An assisted suicide party
vox.com
vox.com
On the one hand, no one wants to publicly state that they believe death should be promoted. After all, where does that as a society leave us? What's next, suicide booths?
On the other, there are individual rights, dignity and choice. Much like in Old Yeller; we do know there are times when it is better to let go.
Even easier than in Old Yeller (for those of us who don't have to face this painful decision, at least not today) is the fact that these are certified sane adults making their own decision, as they are approved beforehand by the trusted of society (doctors).
Choice is a basic human right we all can agree we definitely want to provide. I am also reminded we all eventually die anyway and nothing we can do will stop that.
Our only 'choice' then, when it comes to death; is merely to improve its timing.
Also, think about the poor sod who has to clean up your body/find your exploded brains. OK, so you use a 22, so there's less mess, but again, you better hope it kills you all the way.
"estimated the lethality of suicide by guns as only 91.6% effective, and Farberow and Shneidman (NL Farberow and ES Shneidman, The Cry for Help, 1961.) had it as low as 84.7%. The Hawaii Department of Health (1990) had it even lower at 73%. The same studies showed the effectiveness of hanging to vary between 77% and 88%."