This makes me angry with politicians and do-gooders whom I already loathe, so a bit more anger will not help. But all decent people should be up in arms. Nobody should have to end their lives in pain and indignity thrust upon them by arrogant creeps who think they know best, and who are healthy and decades away from their own deaths. How dare they presume to decide how other people die!

Long live Philip Nitschke and Marshall Perron.
One of the most forward thinking and progressive pieces of legislation in Australian political history scuttled by that seat warming useless ultra conservative Andrews.

If you knew what was on the other side of death's door you may not be in such a hurry to open it?

I recently suffered from a life threatening stroke an saw something so inherently evil and truly terrifying as to beg and plead not to make/allow this to become my reality. Incidently this entity offered me a world where anything I wanted would be mine, money fame possessions, fast cars and faster women, if I simply abandoned my current moral code.

Some would argue that what I experienced was just the hallucinations of a damaged brain, And who knows they could be right?

The opposite could also be true?

Of course evil incarnate, wouldn't want you to believe otherwise, given you would then cheat him of his prize?

Evil Incarnate is alive and well? Look to the thousands facing ritual beheadings, institional rape, and far worse in a place called the Middle East; and then try to convince me that evil isn't abroad in the world and imposing its will of those poor fools already its lick spittle compliant servants, doing its will?

Those who want to exercise control over their final parting and pain experience/endurance already have the control advocated here, just by making a living will!

Therefore the strawman argument for euthanasia, is just risible rubbish put about by simple folk, who just don't understand; that from the day you are born you have a date with destiny and a karmic debt you just can't avoid or circumvent?

If you have e.g. sold rust bucket death traps to kids, and then try and avoid reaping the whirlwind, there could be worse things yet unseen?

Current Pain relief is very good, unfortunately when applied to eliminate all pain, it can and does suppress the life force!

And some folks in medicine, will confirm off the record, involuntary euthanasia applied as effective pain relief happens on daily basis in most large public hospitals?

All we need do, is protect the doctors from criminal liability, if we would allow this effective pain relief to continue to be dispensed!?
Rhrosty

Great article, David.

I think it is disgusting that we basically can torture our oldies, even against their will, all in the name of religious superstition and tradition. I think of the Rossiter case as a great example. He could move nothing but his lips. He went to court and pleaded for his right to euthanasia, as flying him to Switzerland was logistically extremely difficult. The court decided his only option was to starve himself to death by rejecting all food. Sorry folks, but that can only be described as torture.

The Swiss have a great systems, run by Exit Switzerland, which is separate from Exit International. The same system could be introduced here. It is 2015, we are being left behind and our oldies are paying a heavy price, I am sad to say.

The only Man never to lie tells clearly what happens when our days are up. We can repent and receive forgiveness or experience what Rhrosty experienced or worse. To many selfish kids lining up for inheritances to legalise killing oldies. Just like the baby killing industry that was suppose to be about the poor young girl who was raped the engineers will be looking at selling body parts.

I would never want to take away peace of mind and dignity for yours or anyone else's mum or elderly family member, but if people like yourself make this legal then before long it will be a standard to kill people off to save money. Where would that possibly leave my mum?