My response to your post is inline, below. Formatting has been changed to facilitate reply: QUOTE="Tuxan, post: 6070552, member: 546951"]I'm pretty sure you can find a mercy killer who will do it promptly. Just don't make it too much effort for them, perhaps a balcony or next to a busy train track and express your political persecution and other notions. I've been nice and predictable, and plan to keep it that way. However, "They" are careful and calculating, apparently. Train track has a special meaning for some. "Jamie Ba", a Black, Muslim woman who stated she had 10 children with 3 husbands, said that her first husband died in New York after being struck by a subway. It was ruled accidental. Perhaps for her sanity. One Christmas Eve, when nothing was especially wrong, I found myself on an empty motorway at 2 a.m. I floored the car, sensing it was a rare opportunity. The speedometer hit its limit at 150 MPH, but the car was on a downhill slope toward the sea, probably going closer to 160. In that moment, it occurred to me that I didn’t have to do anything, just not take the upcoming bend. You have recounted that two men had a very bad day at your hands. One of which you were not certain deserved it. The problem with being dead is there are no options left. No chance at redemption. No chance at helping make the world a better place than when you left it. Of course, twenty minutes later, when I was reversing into the parking space at home, the speedometer cable broke. It was as if the universe had decided I'd had enough cathartic release, that moment of it was all actually my choice, and gave me the anticipation of an awkward, tiresome job instead.[/QUOTE Ask not what others can do for you, but what you can do for others. Between your work at the hospice and your commitment to your 2nd wife, I'd say, at least in some ways, you are helping make the world a better place. At least locally. As far as value add in regards to your posts and other activities, it does not seem as clear. One of the most negative expectation thing one can do is to get involved in politics without having some way of positively affecting outcomes either personally or society. As far as society is concerned, "good luck with that", it seems. Ideas, philosophies, established practices are a continuum. The elimination of a person or even a group merely changes the players as long as the underlying basis remains. I have examined multiple scenarios where a rapid change of status quo takes place. My conclusion was the net result was an increase in systemic instability as new players, with unknown attributes and intentions take over. Nowadays, an increase in systemic instability can really be dangerous. Personally, it seems my best course of action in seeking justice is to help people through established legal principles by starting a business and to invest profits into advanced education for disadvantaged children.
I keep joking that I have a pillow guy, who is usually a 20-30 years younger male. When the situation arrives, I expect him to gently put a nice big pillow over my face and hold it there for 3-5 minutes. Nobody is going to be the wiser, when you are in that condition. My dog went pretty peacefully at the vet's office, took less than 2 minutes... The technology is there, it is the willingness that is lacking.
Precisely. In fact the majority of the people in this world prefer to keep their head stuffed firmly up their butt and refuse any thought of the issue (exiting life) until the issue catches up to them. Legalizing and improving assisted death requires communal action, which these people are unwilling to engage into, so in the end death catches them individually, unprepared and defenseless. Fortunately most will experience various horrible ways of body dealing with systems shutting down on the way to nothingness so I guess there's some justice afterall.