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0 pointsjacques_chester13y ago0 comments

People usually call it "euthanasia" in such a case.

I think it's worth noting that depression and terminal illnesses are different cases. Euthanasia advocates emphasise the difference. See for example the legislative system that was passed in the NT in 1995:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_the_Terminally_Ill_Ac...

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misnome13y ago

Right, Euthanasia is a different subject and completely out of scope here. Was just getting pretty sick of the apparent defence of suicide as a good move in this case, and "blaming" various people/organisations for causing it.

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