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To: Gondring
This is not about euthanasia; it's about suicide! Please, no more strawman arguments.

Yes this is all about euthanasia -the straw man argument is that those being euthnized will die anyway in 6 months or less so why not put them down now if they ask.

There is a big difference between permitting death and procuring death. Additionally, 'assisted' suicide is just a nice way to frame the argument and avoid the reality of which the correct terminology is the "killing" of another (euthansia) -you argue it is not euthanaia because of the reason it is done -- LOL a flawed argument. Suicide is suicide regardless the WHY -such is the same with euthansia... Same applies to abortion that some might wish to call 'choice'...

752 posted on 01/17/2006 3:15:27 PM PST by DBeers (†)
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To: DBeers
huh?

Suicide is suicide regardless the WHY [...]

Okay, then...why not call it suicide, which it is!? Euthanasia involves killing another person. The Oregon law is about killing oneself (i.e., suicide!)

you argue it is not euthanaia because of the reason it is done

Please show where I did that! I argue it's not euthanasia because it doesn't match the definition of the word.

764 posted on 01/17/2006 3:20:50 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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