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Thread: the 'sanctity' of life

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    murder
    -or-
    not allowing someone to die

    which is more cruel?


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    Not allowing someone to die if they have a terminal illness, and are suffering in pain from what cannot be remedied.

    The theme song from M*A*S*H is "Suicide is painless" as it is death that is seen as the cessation of all feeling, ergo pain.


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    not allowing someone to die...

    that is, by far, the worst...terminal illness or no.

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    I can't die. So therefore, not allowing me to die means nothing.
    So I'll take a stance on the forerunner which no one seems to choose.
    Murder.

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    both are.
    i can't choose between these two scenarios


    oooh, wait, it's a trick question
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    which is more cruel?
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    lol, zela....
    you've been here before...
    and as the rules explicitly state, in GP--opinions run amuck!

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