Rubicante said:
I feel like most people who are against euthanasia in all circumstances have the fortune of never having had to personally witness a loved one waste away in a 24/7 existence of agony and terror. I came very close to killing a loved one and accepting the consequences so I could release them from their torment.
Teslag said:
Euthanasia is a weird topic. We consider it the humane thing to do for our pets when they are terminal and in severe pain. But it's considered evil and barbaric to do to our loved ones.
hunter2012 said:
There's a difference between hospice and actively and willingly killing someone suffering. Euthanasia as a national policy devalues human life and justifies diminishing reasoning for killing. Today's terminal illness is tomorrow's depression or down syndrome. Spain had the girl that was euthanized after being a victim of rape. Are we going to euthanize any and all levels of suffering because both parties are willing? Sorry but that is an abomination of God's creation and mercy. Slippery slope may be a fallacy, but the evidence suggests that it's valid here.
Ag with kids said:
BTW, while I made my personal comment earlier, I am very concerned about laws like the MAID law in Canada combined with government run healthcare.
hunter2012 said:
Nature must take it's course, it's not splitting hairs to say there's a difference between alleviating pain while nature take it's course and actively killing someone. There must be a black and white line regarding life and death of people. Anything else justifies human malevolence, even if it's under the guise of mercy.
hunter2012 said:
starving a baby doesn't compare to not treating a terminal illness and alleviating pain in someone's final days. Absurd.
hunter2012 said:
There's a difference between hospice and actively and willingly killing someone suffering. Euthanasia as a national policy devalues human life and justifies diminishing reasoning for killing. Today's terminal illness is tomorrow's depression or down syndrome. Spain had the girl that was euthanized after being a victim of rape. Are we going to euthanize any and all levels of suffering because both parties are willing? Sorry but that is an abomination of God's creation and mercy. Slippery slope may be a fallacy, but the evidence suggests that it's valid here.
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"In order to undergo the procedure, a doctor must persuade the authorities that euthanasia is appropriate and that there is no humane alternative."
Ag with kids said:Teslag said:
Euthanasia is a weird topic. We consider it the humane thing to do for our pets when they are terminal and in severe pain. But it's considered evil and barbaric to do to our loved ones.
As someone who had to tell the doctors to pull the plug on my late wife, it is not an easy decision to make.
I wish that pain on absolutely no one....
BigRobSA said:Ag with kids said:Teslag said:
Euthanasia is a weird topic. We consider it the humane thing to do for our pets when they are terminal and in severe pain. But it's considered evil and barbaric to do to our loved ones.
As someone who had to tell the doctors to pull the plug on my late wife, it is not an easy decision to make.
I wish that pain on absolutely no one....
My father was your typical, stoic, machismo Mexican man.
I only saw him cry....like CRY cry.....3 times in my life. The first time, I was 7, and my father had to pull the plug on my abuela, his mother, at the old BAMC. The other 2 were when my mother passed when I was 10 and his sister passing many years later.
Teslag said:
Euthanasia is a weird topic. We consider it the humane thing to do for our pets when they are terminal and in severe pain. But it's considered evil and barbaric to do to our loved ones.
flown-the-coop said:
Maybe quit calling it euthanasia and call it what it really is…
mercy.
hunter2012 said:
Spain had the girl that was euthanized after being a victim of rape.
Ag with kids said:
BTW, while I made my personal comment earlier, I am very concerned about laws like the MAID law in Canada combined with government run healthcare.
