[ExI] libertarians

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What was the "value add" of Dr Kevorkian vs just taking a bunch of pills?

I'm no expert, and not super interested either, but wouldn't just taking 
an overdose of sleeping pills be the most comfortable way to go?

Best regards,
Daniel


On Sun, 13 Aug 2023, MB via extropy-chat wrote:

> Dr Kevorkian (AKA Dr. Death) was prosecuted and went to jail.  He died in
> 2011.  I remember sending him some postcards while he was imprisoned.
>
> Regards,
> MB
>
> On Sun, August 13, 2023 16:29, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat wrote:
>> We can take any chemicals we want in any form and eat, inject, etc. them
>> to
>> die.  We can have assistants.  We have these freedoms - they just aren't
>> legal (assistance is available in Oregon I think).  And assistants may be
>> criminals.  Have you seen any suicide assistants prosecuted?  I wonder
>> what
>> ever happened to Dr Death? I can't get anything from Google except the TV
>> show.  But there was a guy several decades ago with that title and I can't
>> remember his name.
>>
>> If assisted suicide is the only freedom we lack we are in damn good shape,
>> eh?     bill w
>>
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