SpiritSephiroth posted... I think death should be natural. People killing themselves makes me physically sick. Not because I'm demeaning them, but suicide is really fucked up as a concept.
Yes part of it is because of personal experiences, people should also live their lives out to their natural end. Once that line is crossed, who knows when that line will be pushed further and further towards situations where its just convenient? Such as debt issues or relationship problems. Maybe one day a person is suicidal and instead of calling a hotline, they just decide to euthanize?
Companies also drive people to depression. "Oh you can't pay your rent? Barely any salary? Your wife/husband left you and have no way to pay off your mortgage? Have you considered killing yourself? We'll take that house off you when you're done". It could lead to all these different lines being crossed.
Again, half of this is an emotional argument (because of personal reasons) and half of this is my rational mind thinking about how the line could be crossed more easily as we move on as a society.
This is obviously not counting situations where a person is physically unable to live. Like if they're on life support or their body is in such a state that living is a burden on them. Those situations are exceptions >_>
Define "natural" in terms of death. You say their body being in a state that living is a burden would be an exception - they were 93, being alive at all at that age has a very high chance to be a burden.
Your entire argument boils down to a slippery slope fallacy. Also, who would make the decisions for when something is an exception to your rules. You?