Reply #61: Finally, an answer! Thanks! [View All]

[Kerridwyn]

"We went from accusing me of wanting to kill anyone who's having it "a little tough" to asking me if I want to kill people who are in CONSTANT, UNTREATABLE PAIN. (My answer: on a carefully-judged case-by-case basis, IF they wish, I believe they should have that option. What's YOUR alternative? Lobotomy? Jail?)"

Thank you for finally answering my question. That's all I wanted to know - whether your position was consistant or not. I do not have an "alternative," I've never said no one should be allowed to kill themselves. I just think that if we are going to support making painless and easy suicide available we should not be saying the depressed and paralyzed should be allowed to have it, but the depressed non-paralyzed should not.

As for "your side," you do not even know "what side I am on," I have not made an argument either way concerning Terri Schiavo. Neither have I called you a bigot.

BTW, depression is covered by the ADA. Legally speaking, it is a disability.