Originally Posted by
Fifteen Dollar Eagle
At some point in this thread, I fully expect someone to start babbling about "the sanctity of life," which is totally non-existent. Life is not (and never has been) sacred, even in religion; just look at how many people kill themselves or others in the name of one god or another. If you're not religious, saying "I'm pro-life" is easier to admit than "I'm anti-choice." If ANYTHING should be held as sacred, it's the human spirit. Nothing desecrates the spirit faster than wasting away slowly, unable to speak or feed yourself or wipe your own arse. Some people will always choose to cling to life until the very last moment, and that's perfectly fine; so long as it was their choice, there is some dignity in it. But for those who can't bear to waste away like that, I think it's insulting to not be allowed to make the choice at all.