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April 16, 2006
Ludwig Minelli, the Swiss Doctor Death
Posted by Dave Blount at April 16, 2006 2:02 PM
Apparently some feel that Europeans are not killing themselves off rapidly enough through abortion and failure to reproduce. Swiss lawyer Ludwig Minelli wants to open a chain of "suicide clinics" that will help speed things along.
Minelli's current Dignitas clinic strives to lift the taboo against suicide; after all, why should people think that killing themselves is a bad thing? Another goal is to alert people to the risks of attempting suicide incompetently, hard as it is to imagine anything riskier than attempting suicide competently. But Dignitas clinics aren't just for talking about suicide; they're for providing assistance in committing it.
Minelli already has 450 corpses to his credit. His clinic specializes in rather expensive cocktails — a sodium pentobarbital and water will run you $3,500. But why complain? You can't take it with you.
Part of Minelli's business plan is to extend his clientele to the mentally ill. A manic-depressive is currently fighting in Switzerland's Supreme Court for the right to avail himself of Minelli's services. Minelli also wants to offer his special treatment to Alzheimer patients.
"We never say no," says Switzerland's Dr. Death.
Hat tip: Wiggins
