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He'd rather people suffer so he could feel better about himself. Personally, I'm pro-euthanasia for selfish reasons too - I'd like to be able to end it cleanly, alternative ways are a mess.

You can't fix everything. Drugs don't fix everything. Not everything can be treated. Seen too many people slowly detoriating, waiting to die for incurrable diseases.

If I have a right to live, I should have a right to die, otherwise I'm a slave.

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No, I’m not an advocate of suffering. I’m a skeptic of the state’s role in its ultimate antidote. As a cadaver may not be incarcerated productively, I question if one’s right to death is - or can be - denied.

Moreover, is not assisted dying treated as a privilege, rather than a right? Like a driver’s license, one must apply. It is alienable.

The application process is in place to create friction so that people wouldn't off themselves for silly reasons, also to try to address concerns like yours.

Who else than state? Random people? You can always off yourself, but that is messy. Might as well have a process for that.

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