The movie that we watched in class was truly interesting. While it was sad, I don’t think I would have ever been able to grasp the concept of assisted suicide without seeing it. I have a much greater understanding of the process that takes place. It is fascinating that there are only a few countries that allow assisted suicide to take place.
I had a hard time putting myself in a position of wanting to end my life. Prior to this movie, I thought that there would be no way I would want to purposely end my life. I have always thought that suicide is one of most selfish things a human can do. It affects many people. While any death affects people in negative ways, it is hard to know that people can be so unhappy that they have to end their lives. Friends and family can spend their entire lives blaming themselves for that person’s death. While I always knew assisted suicide was different, I still saw it as something that can hurt other people.
The video we watched in class really changed my mind. I liked how the man compared it too a premature baby that was born and how without the help of technology, that baby would pass away so we are choosing that the child lives instead of putting in it God’s hands. We are choosing the fate of the child. The man explains it is the same with death. Everyone should be able to choose to end their lives sooner when they have a terminal illness. What really stuck with me was when he said that either he dies while he is happy and not in pain or he suffers than passes away; either way he dies.
What I had a hard time with was the fact that he had to hurry up and go through with the processes because he had to be able to swallow it himself. Once he was unable to swallow, he would loose the opportunity to do it. While this makes sense because if someone else did it would be murder, I think it is hard to end your life early because you don’t know when you will loose your ability to go through the processes yourself. In the end as much as I think it would be a hard decision the film convinced me that it is a decision people should get to make.
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