultimate in freedoms ?
the ultimate human right ?
after all we don't choose to be born, we have no power over our own births? but why not our deaths ?
afterall choosing to live in agony is not as absurd as choosing to die in bliss.
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Because otherwise it would spread the idea that life isn't as valuable as you think, which generally isn't a good idea.
"Why treat old people for their illnesses?, they're going to die soon anyway" That perhaps would be a common thought throughout a society that doesn't frown upon suicide.. Can you imagine what the attitude towards teenagers who self-harm would be like?
It's a good line to draw...i.e a good societal moral guard, even if it seems like it doesn't serve a purpose.