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To: wimpycat
Of course, they wouldn't outlaw euthanasia, either, as long as there's some method to supposedly secure the patient's consent. Never mind the fact that in the event of a non-voluntary euthanasia, the victim can't exactly contest bogus paper work with his side of the story :o) So, in short, the goblin's idea is that these people will just quietly die and leave him alone.
# 323 by Poohbah
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That is an outright lie, Poohbah.

The Green Goblin is a libertarian. Libertarian primciples do not allow murder.

I realize that as a socialist it's your duty to point out how mean and hateful capitalists are, but you're really using the wrong forum; you're supposed to be pretending to be a conservative, remember?

[Poohbah]

That is an outright lie, Poohbah.

No, it isn't. Every Libertarian I've met favors legalized euthanasia.

The Green Goblin is a libertarian. Libertarian primciples do not allow murder.

Ah, but they allow the inconvenient to remove themselves from our midst. And they don't get overly fussy about making sure that private transactions are adequately documented, so they would end up, in practice, winking and nudging at fraudulent euthanasia, all in defense of "freedom" and "keeping nosy bureaucrats out of our private affairs."

The real world is a tad more complex than Libertarianism allows for.

I realize that as a socialist it's your duty to point out how mean and hateful capitalists are, but you're really using the wrong forum; you're supposed to be pretending to be a conservative, remember?

People who disagree with you are not necessarily socialists. People who are sane are neither socialist nor libertarian, and with damn good reason, as your latest brain drippings reveal.

Basically, libertarianism works in a world where people are innately good, without any evil impulses anywhere. Sadly to say, that world does not exist.