Comment by raffael_de
Comment by raffael_de 3 days ago
Or they'll treat you with a daily oil bath and feed you tender coconut water ... until few days later your kidney's blow out.
Comment by raffael_de 3 days ago
Or they'll treat you with a daily oil bath and feed you tender coconut water ... until few days later your kidney's blow out.
> people tend to underestimate the risks in allowing suicide
People obsess over this risk. It—and religious opposition—are the reason it’s only an option for those who can travel to and hospice in Switzerland.
> social acceptance may lead to more egregious abuses
Do we have any evidence societies that have tolerated suicide had higher rates of murder? Switzerland doesn’t strike me as a hotbed of senior murder, for example.
Yes, and that is one of the reasons our culture has made practices like these taboo- it can give the veneer of respectability to despicable acts
People also underestimate the risks in allowing sexual intercourse, driving a car, playing football and doing ice baths ...
I think people tend to underestimate the risks in allowing suicide —- here’s a blurb from the linked article:
However, social acceptance may lead to more egregious abuses: the issue gained a higher profile in early 2010, when an 80-year-old man escaped after discovering his intended fate and heard his family members discussing how they were going to "share" his lands, and took refuge in a relative's home.