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From: jrt@hou5g.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: The right(?) to commit suicide & LOWER FORMS?
Message-ID: <303@hou5g.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Nov-83 13:02:41 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 11 13:02:41 1983
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Someone (sorry I missed the name) just suggested that if the siamese
twins had been a "lower form of life", then 'society' would not have
been revolted by the suggestion that they receive a lethal injection.
>From her/his comments that follow I implied that a lethal injection
for those siamese twins should have been acceptable to an understanding
'society'.  
  My question....did anyone ask the twins what THEY wanted??  Maybe they
wanted to live, to take a chance on life, whether they had been cursed,
blessed or whatever.  Before we take anyones life..(I personally am against
any form of 'euthanasia')..maybe we should try to find out if the request
for death is being prompted by a problem, or lack of fullfilment/acceptance/
love/self worth/...., or by a temporary situation that oft times looks
insurmountable.

			(** FRODO **) alias hou5g!jrt