Right to Die

[J Scott]

Thought this was an interesting article:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/australia.right.to.die/index.html

I know that most people here believe that the government should have absolutely no control over people's end-of-life decisions (including me!), so I'm curious if you think that the government should have the right to tell someone that they can't commit suicide?

Obviously, that's not what happened in this case, but just the fact that the government had to be consulted brings up some interesting questions...

Btw, my take is that I completely agree with everyone who says the government shouldn't have any say in end-of-life care, and therefore it bothers me that this guy even needed the government's approval (or that the hospital needed the government's approval) before he was granted the right to no longer nourish himself.

[J Scott]

Originally posted by Kirk B:

The government wants to kill as many people as possible. Just look at Terry Shivo.

Actually, that was her husband that wanted her to die, not the government.

I imagine that if the government wanted kill people, they'd do something crazy like starting an unjust war against another country under false pretenses...

Oh wait...maybe you're right!