Discussion on End-of-Life Choices and Loneliness

Even fear of pain is not the number one reason.

That's not why people are asking for this.

They might have, as I say, concerns as to what's coming.

They're actually trying to avoid, that's true, but it has more to do with,

uh,

people going through a difficult time in their life, feeling their life has lost

meaning, purpose, or value, and seeking a way out.

It has a lot to do with loneliness. It has, has a lot to do with a type of a

cultural abandonment, where someone is dying alone or going through these

symptoms

as they're approaching death and they're alone,

and they feel their life has lost

meaning or purpose. And the law allows them to be killed,

and so they agree to be

killed. And I think it's very sad if you consider what

is actually happening as

compared to what's being sold, and the sales technique

is to make us all fear, and

they make us fear suffering. That's what they do.

And I'm not saying we shouldn't fear suffering,

I'm just saying that's not the big

reason. That's not it at all. It's really a cultural thing around

abandoning people

in their time of need