# Legal euthanasia - humane death, or murder?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-euthanasia-humane-death-or-murder/46356>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 19, 2000, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-euthanasia-humane-death-or-murder/46356 "2000-12-19T15:46:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-euthanasia-humane-death-or-murder/46356/21 "2000-12-24T16:05:00Z")

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This topic ALWAYS chokes me up.  
The topic of the “passive” suicide was covered in a wonderful story by Stephen King. I blubber like a “little girl” every time I read it. Check it out in Skeleton Crew or Night Shift, I can’t remember which and the bokos are at my other “home” 🙂

SPOOJE! YES!!

Suicide is illegal because it would be a shitty stance for the government to take that death is a good thing. It would seem that the government, as a regulating body, should not take a pro-death stance no matter what, other than, “It is unfortunate but…”

However, they need not make it illegal. I think we can construct a law in theory with huge practical loopholes.

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