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winston · 4383 days ago · link · · parent · post: Interesting Graph from the Wonkblog: Causes of Violent Death by Age
The upper right hand corner is sad.
Captain_Ozone · 4383 days ago · link ·
I wonder why that is. If it would be a poor health/living condition, wouldn't euthanasia be ranked in there (it could possibly go under suffocation)? Neurological degradation (Alzheimer's or Parkinson's) I think would make acquiring, holding, and firing a gun very difficult. Does anybody study geriatrics/neurology?
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Euthanasia is mercy killing. Mostly done by injecting a sleep drug and then an overdose of morphine to stop the heart. I think that in countries where euthanasia is forbidden sometimes the only recourse is a gunshot to the head. (Hopefully while asleep.) What's also sad is the drowning and suffocating of babies. Probably because abortion was forbidden too.