[Skybird]

Every human being has the natural right to deicde all by itself whether it wants to live on or wants to die. If the latter, society, religions, lawmakers, doctors have no moral or ethical or religious or philosophical or medical right whatever to deny them the realisation of that wish under situational conditions that respect the individual's dignity.

People close to such an individual may wish to make surte that the individual indeed has the wish to die, and that it is not just "appelative suicide" or a decision born from a momentary emotional state of depression. High age, with all the negtraive side-effects that come with that, or constant pains or a serious disease, are situations where no human has the right to hinder suich a patient for example by force to die. I think it is an ethical and moral and humane imperative that we also help a "candidate" to end his life in a a way that is painless, nonviolent and appeals to basic demands of human dignity.

Just walk the geriatric station of a hospital, especially a mental asylum, and you can easily see how worse the price for "life at all cost" can become.

Everybody tempted to do it now, save ypour time to throw Nazi stuff and claims of my eunasthasia program at me. That'S not what I said, and the above described is not what the term eunasthasia means. Also, keep relgious commands out of this. Your religious confessions are YOUR personal business only, not that of the other. You have no right to impose your views upon him, at his cost and to add to his suffering. You are free to not like what he wants and does. Maybe you also do not like green tea. Don'T drink it then, drink somethign else, stay away from green tea then.

I personally kn ow that under certain cinditions I have accepted suicide for myself as an option I consider in such circumstances. I also always carry a paper in my wallet that explains under which circumstances and in case I am unable to articulate myself anymore, I do not wish a continuation of any medical treatement, but want them to let me die.

The only thing that can be demanded about all this, is this simple call: do not take it lightly. Neither the making of the decision for suicide yourself, nor your easiness by which you maybe are tempted to criticise the other who defends suicide as an option while you are against it for principal or religious reasons.

People do not ask you whether or not they may get born. They also must not ask you for permission to die. In the end, we all are just guests, and our stay is limited. Some arrive, some leave, all day long. That'S how it goes.