Euthanasia Coaster

[tinsoldier]

This whole post is going to be about the Euthanasia Coaster. Go and at least peruse it a little bit before you read further.

So, where it was originally posted, I said I'm oddly intrigued, which I think came off as a bit creepy (apologies to beebers). I figure there's no way to put all of this into a Facebook comment, but I've got a lot of thoughts about

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[beebers]

Oh no, I just think the thing in general is creepy - not you being intrigued! No judgment here, and while I'm certainly not wanting to go any time soon, I can relate on the intriguing feeling.

[beebers]

Even that I didn't say well. hahahahahahha - just the idea of people coming back dead gives me the willies!

[tinsoldier]

Oh. :) That's what I figured, but I also couldn't figure out how to put that all into a Facebook comment. And you have to admit that from a cost-effective standpoint, it's got merit. Creepy, sure. But would be really cheap to maintain and run.

[beebers]

That's funny - a guy just said he thought it was too expensive on my post! I tend to agree more with you past an initial building phase.

[martinhesselius]

Most of the people I've seen die did so in a Trauma Center while I was working my way through my last undergraduate year or two. (You can guess who the lucky biology student was who got to wheel folk who didn't make it to the morgue. >.< ) It gave me an odd awareness of that passing.

I admit that I have desire to deal with slowly encroaching death, esp. the kind that steals minds or memories. Losing my sense of self scares the living daylights out of me.

[tinsoldier]

And you know, I can grasp that idea. But, perhaps it's my own outlook on the topic or just the idea of what comes after, but I watched my mother's pained look as it took days for her husband to pass. The only hope in her mind was that his pain could be over and it was really hard for her. The second it was over, there was this huge sense of relief and the ability to move on.

For him? I'm not sure what took place inside his mind. But I did get to watch him struggle to communicate with those around his bedside as he passed. It just seemed terrible for him to try to get a simple sentence across.

I don't know... But it is a very personal experience, which is why anything like this I think should be up to personal choice and not legislated. If I could, I'd ask for the same thing I've been able to give to my pets; the chance to die quietly and when life is no longer enjoyable.

[martinhesselius]

To me that seems reasonable.
But I am not sure we are currently reasoning when we pass legislature affecting people's bodies.

[tinsoldier]

No kidding. There's a lot of legislation around things dealing with death that I think is reactionary and way too based in one person's viewpoint of the topic.

Just because I believe in something doesn't mean that everyone else does, nor should they be bound by my beliefs. But, then again, I know that's pretty revolutionary. ;)