New YouTube Video- "Medically Assisted Suic!de & the Art of Dy!ng | We're In Hell"

[symphony]

I hope this hasn't been shared here yet. If so, my apologies.



The video was uploaded today, it's a 93 minute discussion and I think the topic is handled well. The focus is primarily on MAID and euthanasia (which the youtuber supports) but he also talks a bit about suicide in other contexts and how people accepting MAID for the severely ill but not other suicides implies judging which deaths are acceptable. He says he supports MAID in part as a matter of bodily autonomy, which I would extend to all suicides. He also discusses the importance of improving societal and environmental factors that might lead people to consider suicide. Some of it mirrors talking points commonly seen here.

All in all it was a good, if long-winded, watch. Not angering like most discussions on the topic. I'd recommend it, and if any of y'all do give it a watch, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts too.

 

[akirat9]

i not understand is some summary ? what do to actual do not just talk is matter

 

[GasMonkey]

Luckily the process is gonna get demedicalized with the Sarco.

 

[artificial_ineptness]

I guess this is a bit of a necro, but I did watch it and I kinda liked it.

The idea about death as art was interesting, although mostly sad, personally. I mean, yeah, for me to kms alone and in pain is an accurate representation of my life...

Having some historical perspective on how suicides were treated is also nice. I do appreciate that the government won't take my stuff and drive a stick through my heart lol (I think in some places they also dragged the bodies around as a showcase ... maybe medieval Europe?)

It does remind me that someone like me (young, without severe physical illness, not from a highly developed nation) is probably not going to have access to a "good death" any time soon, in part because it would endanger the disabled. Not that I'm saying that it's wrong, but it is sort of ... idk, sad? disappointing?