The “Exit Bag” filled with Helium as a method of suicide was apparently first mentioned in Derek Humphry’s book Final Exit in 1991.
By 2007, Canadian press had reported that the combination of a bag and inert gas was becoming the most common form of suicide.
I’ve actually seen the chapter in the Final Exit DVD dealing with this (terminal family member contemplating this method) in the last two weeks, so the strip had a rather morbid association for me.
Initially, I thought Danae was offering her “Solar Rotation Theory” as an alternative to the Heliocentric modle of the Solar System and Newton’s Theory of Gravity that should be given “equal time” in school. Each is, after all, “just a theory.” ;-)
Then it was revealed, yet again, that Danae exists on a different planet.
I expect the point is that the Arizona Law will likely to little toward stemming terrorism or drug violence. It won’t make the citizens of Arizona any safer.
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