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Dying to talk about euthanasia : Comments
By The Redhead, published 20/9/2010Let’s show some courage as a community. Let's have some sensible, adult discussion on euthanasia.
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Posted by maracas1, Monday, 20 September 2010 5:01:29 PM
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Loudmouth
'Thanks, Runner (you won't see that very often !) - how does that work in the Netherlands ? How do they get away with it ?' I don't know how they get away with it but I suppose its pretty hard for a dead man to take the decision makers to court. Posted by runner, Monday, 20 September 2010 6:26:18 PM
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Quite frankly the DEBATE is over- every point has been covered to the finest detail in various debates in the past (thousands accessible online), and of course there are countries that ALREADY ALLOW IT, which we can use as a reference.
It's time for the politicians to stop sucking the religious lobby's (appendage) and treat us as if we are sentient autonomous persons with personal rights, of a supposedly free society- and not like sheep in a farm. Posted by King Hazza, Monday, 20 September 2010 6:59:27 PM
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To choose when to die and to be allowed to die with dignity and without pain is every person's right.
There is so much fear in many peoples' lives because they currently don't have the right to choose in these areas. No, church leaders and lawyers and politicians and the medical profession want the right to decide for them. But do these people want this right for the good of the patient or for the good of themselves? Themselves, of course. To force people to die horrible, painful deaths is disgusting and inhumane and unnecessary. The people who are responsible for this tragedy should be able to be sued! If that happened, the situation would quickly change and euthanasia would become just another part of life. http://www.dangerouscreation.com Posted by David G, Monday, 20 September 2010 7:35:41 PM
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Ah, your Majesty, would that all the world had your purity of heart.
I suppose there is some legal maxim in relation to the writing of new law, about preparing for the best, while accounting for the machinations of the worst, but most of us can surely envisage a hypothetical situation in which someone wants to knock off someone else - it's the stuff of a multitude of novels, plays and films, after all - and naturally must couch such self-interest in expressions of love, concern (cf. David G), avoidance of pain, and so on ? Yes, I too hope that, when my use-value is exhausted, I will not be thought of as no more value than a withered old sheep on a farm, an inconvenience to be put down. As an atheist, I know there is nothing after death, so I may as well hang on to the one and only life I willl ever have, anywhere - my one flash of eternity. In fact, I hope that I can remain a nuisance and a burden to my children as long as possible :) Posted by Loudmouth, Monday, 20 September 2010 10:07:43 PM
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Death comes to us all and with-out the quality of life.... whats the point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdxd_EFDd4s&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVS8BtdphNA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6tAgJStVlo&feature=related But this one made me think, who in this case has the right to end her life? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcZ536H5U5w&feature=related Warning! some images are distressing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81inBCTZhl4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FOwChggIc&feature=fvw If all hope is lost, and death is better than living in pain, I don't think any loving God would hold that against you, for what is the right thing to do. I would rather have a living wake and say good-by and thanks for sharing my life with you. Life-support! NO! Just be human and let me go. PLEASE. I hope Iam ever in the above. If there's no hope, Why would let someone you say you love, DIE in pain. There comes time to let go. TTM Posted by think than move, Monday, 20 September 2010 10:47:14 PM
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Some posters are already dragging red herrings across the issue, raising the same old fears as were debated at the time.
EXIT international still follow the same guidelines and safeguards which should be examined before again seeking to reinvent the issue just for the sake of argument.