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Originally Posted by Sabriel Yes, but even a slow death in a hospital, with all your friends and family around you, with people caring for you is better then what most animals get. People in North America typically don't get their throats slit or are gased to death. We tend to view that as inhumane. |
Of course. I just always thought it was very strange that we consider it 'humane' to put down an animal who is obviously dying (as my family recently had to do with the beloved family cat), but a person with a terminal disease who wants to die peacefully is not given the same right.