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: Most suicides are impulsive actions that are
: not going to be influenced by poorly drafted
: legislation, or low priced incentives to end
: ones life.
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You're probably right but the issue here is non-impulsive assisted suicides and legislation is very much an influential factor. One would have to be very optimistic regarding human nature to believe financial considerations couldn't be used to "pressure" a person towards a premature "assisted" end.
: Treatment for lung cancer will at best delay
: the death of the patient, but not cure the
: patient.
According to Ms Packer she was denied "potentially life-saving chemotherapy treatments".
: About twenty years ago a chain smoking aunt
: of mine was diagnosed with advanced lung
: cancer. Upon asking her cancer specialist
: whether she should stop smoking, he replied
: that she could continue to smoke without
: worrying about the rapidly approaching
: conclusion.
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: It is a tragic reality that in developed
: nations the leading causes of premature
: death are Diabetes, Heart disease, and
: various cancers the result of unhealthy
: eating habits, smoking, excessive
: consumption of alcohol and indifference to
: the benefits of physical activities.
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: In Third World countries malnutrition is the
: leading causation of premature death.
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: With the obesity crisis also contributing to
: high levels of depression, and hopelessness
: it might well be argued that self
: destructive behaviour does not need the
: assistance of California's law makers.
Law makers shouldn't be giving validity to self-destruction either.
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