The Netherlands has just legalised euthanasia; being the second state to do
so after Australia's Northern Territory briefly legalised the practice a few
years ago. And already, Australian euthanasia advocate Dr. Philip Nitschke
(he of the suicide laptop a few years ago)
is planning
a 'death ship', registered under the Dutch flag, that would travel the world,
staying just outside of national waters, and offering merciful oblivion to
the terminally ill.
Not a bad idea; though the question remains of what to call this ship.
The
Thanatos? The
Charon? The
Angel of Mercy?
Or perhaps the
Nepenthe?