A frightening thought

Death Becomes Him 

"Over the past decade, Ludwig Minelli has helped more than 1,000 people kill themselves and has turned Zurich into the undisputed world capital of assisted suicide. Minelli sees himself as a crusader for what he calls “the last human right”—and he believes that helping more and more people to die advances his cause. Even if you believe in an absolute right to die on your own terms, how far is too far in the quest to secure that right?"

I say it's frightening mostly because, as I read the article, I get the sense of his fanaticism, and of his dominance, in both the organization and its ideas and acts. He wields his power like a despot, it seems...

Does the world need more of that? The arguments tend to lower humans to the level of animals, and even more, to that of objects...

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