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Subject:	Re: Arkham Asylum - A cool set, but a bit disturbing.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:40:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote:

In many parts of the US, it is patently illegal to take any life, even your own. In days of old, it was even a capital offense in some areas. Yes, that means that if you try to kill yourself, fail, and change your mind about any further attempts...the legal system could effectively force it on you if/when they ever found out.

You’re correct, but that’s kind of a dumb law. There’s a ton of things that you can do to yourself that you can’t do to others without consent, among which tattooing and masturbation are perhaps two of the most obvious examples. Why suicide should be afforded this mystical “thou shalt not” status makes no sense to me, assuming that the individual is of sound mental capacity, of course.

Dave!

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		Re: Arkham Asylum - A cool set, but a bit disturbing.
(...) The Judeo-Christian heritage of the United States government says that it's wrong to kill anyone, therefore it should be illegal. That does, of course, lead to the obvious question of why they thought it should be a capital crime. I mean, as I (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jun-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Arkham Asylum - A cool set, but a bit disturbing.
(...) I'd say that depends on the society. In the US there is a problem with people mugging Oxycontin(sp?)-dependant people for their prescriptions and mainlining it. It is perhaps more expensive than heroin, and anyone who actually needs it to (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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