Dutch plan to let healthy elderly people commit suicide

The Telegraph ^ | 3/10/2010 | Bruno Waterfield in Brussels

[DesertRhino]

The reason suicide should be illegal isn’t to imprison the depressed, or the infirm. It’s mainly meant to accomplish one thing. It’s us telling the weak, sad, and ill, that still society values them beyond what they can do for us.

And does *anyone* see a conflict of interest, when a government pays for the healthcare, and then wants to permit and help the most medically needy, that they can commit suicide??

*Imagine* if a health insurance company took your premiums in the healthy years,, and when you turned 70, said “Hey,, wanna die? We can give you a bunch of sleeping pills! You wont feel a thing!” Imagine the uproar,,, but thats what the government is doing,,,

[DesertRhino]

Obama wants the same thing here,,,

[RichInOC]

Dear Netherlands: When healthy older people consider suicide a viable alternative to living one more day there...you’ve got a problem.

[cookiedough]

I couldn’t do that because, if nothing else, I think it would be a major sin. Seems to me like most Christians would be worried about the God factor.

[Nowhere Man]

If somebody is intent on committing suicide such as old Aunt Edna wants to drive her 1959 Lincoln into the Ohio River, well, I'm sure she would get her way unless you can stop her. However, what the Dutch are doing is wrong, codifying such events into law and sooner or later, it will be encouraged. I'm sure there are good Dutch people who oppose this and of any are reading, I am not aiming this at them, but there are times I wonder if we wasted time, money and lives saving Europe from the Nazis only to have a lot of their ideology such as euthanasia, eugenics and so on.

The only "good" thing about Islam taking over Europe is that it will put a stop to a lot of these practices, of course, it will take things too much over to the other direction, but I did a quick Google and euthanasia is prohibited under Islamic/Sharia law. I'll be honest, there are times I think "Eurabia" would be a good thing when the liberals over there get crushed (I'd love to see the progressive's faces when it happens), the bad side is they could and would come after us.

[wagglebee]

Dear Netherlands: When healthy older people consider suicide a viable alternative to living one more day there...you’ve got a problem.

Perfectly stated!

[GailA]

YEP!

[Rebelbase]

This would be cheaper and save on burial costs.

[metmom]

Not now, but eventually.

[Lesforlife]

Sounds like “Duty to Die” Dick Lamm is pitching
his evil wares again!

[wagglebee]

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[Dante3]

Exactly. This is just so wrong and ghoulish - something out of a horror movie or a nightmare.