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Why isn't a suicide machine offered as a public service?

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Because while we have a huge overpopulation problem, most people in the world don't know about it, or don't really care to admit it because the only real way to deal with it would be killing off lots of people, which no one is willing to do.
 
Probably because there is enough cross-partisan opposition to this (the left on the grounds of helping the mentally ill, the right on the grounds of morality).

While at the same time no one cares enough about the issue to push for making it legal.

Suicidal people are not exactly likely to be the most motivated for pushing for social change.
 
Onceler said:
Soylent Green is made of people!
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OK, i dont think you understand.

You arent allowed to post stupid things in the Discussion Club. Everything needs to be helpful in some manner, adding to the conversation.

Even worse is bumping an old thread to say something silly.
 
A suicide machine could be abused.

Euthanasia should be allowed for terminal patients of sound mine.

Depressed people should be given medication and support rather than an obliteration chamber.
 
AViking said:
A suicide machine could be abused.

Euthanasia should be allowed for terminal patients of sound mine.

Depressed people should be given medication and support rather than an obliteration chamber.
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Euthanasia isnt for depressed people. Its for terminal people who are perfectly happy with their lives up to that point and just wanna go out and their own terms as opposed to mother nature.
 
I would be for giving the people the option. I would imagine a lot of elderly people would take the option if given the chance. Certainly people with terminal illnesses would probably consider if rather than the pain of their disease. As long as it was painless I could see a lot of people opting for it. Might help to eliminate the people who have no reason to live.
 
shortylickens said:
Euthanasia isnt for depressed people. Its for terminal people who are perfectly happy with their lives up to that point and just wanna go out and their own terms as opposed to mother nature.
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Yes I know. I was referring to the OP's obliteration chamber.
 
shortylickens said:
Euthanasia isnt for depressed people. Its for terminal people who are perfectly happy with their lives up to that point and just wanna go out and their own terms as opposed to mother nature.
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I disagree. The option should be available to anyone of sound mind whether they have a terminal illness or not.

For example, if you lost both of your arms in a freak washing machine explosion you might feel that your quality of life was too low to want to continue living even if armlessness is not a terminal condition.

If I lost my sight or hearing I might feel that way. It's not just "depression" when there is no way to ever hear music again.
 
DaveSimmons said:
If I lost my sight or hearing I might feel that way. It's not just "depression" when there is no way to ever hear music again.
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Yes, it is. Being deaf isn't something you can't live with. You might want to pretend "music is your life," but reality says otherwise. You have live a perfectly fulfilling life without sight or sound.
 
smackababy said:
Yes, it is. Being deaf isn't something you can't live with. You might want to pretend "music is your life," but reality says otherwise. You have live a perfectly fulfilling life without sight or sound.
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"Fulfilling" is a subjective opinion not objective "reality." To me, just existing is not fulfilling.

I'm a little-l libertarian in that I feel personal freedom should take precedence as long as you are not imposing on the freedom or safety of others. So as I mentioned earlier in this thread I think I should be able to kill myself just because my morning oatmeal isn't tasty enough or the new S.H.I.E.L.D. show isn't fun to watch.

For yourself, what if you become a paraplegic? Or suffered brain damage to the point that you would not ever be able to work again? Neither is fatal. If you say you'd still have a fulfilling life as a brain-damaged armless paraplegic 😉 is this based on religious belief that it's "God's plan for you" or something similar?
 
Juddog said:
It strikes me as odd that we have an overpopulation problem and yet abortion is looked at as wrong, as is suicide, yet we are quick to constantly rant about people needing to die.

What's so immoral about offering a suicide service? For example, having a machine set up somewhere, you go in, fill out paperwork, sign away your possessions (so that all loose ends are tied up), then put in the quarter and have the machine blast you to oblivion.

This would save so much time versus people having to hunt around to find various suicide methods, some of which are painful, others which are a mess to clean up, etc.. It would save the victim's families and friends from wondering what the motivation was, because the person could very clearly write out what they thought was wrong with their lives / the planet and offer them a nice clean death without pain.

If someone is determined to take their own life, there are a million ways to do it. In my opinion this would be a public service. If someone wants to give away their body parts, they could have medical staff on hand ready to harvest the organs, etc..
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I haven't read through the posts here, but what do you mean by "public service"?

Should it be as simple as signing on the dotted line, no psychological evaluation, nothing?
 
Rob M. said:
I haven't read through the posts here, but what do you mean by "public service"?

Should it be as simple as signing on the dotted line, no psychological evaluation, nothing?
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It's not going to be much of a discussion if you're not willing to listen to anyone else.
 
gothamhunter said:
Speak for yourself, shorty.
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That was a serious suggestion.
Why does everyone need a complicated machine when there are dirt cheap ways to do yourself in?
Frankly I'm not sure hospitals need a special machine. Morphine drip or something similar. Equipment is already there.
 
1. I don't support or condone abortion.
2. I don't support or condone suicide.

If you're that interested in killing yourself, knives aren't expensive. Gravity isn't expensive either. It shouldn't be the responsibility of taxpayers to ease your pain in death because you CHOOSE to kill yourself.
 
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