[ExI] libertarians

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Ahh got it! Thank you very much for the explanation. This list is amazing!

Best regards,
Daniel


On Mon, 14 Aug 2023, MB via extropy-chat wrote:

> IIUC, taking a handful of pills often failed because you didn't die...
> instead you hurked them all back up. Or really seriously messed with your
> body.  It isn't as easy as one might think, apparently.
>
> There was an organization "Hemlock Society" that had guidelines and
> meetings and papers.  Dr. K was not part of that.  I think their book was
> "Final Exit", something like that.
>
> Dr. K may have administered a shot, like we give animals at the vet's
> office when they are put down. I do not know.
>
> Regards,
> MB
>
> On Mon, August 14, 2023 17:40, efc--- via extropy-chat wrote:
>> 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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