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?

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