Old Project Avalon Forum (ARCHIVE) - View Single Post - Old people with dementia have a duty to die says Baroness Warnock

doodah · 09-20-2008, 07:37 PM

Traditional Eskimo society is the only place I know of where older people voluntarily check out when they feel the time is right. I personally (for myself and no one else) also want to choose my time and check out voluntarily in a nonviolent way, but I see myself being very old when I do that.

To be in a state where you cannot choose, however, makes this topic very tricky. A living will requesting a "do not resusitate" or "no extreme life-saving measures" should be made if that is your desire. I would certainly do that, especially in thinking of myself ending up unable to choose.

09-20-2008, 07:37 PM	#5
doodah Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 373	Re: Old people with dementia have a duty to die and should be pushed towards death, s Traditional Eskimo society is the only place I know of where older people voluntarily check out when they feel the time is right. I personally (for myself and no one else) also want to choose my time and check out voluntarily in a nonviolent way, but I see myself being very old when I do that. To be in a state where you cannot choose, however, makes this topic very tricky. A living will requesting a "do not resusitate" or "no extreme life-saving measures" should be made if that is your desire. I would certainly do that, especially in thinking of myself ending up unable to choose.