TAW122
Emissary of the right to die.
- Aug 30, 2018
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When people ask me which political party I affiliate or identify with, I often state that I'm independent and don't really align with any major party in particular. I share values from all different kinds of parties though never really "truly" agreeing with all of them. There are policies from both sides that are harmful towards our common goal, which is the legalization, recognition, accessibility, and availability of the right to die with peace and dignity for all citizens.
Perhaps this is an oversimplification of each major party, but on the conservative sides, they often cite the "sanctity of life" as well as religion as their basis for denying the right to die and similar things. While some may allow the right to die for exceptional cases, those are far and few as well as narrow criteria to be met in order for one to be granted access (with no guarantee of course). On the flip side, the liberal side would often use the trite premise of "mental illness" as justification to not allow (even rational) people the right to die. They wouldn't decouple the fact that wanting to die is not indicative of a mental illness and often see that anything pertaining to the right to die cannot be allowed or must ONLY be permissible under very limited circumstances as well. The minor difference between they and the conservatives is that they are (slightly) more tolerant of allowing the right to die for those who are terminally (and maybe, severely) ill. Either way, with both major parties, they commonly see the right to die not being a rational choice nor a civil right but either as a moral failing, evil, irrational act, or a disease (hence the overreach of psychiatry and government (the State) using force to detain, incarcerate, and/or otherwise violate one's civil liberties because of psychiatry giving the justification of one being 'mentally ill' or a 'danger to oneself or others'). They only have different reasons and premises for going against the right to die. Therefore, I would consider myself apolitical and don't really identify with a particular party.
With that said, regardless of which side of the political spectrum one is on, one matter that is above all else is the right to die on one's own terms. This is perhaps the most important right a person has as without that, one is merely at the mercy of circumstances outside of one's control (as well as others) and a slave to sentience. I still stand with the statement (and it is a part of my signature on SaSu), "As long as one lacks control over one's own fate, one is a slave to sentience itself. Having control of one's own fate is the most powerful right above all else, the ability to decide on what terms one wishes to live or die. The greatest freedom one can have is the right to one's own fate, to continue living or to die on one's own terms."
Does anyone relate to this in any way?
Perhaps this is an oversimplification of each major party, but on the conservative sides, they often cite the "sanctity of life" as well as religion as their basis for denying the right to die and similar things. While some may allow the right to die for exceptional cases, those are far and few as well as narrow criteria to be met in order for one to be granted access (with no guarantee of course). On the flip side, the liberal side would often use the trite premise of "mental illness" as justification to not allow (even rational) people the right to die. They wouldn't decouple the fact that wanting to die is not indicative of a mental illness and often see that anything pertaining to the right to die cannot be allowed or must ONLY be permissible under very limited circumstances as well. The minor difference between they and the conservatives is that they are (slightly) more tolerant of allowing the right to die for those who are terminally (and maybe, severely) ill. Either way, with both major parties, they commonly see the right to die not being a rational choice nor a civil right but either as a moral failing, evil, irrational act, or a disease (hence the overreach of psychiatry and government (the State) using force to detain, incarcerate, and/or otherwise violate one's civil liberties because of psychiatry giving the justification of one being 'mentally ill' or a 'danger to oneself or others'). They only have different reasons and premises for going against the right to die. Therefore, I would consider myself apolitical and don't really identify with a particular party.
With that said, regardless of which side of the political spectrum one is on, one matter that is above all else is the right to die on one's own terms. This is perhaps the most important right a person has as without that, one is merely at the mercy of circumstances outside of one's control (as well as others) and a slave to sentience. I still stand with the statement (and it is a part of my signature on SaSu), "As long as one lacks control over one's own fate, one is a slave to sentience itself. Having control of one's own fate is the most powerful right above all else, the ability to decide on what terms one wishes to live or die. The greatest freedom one can have is the right to one's own fate, to continue living or to die on one's own terms."
Does anyone relate to this in any way?
