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» 91 year old woman raided by FBI for selling do-it-yourself suicide kits online
12/01/2017 08:53:50 PM
12/01/2017
08:53 PM
This is a bit of an old story--she is dead now, but there is a tribute page set up by people who appreciate her work. See below:
http://www.hemlocksocietysandiego.org/sharlotte_hydorn.htm
12/01/2017 08:56:33 PM
12/01/2017
08:56 PM
The investigation led to Sharlotte. A week later, at 7:30 AM, she was visited by several armed FBI agents who proceeded to spend the day at her modest home confiscating her files, with the names of the people she had sent Exit Bags to, checks that were laying around, her sewing machine, and, later, to the Post Office where they confiscated the small white boxes with a butterfly on them, waiting to be delivered to people who had sent her a check. Later many of these people were visited by the FBI and local police in their cities and their countries, for "wellness checks" to make sure they were not suicidal. Many of these "authorities" got an earful about how these outspoken "victims" were in good health now and why they were so grateful to have their bag -- in case things got bad and they wanted to make a graceful exit.
12/01/2017 09:01:03 PM
12/01/2017
09:01 PM
Given that she did zero due diligence, some of those kits may have been bought by teens (or even pre-teens) who got dumped for the first time and can't imagine going on.
CiIantro posted...
This is a bit of an old story--she is dead now, but there is a tribute page set up by people who appreciate her work. See below:
http://www.hemlocksocietysandiego.org/sharlotte_hydorn.htm
Do we have to wonder how she died? >_>
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12/01/2017 09:59:36 PM
12/01/2017
09:59 PM
Always been undecided on this sort of thing.
A part of me wants to say she's profiting off people who aren't able to think rationally and/or are under the influence of something. That is to say these people are victims.
Another part of me realizes that few people are entirely rational and society likes to respect individual choice when it comes to cigarettes, gambling, religion and politics, ect.
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» 91 year old woman raided by FBI for selling do-it-yourself suicide kits online