[Mr. Silverback]

If he is believed, then every murderer could claim his victim wanted to be killed.

Perhaps, but you miss the point, which is in this sentence from the article, stuff in brackets added by me: "By what standard can a modern secularist [or a society running on modern secularist principles] argue that Meiwes did anything wrong?"

The German court found (after viewing a tape of the killing and considering a doctor's testimony) that Meiwes did in fact get permission from his victim. So Colson's question still stands. Got an answer?

[monday]

"Got an answer?"

The answer is no sane person would agree to be killed unless their life was so miserable that it was not worth living. He must have been insane or worse.