re: California passes "Right to Die"/Assisted Suicide Bill - Do you support?

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Some people are physically incapable of committing suicide.

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So this is an anti-discrimination law

in that case, I'm sure it will be well received

are you willing to admit that copyright laws dont matter to you and you profited off LSU's copyrighted images and slogans in the past?

the fundamental documents of American law state that the right to any life is endowed by God and God alone.

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I feel like I'm taking crazy pills

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runningTiger is just a troll. He trolls the rant with stupid shite and I guess the OT now. Just ignore him so he'll go back to the rant.

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the fundamental documents of American law state that the right to any life is endowed by God and God alone.

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wut

As long as it's the person's choice I'm ok with it. There is danger here though. Once this becomes accepted practice the issue of those who cannot make their own decision comes up. At that point we've opened the door to having others make that decision for them. What I don't want to see is where we get to a point where we have a full blown euthinasia (spelling?) program where some panel decided who can live and who should die.

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As long as it's the person's choice I'm ok with it. There is danger here though. Once this becomes accepted practice the issue of those who cannot make their own decision comes up. At that point we've opened the door to having others make that decision for them.

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Hey we have a death penalty.

People have to be convinced and a judge has to sign off on it.

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So this is an anti-discrimination law

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One could make that argument, sure.

The fact remains that there are those whose situation is such that they simply could not physically commit suicide if they wanted to.

For many, it's hard to imagine what that's like...which is really part of the problem. The complete inability to empathize with the plight of someone who's suffering. The irony there is that most of the opposition comes from those who profess to care the most about them...

I'll get personal for a second. I have a handicapped older sister. She was injured on a car accident 35 years ago at the age of 20. Beautiful girl, bright future...gone. For 35 years she's been trapped in a body that over the years has slowly withered from being able to move around in an electric wheel chair, to being unable to sit long enough in the chair because of pressure ulcers, to now being totally bedridden in a bed which has a mattress that is a powder which is fluidized to help prevent pressure spots...which still does not work enough to keep them at bay. 5 years ago she added a vent which took away her ability to make sounds when she speaks so we've learned o read her lips. And the best part...despite being paralyzed from the mid-chest down, her cord was not severed entirely so she has regained some feeling over the years in her extremities but no movement...so she gets the benefit of feeling her frozen joints and general pain caused by pressure ulcers and the like. And since she's nearly on her back and has little dexterity on her arms, she can no longer feed her self. When you ask her, she'll tell you that on a pain scale of 1 to 10 she's at a 7 or more all day that goes up from time to time depending on what's going on.

Somehow...this woman has found reasons to go on every day. It's incredible. But if/when the day comes she can no longer endure, the thought of people standing in her way and forcing her to continue to endure what 99.9% of people could not tolerate for a day is insane.

You're suggesting that she should simply commit suicide...but considering she could not do it herself, is she just out of luck?

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As long as it's the person's choice I'm ok with it. There is danger here though. Once this becomes accepted practice the issue of those who cannot make their own decision comes up. At that point we've opened the door to having others make that decision for them. What I don't want to see is where we get to a point where we have a full blown euthinasia (spelling?) program where some panel decided who can live and who should die.

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It has worked fine in Oregon, and it has been going for almost 20 years now I think.

It isn't used very often. Stats from Wiki:

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From the act's passage through 2014, a total of 1,327 people have had prescriptions written and 859 patients have died from ingesting medications prescribed under the act.[5] The median age of the 859 patients who died from ingesting medication was 71, with 78.0 percent of patients suffering from malignant neoplasms (cancer). Of the 859, 52.7% were male (47.3% female); 45.9% had a Baccalaureate degree or higher; 46.1% were married; primary end of life concerns were loss of autonomy (91.5%), inability to make life enjoyable (88.7%), and loss of dignity (79.3%).[6]

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are you willing to admit that copyright laws dont matter to you and you profited off LSU's copyrighted images and slogans in the past?

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Holy shite...well, seems like we have an old timer from Tiger Roar, right?

I'd be happy to address that.

No...that is inaccurate. The issue I ran into with LSU was pretty simple. I was producing t-shirt designs with GEAUX TIGERS on them for Cafe Press. I was also using my Tiger Roar handle of Geaux Tiger as the "brand" so to speak so that members would associate the designs with the stuff I was doing on the board. As LSU did not have that trademarked at the time (I researched) I felt confident that it would not be an issue.

There were no other things used. No logos, no photos, no names...nothing. I'm in advertising...this wasn't done blindly. I thought what I was using was completely open to use.

LSU saw the designs and took issue with the use of Geaux in connection with the word TIGERS and asked that I stop. I asked them about its use for various LA highs schools and their response was tepid. They also had an issue with the use of the word TIGERS being used in conjunction with the colors PURPLE and GOLD, which was complete horseshite...but at that point it was clear it was going to be more trouble than it was worth, and in the end I never had any intention of stepping on LSU's toes, so I stopped entirely. They even said they'd have no issues with me continuing to use the name GEAUX GRAPHICS and doing what I wanted, but I simple moved on. It was supposed to be fun and became a headache.

Was that supposed to out me or something? There's literally no story to that story...but good work trying to make an issue out of that.

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the fundamental documents of American law state that the right to any life is endowed by God and God alone.

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Honestly...after the above, you can go frick yourself. Anyone that would try what you just did is not exactly and honest player... Hopefully all that read this will see what you tried an see you for what you are.