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Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by diminoten on Sunday April 07, 2019 @03:43PM (#19599373)
I assure you it is not untrue.

People failing to realize a truth doesn't make it less true.

Peaceful death is suicide, if chosen. Period.

Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by chmod775 on Sunday April 07, 2019 @03:52PM (#19599415)
> Peaceful death is suicide, if chosen. Period.

Then suicide is preferable.

Stop using the word suicide as if it was an insult.

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Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by monodeldiablo on Sunday April 07, 2019 @04:57PM (#19599824)
That's your opinion. No matter how absolute you phrase it, it's not a fact.

And I've seen enough suffering and death to know that not everybody shares your opinion. I've seen people who, when they were healthy, held opinions just like yours beg for death when their time had come.

Count your blessings that you've not known pain, fear, or panic like the dying do.

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Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by monodeldiablo on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:03AM (#19603120)
> Life is still life, and death is still infinitely worse.

^^ That's an opinion, phrased as if it was a fact. It's a value judgement and nothing more. I respect that it's your opinion, but just because you fervently believe it doesn't make it objectively true.

If you wish to engage in a meaningful and productive conversation, you'll need to be more honest about separating your opinions from fact. I think that, underneath all the shouting, you have a very interesting take on the issue. I'd like to discuss it. But it's drowned out by your inability to recognize that other people can have a different -- and equally valid -- interpretation of what "quality of life" means.

(Also, no: You cannot "decide things" about excruciating pain. It takes over a person's ability to reason. Chronic, debilitating pain very much robs a person of their agency.)

Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by diminoten on Monday April 08, 2019 @11:51AM (#19606303)
It's called persuasive writing. If I couched everything with "I think" my 4th grade English teacher would come out from behind a bush and swat my hands.

The fact that you can identify what my opinion is and still not address it, preferring to have this semantic argument, is a great example of someone avoiding the conversation because they know they're in the wrong.

Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by kzzzznot on Sunday April 07, 2019 @06:36PM (#19600396)
You sound very sure and angry about all these things. What's really bothering you?
Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by diminoten on Sunday April 07, 2019 @09:44PM (#19601269)
I am sure, I'm not angry, and nothing at all is bothering me. Why ask such a personal question that's completely off topic, though?
Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by philwelch on Sunday April 07, 2019 @10:00PM (#19601348)
I hope, for your sake, that you never have the experience of learning firsthand just how wrong you are.