It's the age old reality, the squeaky wheels get the grease. We MUST speak up and educate, so that inhumane suffering is finally taken seriously, and the chronic crisis of millions of human beings continuing to be forced to suffer needlessly can finally come to an end!
We have the technology, the safe medication exists and is being used (mainly to relieve the suffering of animals!). We just need to educate those who are NOT suffering, and give this basic human right back to ALL humans who are in dire need of it. This should have happened a long time ago, so let's not put it off any longer!
All adults should have the right to decide if their cause(s) of pain and suffering can or cannot be remedied in some other way. NO ONE who is NOT intensely suffering is going to want to prematurely end their life!
While it's true that a select few (the terminally ill, and in some countries, other very strict criteria), the vast majority do not qualify. This is what needs to change. It eventually will, because we are a compassionate species, but we need to speed the process up.
Forcing people who are already suffering with no end in sight, to then use incredibly painful, brutal, and dangerous suicide methods to relieve their pain, is just barbaric and unbelievably cruel. Many attempts which fail, cause even more pain and disability, and the risk of this happening is extreme.
There should obviously be a 6 month or so minimum waiting period, along with age restrictions, to prevent impulsive and immature decisions from being made. Also, precautions to ensure that those such as the elderly are not coerced, but that's it. We the humans of Earth should have the right to make this decision (likely the most important in life) ourselves.
The big fear, and the reason why we currently don't have this right, is the incorrect idea that there would be a huge increase in the numbers using this service. The reality is that the total numbers using assisted AND unassisted, dangerous suicide (combined) would actually go DOWN, because of the increased peace-of-mind that comes from knowing there is a safe escape hatch available if absolutely necessary.
This would result in a dramatic increase in overall mental health, due to dramatically lower levels of anxiety. Worrying about how we can possibly relieve our anguish causes ferociously higher levels of anguish. The psychological benefits of knowing we all have a safe and peaceful escape hatch if suffering becomes intolerable, mean that FAR FEWER people will end up having to use it.
In others words, everybody wins. There is less suffering, those who ARE can find relief, and all societies (and individuals) in the world would benefit from significantly LOWER rates of suicide.
Keep in mind, this can happen to anyone, and in a heartbeat. I myself enjoyed almost 60 years of incredible health and happiness, until one day a few years ago it all changed.
Suicide has been so stigmatized over the years, that the very thought of it seems creepy and evil, but death is a part of life. We're all going to die some day, and (our flawed bodies) will stay this way for all of eternity. This will make our time on Earth seem like the blink of an eye.
Many have religious reasons for despising suicide, and we would ALL be devastated if we were to lose a loved one for this reason. But this does NOT mean that we should have the right to force people to suffer intensely for years on end. Just so that we can say they lived a longer lifespan on Earth. Living longer is not necessarily a good thing if there is no quality of life. (Ask any senior citizen if this is true!). If governments are doing this for economic reasons, then shame on them.
This debate needs to end now. Sometimes a good debate is healthy, but when there are so many proven and concrete facts to go on, continuing to argue and debate this issue is just cruel and pointless. It's time for change, and quickly (immediately). This worldwide inhumane insanity of forcing human beings to suffer must end now. We would never even THINK of allowing this to happen to an animal.
We have the technology, the safe medication exists and is being used (mainly to relieve the suffering of animals!). We just need to educate those who are NOT suffering, and give this basic human right back to ALL humans who are in dire need of it. This should have happened a long time ago, so let's not put it off any longer!
All adults should have the right to decide if their cause(s) of pain and suffering can or cannot be remedied in some other way. NO ONE who is NOT intensely suffering is going to want to prematurely end their life!
While it's true that a select few (the terminally ill, and in some countries, other very strict criteria), the vast majority do not qualify. This is what needs to change. It eventually will, because we are a compassionate species, but we need to speed the process up.
Forcing people who are already suffering with no end in sight, to then use incredibly painful, brutal, and dangerous suicide methods to relieve their pain, is just barbaric and unbelievably cruel. Many attempts which fail, cause even more pain and disability, and the risk of this happening is extreme.
There should obviously be a 6 month or so minimum waiting period, along with age restrictions, to prevent impulsive and immature decisions from being made. Also, precautions to ensure that those such as the elderly are not coerced, but that's it. We the humans of Earth should have the right to make this decision (likely the most important in life) ourselves.
The big fear, and the reason why we currently don't have this right, is the incorrect idea that there would be a huge increase in the numbers using this service. The reality is that the total numbers using assisted AND unassisted, dangerous suicide (combined) would actually go DOWN, because of the increased peace-of-mind that comes from knowing there is a safe escape hatch available if absolutely necessary.
This would result in a dramatic increase in overall mental health, due to dramatically lower levels of anxiety. Worrying about how we can possibly relieve our anguish causes ferociously higher levels of anguish. The psychological benefits of knowing we all have a safe and peaceful escape hatch if suffering becomes intolerable, mean that FAR FEWER people will end up having to use it.
In others words, everybody wins. There is less suffering, those who ARE can find relief, and all societies (and individuals) in the world would benefit from significantly LOWER rates of suicide.
Keep in mind, this can happen to anyone, and in a heartbeat. I myself enjoyed almost 60 years of incredible health and happiness, until one day a few years ago it all changed.
Suicide has been so stigmatized over the years, that the very thought of it seems creepy and evil, but death is a part of life. We're all going to die some day, and (our flawed bodies) will stay this way for all of eternity. This will make our time on Earth seem like the blink of an eye.
Many have religious reasons for despising suicide, and we would ALL be devastated if we were to lose a loved one for this reason. But this does NOT mean that we should have the right to force people to suffer intensely for years on end. Just so that we can say they lived a longer lifespan on Earth. Living longer is not necessarily a good thing if there is no quality of life. (Ask any senior citizen if this is true!). If governments are doing this for economic reasons, then shame on them.
This debate needs to end now. Sometimes a good debate is healthy, but when there are so many proven and concrete facts to go on, continuing to argue and debate this issue is just cruel and pointless. It's time for change, and quickly (immediately). This worldwide inhumane insanity of forcing human beings to suffer must end now. We would never even THINK of allowing this to happen to an animal.
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