PBS Newshour: Should the terminally ill be able to choose when they die?

[whatthehey]

42. Everybody should, but them first yes.

We need to get over this silly superstitious nonsense that a life-ending decision can never be rational, logical and emotionally valid. It is very simple. When likely future benefit is below likely future harm, what else could it be but ethically, morally and logically sound to pull the plug. This for many people, certainly me, would be an easy decision facing a brief future dominated by agony and infirmity, but even without such a horrific prognosis, there are many non-terminal scenarios where the same decision would be just as correct.

It's an easy step to assuage the main (sensible, ignoring supernaturalism) objection too. Euthanasia should only be available by first person expressed wish after a consultation and waiting period, or documented prior directive. The only exception would be next of kin choice after sudden onset of irreversible catastrophic damage in concert with medical review. No scare stories of HMOs pulling the plug on expensive patients there.