All I know about assisted suicide I learned on Logan's Run

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shadeofgray

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I always find myself defending my right to make choices about my life... and death. I don't know much about death with dignity, compassion in death, quitters, hope, hopelessness, and the natural course of events. It's like art, I only know what I like.

Speaking of which, a TV series popped up in 1977 which was based on the film and book "Logan's Run". It wasn't very good and lasted only a season... another example of a good idea gone bad, which happens to be television's area of expertise. In case you never heard of it, it was about a society that kills people off at a certain (and tender) age.

The concept of strong arming someone to end his life is scary. But that isn't what physician assisted suicide is all about, at least now anyway.

I'm sure that when the corporate interests find it in our best interest to start killing us off, it will happen. Don't you think?

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redwoodpecker on

Re: All I know about assisted suicide I learned on Logan's Run

Have you seen children of men? It wasn't the central theme at all but it takes place in the near future and there was a large business of assisted suicide and people were encouraged to do so. Of course, I can't say I'm against it, especially when I look around.

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shadeofgray on

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No, I'll look for it. When I was living in southeast Florida a few winters back, a huge movement propogated by AARP. among others, was telling oldsters not to sign "do not resuscitate documents". I think they know something we don't...... But then that was the year of the chad, so who knows.

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redwoodpecker on

Re: All I know about assisted suicide I learned on Logan's Run

I watched an episode of ER, which of course isn't exactly research material, but in the course of the episode one of the nurses commented on a doctor trying to resuscitate a patient and said something along the lines of she couldn't believe he was going through so much trouble to save an organ donor. Ever since then I stopped putting organ donor on my license. I expect not to ever sign a dnr for similar reasons. I don't care if other people want to kill themselves, but even if I'm in a horrible accident and they can only save my brain in a jar I would have absolutely no hesitation going along with that.

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shadeofgray on

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you have a way with words. This may require a memo to self to put my name up there in the manitee, whale and redwood club. naaah. let's just nuke everybody.