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Why I Hope to Die at 75

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11 pointsuladzislau6 comments

Some people want to die - depression, religion, cultism, or just plain ignorance - and some have apparently decided when. I support the individuals right to choose suicide, but I also believe it's our duty to tell them life is worth living.

If Ezekiel had been born 500 years ago, would he be writing this article about dying at 35? How would the brain states of a 35 year old him today or 500 years ago differ? What would a conversation between the two be like? "You should die at 35, that's a full life, living past 35 will be pain and decrepit.."

Replying to this comment because it seems to be the only properly argued, non-partisan 'against' comment at the time of this writing.

I don't agree with some of the author's conclusions, but I agree with this idea: when your body and mind naturally deteriorate to a point where it makes living a happy life either impossible or extremely difficult, you should have the choice of ending it without society (especially the parts of society who haven't experienced the same problem) judging you.

If by the time the author reaches 75 and fairly non-invasive medical means are available to maintain his health (note: I said health, not life), I'm sure he would avail himself to them. If he's denying that, then he's not being entirely honest.

Brilliant - Once I have lived to 75, my approach to my health care will completely change. I won’t actively end my life. But I won’t try to prolong it, either.

What a perfectly evil man. I hope to live to 100 or more. I also plan on being active and productive until that age. I thought death cults were only in the Middle East.

He was one of the architects of ObamaCare, and he thinks that people like you should have more of their decisions made for them by people like him.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/03/ezekiel_emanuel_...

This reads like a grotesque Cass Sunstein-architected "nudge."

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