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    taiwan_girl
    wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 00:51 last edited by
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    I think maybe the US jails with death rows could be a customer

    A 64-year-old US woman took her own life inside a controversial suicide capsule at a Swiss woodland retreat, with police on Sept 24 saying several people had been arrested.

    The space-age looking Sarco capsule, which fills with nitrogen and causes death by hypoxia, was used on Sept 23 outside a village near the German border.

    The portable human-sized pod, self-operated by a button inside, has raised a host of legal and ethical questions in Switzerland. Active euthanasia is banned in the country but assisted dying has been legal for decades.

    https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/us-woman-dies-in-controversial-suicide-capsule-in-switzerland

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      89th
      wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 13:45 last edited by
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      I never understood laws against suicide. Tough topic, not happy to think about it, but... I'd imagine there aren't many defendants showing up once they are charged with the crime.

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        Mik
        wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 14:27 last edited by Mik
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        I do. It's an incentive not to try, as you can be prosecuted if you fail, as many or most do. There's really not much else law can do.

        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          25 Sept 2024, 14:27

          I do. It's an incentive not to try, as you can be prosecuted if you fail, as many or most do. There's really not much else law can do.

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          Rich
          wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 14:46 last edited by
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          @Mik Indeed. I wonder if it also allows first responders to take action to stop the act by default. For instance, if they were called to the scene of a person sitting in their running car in the garage....they are allowed to break a window, open the garage, get them to a hospital, etc. Even if their intentions were clear.

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            Mik
            wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 16:13 last edited by
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            I've done that. Worst first date ever.

            "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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