Being asked to give permission to end a life would be a terrible emotional burden on the person who gets to say "Yes, you may".
This is why it HAS to be decided by the courts or legislatures, to allow this. The doctor can lodge a protest for the record, even if he/she is the one to provide the drugs for self-administration. (I don't know that assisted suicide should become a business like Kevorkian did it, per se, even if he didn't get rich off of it or do it for the profit motive.) And yes, it should be something that's hard to decide, for everyone involved - but it shouldn't be black and white "let's allow anyone to do this" or "this should NEVER be allowed." That's the problem with so much in our country right now, on so many issues, I can't even.
(The whole concept of Wonder Woman onscreen has had a curse hanging over it since the 70s show ended. Movies have been canceled, TV shows ... I wasn't even aware this latest TV show had been canceled. Is that right?? I thought the first costume they showed her in was bullshit - not because it was anti-feminist, but simply because it was cheap and crappy - but the second one was all right.
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Date: 2011-06-05 03:02 pm (UTC)This is why it HAS to be decided by the courts or legislatures, to allow this. The doctor can lodge a protest for the record, even if he/she is the one to provide the drugs for self-administration. (I don't know that assisted suicide should become a business like Kevorkian did it, per se, even if he didn't get rich off of it or do it for the profit motive.) And yes, it should be something that's hard to decide, for everyone involved - but it shouldn't be black and white "let's allow anyone to do this" or "this should NEVER be allowed." That's the problem with so much in our country right now, on so many issues, I can't even.
(The whole concept of Wonder Woman onscreen has had a curse hanging over it since the 70s show ended. Movies have been canceled, TV shows ... I wasn't even aware this latest TV show had been canceled. Is that right?? I thought the first costume they showed her in was bullshit - not because it was anti-feminist, but simply because it was cheap and crappy - but the second one was all right.