[0F]

Hard disagree. People already kill themselves. They already reason about how much of a burden they are and they already kill themselves because they think they are too much of a burden. People already do everything that you said.

The only major difference between the two worlds is that in one, death is grizzly, painful and traumatic and usually preceded by an enormous amount of suffering — and in the other death is none of those things.

You are clearly very naive and you clearly have never been in the position of needing to die.

[DaltonCoffee]

I found his opinion enlightening and pointed, unlike your own, rather barbed, post.

Also, being in a "position of needing to die" isn't an absolute predicate for debating this issue.

[0F]

Apparently it is because the only people who find themselves advocating it are people for whom the topic has become real rather than just words on a screen. Just like everything else in life. Nobody gives a shit until it’s their own skin.

[raspberry1337]

>Nobody gives a shit until it’s their own skin.

I hope that your life improves and one day you can meet emphathetic people who do give a shit about others skin. Maybe that day, you can make good posts online.

[nullc]

Interesting. The fact that people already do kill themselves regardless of it being permitted or not seems to me to be an argument against legalizing it because it being illegal doesn't stop many people... but it may help them avoid being coerced into it.

I wouldn't care to argue that case-- I think assisted suicide should be legal, but the concern that the legality of it can lead to people feeling pressured into it seems quite legitimate to me.

[gorjusborg]

There's a huge difference between attempting suicide and succeeding. Also, there are people who aren't physically capable of trying.

Legally forcing people to live just to suffer is wrong.