My life

In a Thailand village

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Get up early

work hard

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become successful and retire

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with a beautiful Thai wife

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and an exit plan.

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What's wrong with that?

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Some might ask me, 'Why now?'

I could explain about the pain of getting out of bed in the morning.

I could explain about the mild digestive tract disorders that have become common.

I could explain about the lack of social contact.

I could explain about the sense of lost purpose, unfulfilled wishes and promises, and the lack of any concern for the future of humanity.

I could explain about the sense of horror as I recognize my dependence on a dying body.

'But these', you explain, 'are all natural elements of getting older. That's life. It's normal.'

To which I respond, 'Your argument in opposition is my argument in favor'.

There is no reason, once a person has decided that their life will only deteriorate, for them to suffer the indignity, fragility, and impoverishment of old age.

A person can make a choice to end their life at the time, place, and manner they want.

Weighed against the certainty of old age, a peaceful and painless death may be preferable.

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A Compassionate Law would remove the possibility of legal prosecution against a person who chooses to be at the bedside of the dying.

Now, a person can not be sure whether they will be implicated in a crime following the death of a loved one if they choose to be with them at the end.

This is insensitive, cruel, and unnecessary. It prevents those who choose their own time, place, and manner of death from having a death with dignity.

Suicide is not illegal. Attempted suicides could be criminalized, but without failures there would be no crime.

A person who is about to die should not have to be concerned with the possible legal problems their death might cause a loved one who wishes only to be with them at their time of greatest need.

A Compassionate Law would allow a person to be in close physical contact with the dying at the time of death, as long as they do not actively participate in the death process itself.

A Euthanasia Clinic would be a place where people can come together to give solace and comfort to those in need during their final hours.

A Euthanasia Clinic would provide a place in which a Compassionate Law could be implemented.

A Euthanasia Clinic would have a staff of compassionate and caring professionals who would be well versed in the ethics of death and who would be willing to make a persons last hours as peaceful, painless, and dignified as possible.

What is wrong with that?
 

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