Re: Right to Die
I would think fear of mucking it up stops some people. Also not wanting family members to be traumatized by finding the mess. Doing it in a controlled environment with professional help would stop all that. I heard an interview with John Cleese once. He said the dead body episode of Fawlty Towers was based on something the manager of The Ritz told him. He said that people would book into their hotel to commit suicide so their loved ones wouldn't find the body and because they knew The Ritz would handle things beautifully.
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