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Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017: sending mixed messages on suicide : Comments

By Simon Kennedy, published 19/10/2017

It doesn’t require doctors to check for an undiagnosed mental health issue; only a pre-diagnosed one.

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Stop this ugly monopoly of medical doctors over life and death!

Also, while people ought not to commit suicide for selfish reasons and will never benefit from it in the long run, the author denies the fact that some lives ARE less valuable than others.

The freedom to live cannot be separated from the freedom to die - otherwise it is a farce and not a freedom at all.
Posted by Yuyutsu, Thursday, 19 October 2017 8:45:26 AM
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Some more necessary biographical details on Simon.
He contributes to this site: http://calvinistinternational.com

Some time ago via an essay featured in Quadrant he defended this charming outfit, which is classified as a "hate group", and rightfully so. http://www.adflegal.org
That defence was written as a criticism of an article in the SMH criticizing Tony Abbott for giving a speech to this group of "religious" zealots while in the USA.
Posted by Daffy Duck, Thursday, 19 October 2017 9:19:09 AM
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Dear Daffy,

It is good to learn that the author supports good causes, such as freedom of religion. Surely you would also be extremely troubled, perhaps even want to commit suicide, had your own ability to keep to your religious practices been compromised.

Nevertheless, it is disturbing that at the same time he wants to thwart other people's freedom.

You can't be good unless you are also allowed to be bad - yet choose otherwise!
Posted by Yuyutsu, Thursday, 19 October 2017 10:22:13 AM
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Since the Government is involved, it can only go badly, sooner or later. Beware, another weet bix packet appears on the horizon...
Posted by diver dan, Thursday, 19 October 2017 11:13:03 AM
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It never fails to amaze me that society is so concerned with the high number of suicides and the apparent ease of it that the government spends millions trying to prevent it, yet at the same time finds it necessary to make laws to enable it for a few people.
Does no one see the irony in that?
Posted by Big Nana, Thursday, 19 October 2017 11:36:38 AM
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The lady/several thousand folk, with the inoperable, death sentence caners, might be cured even only hours from death door, if the medical profession could readily get its hands on adequate supplies of bismuth 213!

The fact that we can't, is down to the fact, we're addicted to more expensive coal fired power and thus have officially ruled out. Cheaper, safer, cleaner, molten salt, thorium power. As nuclear energy, and the best source of maximised bismuth 213 production!

Tony Abbott wants a great big fight with Labor over energy and the price of affordable reliable power! And like the diabolically dumb dunces they are they've taken the bait, hook, line and sinker! Like the proverbial junk yard dog latching on to a big juicy bone!

When instead they could and should throw him and the right wing conservatives completely off balance by just reversing Labor's asinine and ill-informed policy on nuclear power.

Back on topic.

Believing falsehoods doesn't make them true any more than it makes an ovoid world flat!

The fact that someone wants to terminate their life? Shouldn't mean they ought to have official permission? Least not before thorough and comprehensive medical examination to ensure, they are of sound mind and able to make competent decisions!

Where there's a will there's always a relative! And perhaps a vested interest in an accelerated financial outcome?

If this goes through? The start of a slippery slop that one day, not too far ahead in time? Children might be able to ask for and get, medically assisted and facilitated suicide? And not without international precedent.
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Thursday, 19 October 2017 3:21:22 PM
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