Discussion Why do we need such drastic justifications?

[atomoxerine]

The recent euthanasia case in Spain has been occupying my mind for a while. The story is brutal- the woman was suffering since she was young and was a victim of sexual violence more than once. The news was very sensationalist about it, did not give a damn about allowing her to go discreetly. It makes me sick to think of how she was portrayed to the world, and most of all I hope she found peace far away from this place.

Still, I keep considering how the public reacted to the story given the context. Since her abuse was so violent, as described by the media, I saw a majority agreeing she should have the right to die. It's just not something you see everyday on mainstream...

However, is that the only way people will accept the decision? Is that where we draw the line? People might say they understand a terminally ill cancer patient with chronic pain and bad quality of life wanting to die, or someone who suffered debilitating violence- but what about the conditions you don't see, the ones who weren't even necessarily caused by anything external?

Instead of a cancer patient, it could be someone with a working heart, liver, stomach, etc. Physically, the body is working just fine. But there's still chronic pain, enough to make living unbearable. There's virtually no quality of life, and sometimes chemo just doesn't fix it.
So why, then? Why should you get brutally beat up or abused to be given the choice?
Why does it need to be so extreme, something so on the surface for everyone to glare and pity?

You won't see on the news a young person with depression requesting euthanasia. They don't 'deserve it'.

 

[northerner]

a few years back it was a big story when canada legalized assisted suicide for treatment-resistant mental illness. i remember my pastor at church preaching about how horrible it was that humanity was going down this path, canadians with minor mental illness complaining that the government would "rather kill them than treat them." i've never understood how people could make such a fuss about something that isn't affecting them at all. just let people die the way they want to! freedom should extend to all aspects of life, even in deciding how it ends!

 

[burninghill]

This frustrates me a lot too. I'm someone with a good life and a loving family, so killing myself seems to make no sense.

Existing is really hard, it's stressful and there's so many laborious requirements you have to meet just to survive, that should be enough

 

[itsgone2]

I am 100% for people being able to make their own choices. I would do it in a heartbeat.

Her case just seemed odd in that there were some reports that she was maybe giving it second thoughts but it was too late because her organs have been promised to somebody else. And then different reports the state what the value of those organs were.