I want it all...

An interesting article on the BBC website here on baby boomers and assisted suicide.

It's an interesting link between the issues, but it seems to me that the biggest take-home message is not an argument in favour of euthanasia, but rather the shallowness of a generation that lives to be able to say, 'I did it my way'. There are no substantial arguments offered dealing with the biggest issues involved. The main substance of the argument seems to be that killing old people (who want to be killed, of course) will free up resources, give us cash and increase our comfort. But maybe for such a generation, economics is one of the biggest issue in determining whether someone should live or die...