They live in a detached house worth 700K..

[Turion]

Isn't the question here about people helping others to take their life - not the right of people to take their own life?

His parents did the right thing. The lad in question was totally paralysed. Not even any hand functions . Couldn't even wipe his own ass, so hardly capable of DIY

His living future = 24hr care. Humiliating, painful, boring, pointless. Like him, I'd choose a quick painless death anytime over that.

[BrilloPad]

Classy response to the issue.....

Well the thing is its very hard to be make any sorted of informed judgement about assisted suicide without the full facts.

Though we can be damned sure where house prices are going!

[tay]

500

will be 400 by the new year.....

Classy response to the issue.....

[BrilloPad]

Isn't the question here about people helping others to take their life - not the right of people to take their own life?

[Sockpuppet]

Agreed.

If I want to take my life - why can the law tell me that I cannot.

The govt thinking that people need protecting from themselves again.

[Diver]

and to be fair what's wrong with having the ability to take legally take your life exactly.

It shouldnt be that they have the money, it should be that you have the right!

I vote for that

[MarillionFan]

and to be fair what's wrong with having the ability to take legally take your life exactly.

It shouldnt be that they have the money, it should be that you have the right!

[Turion]

.. so assiting must be ok.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...de-clinic.html

'Last night his parents were not responding to callers at the family's £700,000 detached home in the village of Sinton Green, near Worcester'

No, it just indicates that they've got the resources to undertake such a venture.

[BrilloPad]

.. so assiting must be ok.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...de-clinic.html

'Last night his parents were not responding to callers at the family's £700,000 detached home in the village of Sinton Green, near Worcester'

500

will be 400 by the new year.....

[NotAllThere]

There was a guy on my course at university, who had demolished his mums car and a bus shelter. Limited movement in his arms, but otherwise paralysed from neck down. He was the only one to get a first, because a) he was smart b) socialising opportunies were perforce, limited. But he lives a full and productive life.

He worked on projects for different methods of interacting with computers. One of these was a helmet with a light-wand. And that was in the 80s, so I imagine things have moved on somewhat.

[Bob Dalek]

A family friend's son also had the same tragic accident, was a really lovely boy, went to uni and joined the rugby team, and had the same accident, took over a year to get him out of the hospital, he was paralyzed from the neck down.... now some years after the accident he is working as a programmer (don't ask me how, but there is some kind of special speach recognition tools), has a house fitted with all the disabled technology, and he even drives a car (again don't ask me how, but its a special disabled car)

What's the house worth? What's the car worth? What does he earn?

Amateur. Yawn. Fart.

[SandyDown]

A family friend's son also had the same tragic accident, was a really lovely boy, went to uni and joined the rugby team, and had the same accident, took over a year to get him out of the hospital, he was paralyzed from the neck down.... now some years after the accident he is working as a programmer (don't ask me how, but there is some kind of special speach recognition tools), has a house fitted with all the disabled technology, and he even drives a car (again don't ask me how, but its a special disabled car)

[Iron Condor]

.. so assiting must be ok.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...de-clinic.html

'Last night his parents were not responding to callers at the family's £700,000 detached home in the village of Sinton Green, near Worcester'