Assisted suicide to be shown on UK TV

[strangeirish]

Not sure what the whole purpose(showing it on TV) of this is, but I don't think I would want to watch it.

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[eamo1]

T.V is almost there in its race to the bottom.My friend committed suicide last Saturday Morning,im still in utter shock from it and then i see them sort of glamourising this stuff as a tv show.Some kid could be watching aswell and get ideas,the media consumerist world is going down the sewers you know.

[Lim till i die]

Some kid could be watching aswell and get ideas

If a kid watching a TV program about suicide "gets ideas" I think the fault might lie a bit closer to home than with the big nasty TV executives.

[Real ale Madrid]

T.V is almost there in its race to the bottom.My friend committed suicide last Saturday Morning,im still in utter shock from it and then i see them sort of glamourising this stuff as a tv show.Some kid could be watching aswell and get ideas,the media consumerist world is going down the sewers you know.

Well i'm very sorry about your friend but that show did absolutely nothing to glamorise anything. Assisted suicide needs a debate, those who are advocates of it are usually those in direct contact with it, and make a good argument generally. I don't agree with it, but people who are not directly affected by those completely incompacitated usually don't agree. Its a completely different issue to suicide imo.

[RonnieB]

People who are terminally ill with no chance of recovery at least deserve the dignity to die in peace rather than a long drawn out torturous affair. I know there are a lot of muddy patches to go through but for a lot of people it would be a blessing. If I were dying of cancer with not one shred of medical hope left I would sooner be allowed to pass away with some dignity than to wallow in a bed fading away.

And before people go on about people commiting suicide for x, y, or z beleive me I have seen plenty enough in my years to arrive at my point of view.