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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
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Charlie…mixed emotions. The first thing is that when anyone commits suicide to me that is taking and making a decision ahead of God. Life and death to me is in His hands not ours. BUT Having watched my father and other family members suffer through cancer battles with pain I can understand the appeal of ending that suffering. We do it for our pets, but we let our families suffer. I guess to me it is a personal decision based on a persons beliefs and what they are going through. I don’t think it needs to be assisted…do what Dr Kavorkian did, hook them up and put the button in the hands of the person dying.
I do not believe in it for healthy people at all and will never understand that…to me that is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Lt Col Charlie Brown
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I can understand it for people with a terminal, untreatable illness. We had a family member with ALS who struggled so much at the end. However, mental illness is different; often the urge to suicide is transitory, make it convenient and it will happen far more often.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
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Lt Col Charlie Brown - LTC Scott Shuttlesworth ~~
When I'd Contemplated Suicide, It Was Because I Felt It Better To Be Dead Than To Live As A Basket Case; Unable To Lead A Normal Life Or Even Properly Socialize With The Friends I Still Had Left. Couldn't Drive ~ Sold My Car ~ Getting The Picture? Because THEN It Got Worse. BTW ~ CAUSED By The VA ~ One Of My Benefits
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney - Glad you are still with us,
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I have mixed feelings on suicide, as Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth expressed . Human laws are fluid and political. I absolutely believe that in God’s mercy, He does forgive some who commit suicide.
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SFC Eric Harmon
SFC Eric Harmon
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Yes, God can forgive anything. Doctors carrying our suicide is something man cannot forgive. In Canada they are killing people for convenience, that is nothing less than murder and should be prosecuted as such. Their government should also be held accountable.
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SFC Eric Harmon
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That's terrifying. This undermines the Judeo-Christian values that are the bedrock of Western civilization.
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