Posted on 12/14/2008 11:14:43 AM PST by wagglebee
It is traditional, when mounting a coup, to seize control of the airwaves. Last week the supporters of euthanasia did their best. Monday’s Panorama was entirely given over to a “report” on this topic by the Lothians MSP, Margo MacDonald; but since Ms MacDonald has already launched a campaign to legalise “assisted suicide” north of the border, the BBC’s attempt to promote her as an impartial reporter was disingenuous, at best.
Two days later, Sky broadcast Right to Die, a 90-minute documentary that told the story of Craig Ewert, a 59-year-old Yorkshire-based American, who had travelled to the Dignitas clinic in Zurich to be humanely put down. As advertised, we were not spared the moment of Mr Ewert’s death.
The very phrase “right to die” is a fashionable piece of nonsense. How can we be said to require a “right” to something that is absolutely unavoidable, whether we want it or not? It is not the “right to die” that campaigners such as Margo MacDonald want, but the right to be killed – at a time of their own choosing. This is why some doctors, less sensitive to public queasiness, refer to the practice of “assisted dying” as “therapeutic killing”.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
And yet we hear every day that there is no "slippery slope" and the "right" will never become a "duty."
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
We’re all useless carboin footprints thatare better off dead to the inteligentsia.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I feel no personal obligation to worship “god.” My life belongs to ME and I’ll act accordingly.
That shows that you believe in what's RIGHT. Life IS sacred, and for sure, none of us are getting out of this alive regardless. Now we have to choose which path we want on, that of eternal damnation or eternal salvation.
Of course, there are those that think this pure folly, that is, until that last breath...
We remember Terri Schiavo and HER loving Mom and family who were given no choice by demon possessed secular judges. I'll have no part of the culture of death.
The issue really is that if you kill yourself that’s between you and God. But, if you insist on a law that legalizes someone else doing it for you, that’s a whole other matter. I think suicide is wrong, however, God knows our heart, and if someone is in terrible pain and decides to end it, God will deal with them however He will. However, if someone kills you to end your suffering at your request, you are asking THEM to take a chance on how they will be dealt with. I just think that’s terrifically selfish.
From a legal standpoint, it WILL become a duty to die, and there WILL be people killed who don’t want to be. So, on both of those accounts, I am completely against any law making assisted suicide legal.
I’m not going to die on this particular hill so if the GOP takes the position you suggest but swings true conservative on issues I care more about, I’ll be pleased to support the GOP again. Unfortunately, in my view, Bush was wrong on this issue AND failed to control spending or the borders.
....From a legal standpoint, it WILL become a duty to die, and there WILL be people killed who don’t want to be....
I would agree that this is a real possibility and your opposition on at least this basis is well founded.
Sounds very noble, except no one is advocating puting people to death. If someone wants to end their life, then all we can do is try and help their mental state. We cannot and should not lock them in rubber rooms to protect them from themselves. If they are determined to kill themselves, then let them find their own way of doing it.
I don’t really have an opinion either way: I can see an excellent case to be made on either side of this debate.
But I will follow this thread with great interest!
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
You won't hear that argument from me. Just wait until you have universal government-paid health insurance & there's another serious budget crunch.
This is a good place to use the great SCOTUS quote that ended the ad against 0bama:
“In a government of laws, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy .” Olmstead v. U.S., 277 U.S. 438 (1928)
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