JimBowie1958
Old Fogey
- Sep 25, 2011
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Completely beside the point. The point was that those people do not have the right to take YOUR right to do so away. You might hurt those that are close to you by leaving them but that does not factor into taking your right away to do so.No, that is not OK either; why would it be?
I do have a grip; at least I realize that there are people who love me and would be sorely injured if I died before my life's duty was done.
Lol, Dude, *I* made the counter-point earlier in the thread, so please dont tell me what my point is, OK?
What I am trying to reign in some is this popular (among libertarians anyway) argument that no one else is affected if I destroy myself.
For most people this is simply not true. And yes, I think that the need to avoid this injury justifies people using the law or other means to save their loved ones.
If my child or wife were addicted to some shit, I would rent a cabin out somewhere, read up on the affects of the addiction and withdrawal, and take them, by force if necesary, out to that cabin and hold them there till they were free of the physical addiction. The mental and spiritual part is another thing altogether. Some people just want to die so bad they will choose self-destruction every time. But I would do this for that one chance before they are gone for ever.
If you dont get that then it seems you have never understood what love is.
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