Posted on 05/26/2021 8:13:53 AM PDT by RandFan
Phil Newby continues his fight for the right to assisted dying after years of struggling with motor neurone disease.
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What do you think Freepers?
It's an interesting debate.
It’s a slippery slope for sure.
Dr Kevorkian needed a better publicity man.
This isn’t about the right to die. It’s about the right to actively end a life.
I think attempted suicide should be a capital offense and the penalty should be death.
Successful suicide, on the other hand, should be punished with life imprisonment.
I agree with the slippery slope argument.
Not sure how it could be done even in most extreme circumstances.
Right now people in Europe go to Switzerland where it’s legal.
There may be life insurance consequences for such actions. Mileage will vary.
Also legal in New Zealand he said
Also legal in New Zealand he said
:)
Build a man a fire and he’ll be warm until the fire goes out. Set a man on fire and he’ll be warm the rest of his life.
“Motor neuron disease” is likely ALS. Death from that is a miserable experience; a beloved family member of mine died from it in 1984. ALS is a guaranteed death sentence; if someone afflicted with that wants make the decision to end their life on their own terms, then so be it.
Thinking about it you could have a law that caters for the most extreme circumstances.
Maybe an application to a senior judge to sign off on each case.
Anyone has the right to commit suicide. Nobody has the right to coerce someone else to help with it.
If a person wants to end his life, he can do it himself.
A right to die becomes a duty to die.People that want to hang on will be seen as greed, and spending money that their heirs want.
They will be told in a dozen ways to “take the sleeping pill”.
*Assisted suicide* is simple giving someone the right to murder you without consequence.
I had not thought about that DR. Interesting point.
Not saying he should but this guy might be too crippled to jump off a bridge by himself
I agree.
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