Venting I don't know why the idea of assisted CTB so frowned upon?

[trappedinthislife]

Just want to vent again I guess. Recently I saw someone on Reddit talking about how hard their life is because of their many medical problems, which requires lots of operations and their health kept worsening. The person is clearly in a lot of pain. And that is not the only story - I have seen so many stories of people suffering a severe disorder that they have to live the rest of their life with, and with the nature of aging, it only worsens with time.

When I see these people, I have a silent hope: that something happens and they get a painless death. An accident, a failed surgery that leaves them dead, whatever. I always want to ask these people "if you can painlessly die now, would ya?" Not all of them would say yes but I can't imagine all of them saying no either. It's a weird thing to say but I believe some lives are better ditched. It's like what we do with pets when they're in too much pain. Like how it's possible for fruits to be "spoiled", it's possible for the human body to spoil as well. And when someone is living in a clearly rotten body, all they feel is pain. They won't be able to experience beauty, they won't live happily.

In Canada assisted death is legal and I have heard so many people laugh at that idea and I'm like... why? Why hold on to life so dearly? maybe this is because I don't understand how some views the world but I fail to see how it makes sense to keep a clearly painful person around.

To love is to let go. Even when it hurts. Am I wrong?

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

It's not about saving lives because we all die anyway so you can't save a life . It's about controlling others

 

[ASp4E]

To love is to let go. Even when it hurts.

I like that description.
Indeed I feel like loving someone means you often put their desires above your own. In cases like this, escaping unbearable suffering (for example) is probably far more beneficial to them, than avoiding loneliness or grief would be to you. So you'd pick the former and not go against their wishes, even if it hurts.

Some people choose to see it from their perspective, and are happy for them when they're gone, knowing that they're now "in a better place" so to say. I'm glad those kinds of people exist.

 

[JKFleck]

From the authority's pov's answer:
Dead people can't pay taxes and make rich people richer

 

[4everHeartBroken]

It's not about saving lives because we all die anyway so you can't save a life . It's about controlling others

INTERESTING response! I've never thought about it like that before…. "It's about controlling others" seems to be quite accurate.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

Pro lifers want to prolong a life for as long as possible so that they can forcefully contribute to society and pay taxes