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Euthanasia, where do you stand?
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khandro, are you sure you wanted to say 'Euthanasia, where do you stand?' - I thought the intent was to end up horizontal in a box.
I'm pro it - having seen at first hand what Dementia does - book me a one-way ticket to Switzerland or the Neths....though the process should be well controlled as in a signoff from two docs/psychiatrist/judge when compos mentis and then from a judge when death is a necessity.
I'm pro it - having seen at first hand what Dementia does - book me a one-way ticket to Switzerland or the Neths....though the process should be well controlled as in a signoff from two docs/psychiatrist/judge when compos mentis and then from a judge when death is a necessity.
It's a matter of individual circumstances.
I am sure that Christians regard all life as sacred, and as such, will probably decide that any euthanasia is wrong, much in the same way that they believe abortion to be wrong.
As an atheist, I believe that the right of the individual to determine their own future for their own body trumps the rights of strangers with their own religious agenda, but as I say, I fully expect any and all Christians to disagree.
I am sure that Christians regard all life as sacred, and as such, will probably decide that any euthanasia is wrong, much in the same way that they believe abortion to be wrong.
As an atheist, I believe that the right of the individual to determine their own future for their own body trumps the rights of strangers with their own religious agenda, but as I say, I fully expect any and all Christians to disagree.
I believe that the only thing which really belongs to me is my life and that I should have the right to end it when I wish. Our daughter has been told, in no uncertain terms, that both of us wish to have our life terminated if we have no quality of life. There is a very distinct difference between being alive and living.
I'm pro euthanasia but admit it's tricky.
For example, if somebody was born fit and healthy, lived a great life and was made quadriplegic at age 80, I would support their choice of euthanasia. But if somebody was born quadriplegic, I wouldn't support their choice of euthanasia until they'd given life a good go.
Also I don't think somebody who's suicidal is a great candidate for euthanasia. I think it needs to be a cold, rational choice made by someone in good mental health.
For example, if somebody was born fit and healthy, lived a great life and was made quadriplegic at age 80, I would support their choice of euthanasia. But if somebody was born quadriplegic, I wouldn't support their choice of euthanasia until they'd given life a good go.
Also I don't think somebody who's suicidal is a great candidate for euthanasia. I think it needs to be a cold, rational choice made by someone in good mental health.
I don't think that sufficient consideration here is being given to the extreme suffering that mental health problems can visit on the sufferer. If the person was in good mental health then they would not want to commit suicide. I agree that there needs to be checks and balances, especially for younger people but being physically unwell or diabled is not the only valid reason for wanting to end one's own life.
Gerard Manley Hopkins
No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief,
More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring.
Comforter, where, where is your comforting?
Mary, mother of us, where is your relief?
My cries heave, herds-long; huddle in a main, a chief
Woe, wórld-sorrow; on an áge-old anvil wince and sing —
Then lull, then leave off. Fury had shrieked 'No ling-
ering! Let me be fell: force I must be brief."'
O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall
Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheap
May who ne'er hung there. Nor does long our small
Durance deal with that steep or deep. Here! creep,
Wretch, under a comfort serves in a whirlwind: all
Life death does end and each day dies with sleep.
Gerard Manley Hopkins
No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief,
More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring.
Comforter, where, where is your comforting?
Mary, mother of us, where is your relief?
My cries heave, herds-long; huddle in a main, a chief
Woe, wórld-sorrow; on an áge-old anvil wince and sing —
Then lull, then leave off. Fury had shrieked 'No ling-
ering! Let me be fell: force I must be brief."'
O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall
Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheap
May who ne'er hung there. Nor does long our small
Durance deal with that steep or deep. Here! creep,
Wretch, under a comfort serves in a whirlwind: all
Life death does end and each day dies with sleep.
