[Cloverfield]

This is always a very touchy issue. Some argue that the person is in pain and doesn't want to live on. Others argue that the person has a right to life and should stay that way until natural death occurs.

My opinion is that assisted suicide should be legal in some cases. I don't agree with the way it was done in the report that Joe mentioned, but I think it should be done in such a way that is non-painful (i.e. drugs or similar that cause the person to die in their sleep). And it should only be done in cases that it can be justified. For example, a person has been clinically/medically deemed to be suffering to this extent, and/or are able to show indications themselves that this is what they would like to happen. It should not be done if a person just says "I want to die" and are looking for an easy way out.

The reason I think it should be legal is that these people are in so much pain and suffering that in most cases they cannot bear to go on. They want to just be done with their miserable lives and move on to what is next. I know it may seem immmoral to kill a person just because they are in such a state, but if you were in that situation would you really like to live out your days either as a vegetable or in great pain.

Although that is my opinion, I, like Kai can see the two sides to it. Because if a person's life is taken when they are not ready to leave this world, then that is wrong also. And it is difficult to determine who's right it is to decide if that life should be taken or not. So there is part of me that disagrees with it as well.

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