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Time for euthanasia to be regulated : Comments

By David Swanton, published 29/8/2014

Lack of regulation means the onus is therefore on Exit and Dr Nitschke to screen those who may not be suitable for the information provided in his books and workshops.

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Dr Swanton has written an intelligent,carefully reasoned argument which I fully support. I have a lot of respect for Mary Porter and I hope she will take on board Dr Swanton's suggestions. The sooner Euthanasia is regulated in Australia the better for many thousands.
As a newcomer to this forum I feel compelled to say how disappointing it is to find that comments on "Time e for Euthanasia to be regulated" so quickly moved off the topic and degenerated into a slanging match. Surely the author of any article deserves better!
Posted by jann, Sunday, 31 August 2014 3:46:28 PM
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Rhosty , I'm not sure how I feel about reincarnation, but suffice to say I believe the human brain is amazing organ that we have yet to to even scratch the surface of, as far as capacity for memory etc.
As far as Karma goes, who's to say it isn't somebody's karma to request and receive euthanasia as their final means of death?

Jann, welcome to OLO.
I'm sorry you have read some negative off-topic comments on this forum, but it is an opinion forum, and that includes opinions on other contributors posts, for good or bad.

The article is a good one, and I agree with the authors comments on regulating euthanasia. I hope to see it happen in my lifetime.
Posted by Suseonline, Sunday, 31 August 2014 4:04:46 PM
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the human brain is amazing organ that we have yet to to even scratch the surface of, as far as capacity for memory etc.
Suseonline,
Thank you for acknowleging a sensible brain but what about the brain of a Leftie ?
Posted by individual, Sunday, 31 August 2014 7:13:46 PM
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Dear Rhrosty,

We agree that taking one's own life (with or without the help of others) is foolish because nobody can circumvent one's karma.

We do not seem to agree, however, about the right of others to forcibly prevent us from acting foolishly. I say that it is wrong and you seem to say that it is right.

From a civil point of view, the idea as if one may legitimately use coercive force to cause another to act as if they wiser, is called "paternalism" and when carried out by a state, this makes it a "Nanny state". From a religious point of view, this idea is called "fanaticism".

No one who is made to behave out of fear AS IF they are wiser, purer, better or more spiritually-advanced actually becomes wiser, purer, better or more spiritually-advanced as a result of their external, fear-based, behaviour. This, like karma, is also a law of nature which no-one can circumvent. This fanaticism, however, does gain pretty bad karma for its perpetrators, whose consequences they would need to later suffer themselves.
Posted by Yuyutsu, Sunday, 31 August 2014 7:39:25 PM
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Individual, I believe that left-handed people are every bit as intelligent as those who use their right hands.
Does that help you?
Posted by Suseonline, Sunday, 31 August 2014 7:52:20 PM
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'Morning David,

I agree with your take on the hypocrisy of the euthanasia debate. Suicide bombers should be regulated because they kill other than themselves, whereas those opting out for medical reasons only take themselves out.

We should impose and international fatwa on anyone killing themselves by suicide bombing and threaten them with the death penalty. If they insist on martyrdom we can legitimately chop their heads off in the interest of saving them from the indignity of the criticism faced by the likes of Dr. Nitschke.

On the other hand we can accept that IS has solved this issue already with beheadings, mass murder, crucifixions and all other forms of human extermination. All we have to do is find out who the IS is targeting this week and send our euthanasia candidates to them for the final solution.

Are we really having this debate? Or is reality so hard to accommodate?
Posted by spindoc, Sunday, 31 August 2014 8:19:44 PM
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