Thanks for this post, so sensible. I know that some religions feel that suicide is not the last resort, I don't belong to any religion, I just grew up in Christianity and try to apply the best of those values in my everyday life. When I hear of this subject, especially now that people with horrible illnesses want to fly to the Digitas clinic in Switzerland to have a dignified ending of their choice, they are being lambasted for doing so. If someone is caught helping them they could face jail time. How silly is that? How interfering. If someone has reached that point then they should be allowed to follow it through unhindered. What the authorities would be better off doing is setting up some sort of tribunal system where at least two doctors and a magistrate or social worker for instance, whatever it takes, can decide if the plea of the would be suicider is worthy. Meaning, no-one can gain from their early demise. I would be happy to consider any suggestion along those lines, better then my own, but NEVER to condemn a would be suicidal person for their own decision. Well put kyriacos.