Subj : *Swiss SUICIDE POD passes legal barrier - could start operations next
To   : BoonDock
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Dec 09 2021 08:45 pm

Hello BoonDock!

** On Monday 06.12.21 - 16:15, BoonDock wrote to August Abolins:

AA>> *Swiss SUICIDE POD passes legal barrier - could start
AA>> operations next year*

B> All round, I think this is a good idea. I've seen what
B> happens when someone struggles on in pain.. my great-
B> grandmother took eight years to die, with her mind sharp
B> and her body falling apart. It was a blessed relief when
B> she went.

The first book of the imagined world of Lois Lowry, The Giver,
depicts... "a society that knows no pain, grief or death. When
the Community members hears of someone being "released" (a
euphemism for "euthanized by lethal injection"), they believe
they're being sent to a mystical place called Elsewhere. The
old, the disabled and the extremely weak are systemically taken
away to be "released." The same fate awaits anyone who doesn't
fit properly in the Community, like a newborn who doesn't
develop fast enough or doesn't sleep at night. A "release" was
also a punishment for those deemed as having committed great
failure."

It's like communist/socialist world where everything is decided
for the individual by a group of elders.

If I recall correctly, the film "Soylent Green" also depicts
the opportinity people (mostly the elderly) can choose when to
die by visiting a special center for "processing".

I have one problem with the Swiss SUICIDE POD design. If that
where me in there, I might long to hold someone's hand during
the process.  I held my mom's hand in her last moments.  Up
until the last second, her grip was quite fierce as I was also
able to be real close, stroke her hair and arms and talk to
her.
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