Assisted Suicide
Here we bloody go again:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7644094.stm
Love this quote:
But Dr Peter Saunders, of Care Not Killing, said: "It's not against the law to commit suicide - but assisting suicide is a crime. "
So you have the right to do it, but if you're incapable, tough. Huh, we should get rid of all disability access then. Sure you have the right to get into this building, but if you can't, tough. Funnily enough, those people needing assistance to commit suicide, are driven to that point due to a disability so debilitating that it removes the ability to do it unassisted. It should be a fundamental right to do what you want with your own life. It should also be a principle that if you can't do something yourself, that is legal, then assistance is permissible.
Evolve. Now.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7644094.stm
Love this quote:
But Dr Peter Saunders, of Care Not Killing, said: "It's not against the law to commit suicide - but assisting suicide is a crime. "
So you have the right to do it, but if you're incapable, tough. Huh, we should get rid of all disability access then. Sure you have the right to get into this building, but if you can't, tough. Funnily enough, those people needing assistance to commit suicide, are driven to that point due to a disability so debilitating that it removes the ability to do it unassisted. It should be a fundamental right to do what you want with your own life. It should also be a principle that if you can't do something yourself, that is legal, then assistance is permissible.
Evolve. Now.
posted by Shin at 1:00 am
1 Comments:
Man that is hyper-eloquent and I completely agree with your argument. However the brick wall this hits every time is how to avoid exploitation of precisely those debilitated people by eg unscrupulous relatives after their inheritance. ie how to PROVE it really is your desire to die. Answer that and you've cracked it, otherwise this stays in stalemate forever...
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