The resulting outrage would be the end of MPAA.

You are ofcourse the one to decide but do not end your own life because you are unhappy, do it because you think it is the right thing to do. For me the most important thing is science, I don't really care about friends, family, and happiness. I don't get why people care so much for something that is so temporary. I mean you need happiness otherwise you get depressed and unable to do anything, but that does not mean that your life's value is determined entirely by how happy you are, I think your lifes value is determined by how well you acomplished what you wanted to do, if that is happiness that's fine, but it can be other things and those matter too, and then you just ignore the pain and do what you have to do. I don't think Stephen Hawking is unhappy with his life, I think he is proud of what he has acomplished and I don't think that he has any regrets.