tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post7155934129867051660..comments2008-08-11T17:27:45.753-07:00Comments on Secondhand Smoke: Your 24/7 Seminar on Bioethics and the Importance of Being Human: Declaring a "Right to Suicide"Wesley J. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087063614354714652wjs@wesleyjsmith.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post-52901221008035376112008-08-11T17:27:00.000-07:002008-08-11T17:27:00.000-07:00It is not just the right to life that is inalienab...It is not just the right to life that is inalienable, but also the rights of liberty and pursuit of happiness.<BR/><BR/>Burning your arms is probably less harmful than actually smoking the cigarettes, yet we allow people to trash their bodies and shorten their lives by smoking. This is because smokers have liberty and are pursuing happiness, albeit to a cost to their life.<BR/><BR/>Why not allow somebody to freely choose what they consider the more pleasing option, even if that option is suicide?Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18166542310875643992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post-54346442900154220032008-08-11T13:21:00.000-07:002008-08-11T13:21:00.000-07:00Wow! That is pretty clear, isn't it? Why are peopl...Wow! That is pretty clear, isn't it? Why are people so blind as to not see that?<BR/><BR/>Thank you for posting.Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18178166667358343739noreply@blogger.com