Preach Your Pitch

[Unwr!tten]

If you stood in an elevator with someone who could in a moments notice change the laws surrounding the right to die, what would you say to convince them to change the laws? What would be your pitch? I'm curious to see how everyone responds.

 

[FuneralCry]

I would say that the right to die is very important as humans deserve to have the option to take control over their existence and decide when to die, as the fact is that it's just so cruel to insist that continuing to exist must be an obligation rather than a personal choice in a world where chance so cruelly determines everything and where humans suffer and have the potential to suffer so extremely all through no fault of their own. Strangers shouldn't get to decide whether someone's existence is worth enduring or not, as they cannot experience existence in the same way, only the individual should get to decide.

And we are all destined to die anyway so humans deserve the option to exit peacefully, it's inhumane to leave people with no choice but to resort to risky and brutal methods with the risk of other people interfering. Existing can get much more unbearable beyond how one can imagine it to, and I just think that having the option of legalised assisted suicide would be a comfort for many people knowing that they have a way out. In such a hellish world wanting suicide is perfectly rational and some people would prefer not to endure meaningless and futile suffering, being tortured by old age isn't for everyone. The fact that assisted suicide isn't legalised just shows that humans lack compassion, it's unacceptable how suicide isn't viewed as a valid option, for many in this world the only relief lies in death.

 

[Worndown]

There are times when the pressures and instabilities of life become greater than ones ability to cope or manage.

 

[Valky]

nothing. I know I wouldn't be able to change anything so I might as well save my breath.

 

[Little_Suzy]

I talk really fast, btw!


Psychiatric disorders are equally incapacitating and devastating as, say, terminal cancer or a suffering dog.

According to the psychiatric establishment, we should "Suck it up, buttercup!"

Despite the enormous financial, social, medical, psychological, and emotional expenses involved with mental illnesses over our lifetime, the field of psychiatry continues to neglect our agony.

On the other side, cancer patients and dogs are shown compassion and offered merciful euthanasia to end their suffering.

When medical euthanasia ends everyone's suffering humanely, only those with mental illness are stigmatized, arrested, murdered, exploited, ostracized, involuntarily institutionalized, left with permanent disabilities after botched suicide attempts, and forced to continue living.

Patients with mental illness should be eligible for medically-assisted-euthanasia on par with the terminally ill, dogs, and even death row serial killers!



Nembutal Execution Room: "Murderer & Rapist Privilege"

 

[Unsure and Useless]

Imagine you're weighed down by life, you've been mistreated by the hands of those who were supposed to care about and protect you; your mental illness, that you are unable to receive treatment for, is constantly reminding you of all the reasons you don't deserve happiness; no one cares to listen to you, they just want to be happy, and you're just being a downer raining on everyone else's parade. There's no escape from your life. You're forced to drudge through every second, every minute, every hour of every day hoping that some miracle will end it all.

And yet, there's no one to help you except yourself, so you take it into your own hands.

You can't get a peaceful and efficient death as the government has prohibited any method of doing so. You settle on the next best thing that is accessible to you: a tall building of a workplace that constantly grinds on your soul, a car that you were barely able to afford, a road full of busy traffic due to frenzied individuals having to make it to their 2nd or 3rd job just to pay the bills, a simple gun that you had on you for protection, etc.

And you jump, crash, leap, pull the trigger, etc.

But you don't die.

No, you're alive, and you're severely injured for life. And everyone knows what you did.

Now, you're a selfish, inconsiderate coward who was too much of a pussy to "suck it up." Anything you say will be dismissed because you're obviously unable to make your own decisions. Anything you do will be heavily scrutinized because you're not trustworthy anymore. Anything you feel will be invalidated because anything that can push you to take your life again is a huge no-no.

If you feel any sympathy for those who had to go through this because of tight regulations, please provide them with at least one reliable method that'll allow them to pass on respectfully and painlessly. It won't hurt you, nor will it hurt anyone else.

(Deepest apologies if this is mega cringe. I believe that people who do have that power to change laws are those who block out facts if they go against their biases, so I decided to create an argument that focuses on them since they're usually self-absorbed. Although, I doubt that my subpar "speech" will get anything done.)