People who are against voluntary euthanasia generally have the worst arguments I have heard on any subject. Impress me!
As I said to muzby, euthanasia is the same issue as capital punishment in its root - do humans have the right to take life, even their own?
That is the question at stake.
Going along with this, whilst there are no doubt some psychopaths completely beyond rehabilitation, I think the death penalty is sort of a bandaid solution to crime. Not particularly deterrent, doesn't address the underlying social issues - a big thing in the states, just a way of saying oh well that ones done.
I think the way the United States society works has created an underclass of desperate people, with very little hope of escaping that scenario (other than, of course, the army, which is kind of deliberate as well), and the society would be better as a whole if they adressed alot of these problems, rather than just focus on extremely harsh sentencing for a variety of crimes that don't warrent it, and only serve to exaserbate the problem.
I agree with what you're saying.
Euthanasia and abortion are similar in my mind - Not a fan, but no real problem with legality. Abortion though I basically don't think should be needed in this day of a multitude of birth control options available, at some point there has to be some personal responsibility.
But of course abortion should be legal, because the alternative is backyard jobs (horrible) and there is a reasonable amount of times it's pretty valid (rape, incest, health of the mother etc).
Euthanasia, wouldn't do it myself, but can understand it being available for people. End stage of some diseases are absolutely horrid.
Abortion is a different, although tangentially relevant, issue. Lets keep them separate right now. The main difference there is when you class life to be life. Its a bit cleaner with a human that is post-birth.
I'm pro Euthanasia. I think it's a person's life, and they should be able to choose it whenever they so desire. Where does the government stop being in charge of you and your body?
Government has no say in it, really. If I want to kill myself, there's little they can do to stop me. The government is legislating the use of medical means to euthanize. There's a reason for it, as it requires a doctor, and since doctors are part of the medical industry and fall under government legislation (to prevent malpractice etc) there are actual reasons for the government creating rules around this.
The issue is one of 'thin edge of the wedge' scenario's. Euthanasia is a permanent solution applied to problems. When does one classify for euthanasia? When is consent found where it is not clouded by circumstance? Etc etc. Gov is attemptiing to prevent people taking permanent solutions to a problem that, should they hold off on, they might find were a mistake.
Also, you can't have this:
I don't know an alternative, sadly, but I choose to do as little as my living under that umbrella as I can. Humans were meant to live in groups and, maybe, even in cities. We were not meant to live in nations where we never meet or interact with our leadership.
Without this:
Don't even get me started on the fact that at no point in your life do you agree to be ruled by these people who are apparently your betters and represent your interests. Democracy, and organised society on the large scale it exists, is a farce and it's beginning to tear at the seams. Mass shootings, huge rises in mental illness in the western world, an ever expanding divide between the rich and poor, and the fact the political system is inherently corrupt (and we're okay with this because changing it would mean revolution) are all signs that democracy - a fantastic concept when it was first practiced - does not work in nations the size of which exist today.
(I deliberately did not highlight democracy)
I said it awhile ago and it still stands. When the day comes that someone else has to wipe my ass for me then put me down but in a way that I can still have an open casket. Whether it is legal or not I don't give a shit
Why the open casket, for curiosity?
As much as I love myself (and therefore life), I'd do euthanasia in a heartbeat if I were terminally ill and my only prognosis was 'more pain that you are presently feeling'.
Although, as a lapsed Catholic, it does throw up some hesitations re: entrance to heaven.
Suicide and self-termination are different things, mind. Both are forgivable, the issue is why have they been performed.
do it in a way that you can have one last joy, like dropping from a big height or something
Don't do that. I had a friend jump off Miranda Westfields to 'end it'; the effect wasn't immediate, shall we say...
