Topic > Assisted suicide is a crime - 593

Committing suicide is not a crime, but condoning and assisting it is. Why should someone wish to end their life not be helped to do so if they are unable to do so honorably? If suicide is still honorable. I don't think suicide is good or right, but if someone wants to end their life, why shouldn't they get assistance? Why should we impose on them a prolonged life in which they would do nothing but suffer? I am rather indifferent on this matter, since the morality of choosing another's fate cannot fall on the side of right or wrong. It is based solely on the circumstances and location in which it is placed. Many people around the world today suffer from many forms of disease and handicap. From cancer and tumors; to total paralysis and AIDS. Medicine and technology have advanced so many patients who contract diseases that were once considered a death penalty now face new hope. Although diseases such as AIDS and paralysis are not curable, people can be assured of a longer and perhaps happier life than they would have had a few decades ago; But...