Braddock wrote:
Yes I do. We're humane enough to put down animals that are suffering and yet we let humans suffer on until the bitter agonising end.
j/kSenorToenails wrote:
ig wrote:
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Agreed.Braddock wrote:
Yes I do. We're humane enough to put down animals that are suffering and yet we let humans suffer on until the bitter agonising end.
Damn You!Mek-Stizzle wrote:
j/kSenorToenails wrote:
ig wrote:
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Personally I believe a human being has the right to end his life if there's a substantial reason for it. Also people who have been in a comatose state for years can be granted permission for euthanasia. However, children is pretty touchy subject. And I think that it would be case dependent.wiki wrote:
Claus suffered from Alzheimer's disease and requested his life to be terminated through euthanasia at the Middelheim Ziekenhuis in Antwerp on March 19, 2008[7]. Euthanasia is legal in Belgium.
The Belgian Minister of Culture stated, "I knew him well enough to know that he wanted to depart with pride and dignity"[8]. Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said that he imagined the onset of Alzheimer's must have been "inevitable and unbearable torture". "I can live with the fact that he decided thus", he said, "because he left us as a great glowing star, right on time, just before he would have collapsed into a black hole"[5].
His death by euthanasia has received criticism from the Roman Catholic Church and the Belgian Alzheimer League[9]. The Belgian Alzheimer League respects Claus' decision, but believes the media coverage of his death neglects other options for Alzheimer patients.
exactly, and to hell with the arguement of "We're different than animals" et al. I am an adamant supporter of it myself.Braddock wrote:
Yes I do. We're humane enough to put down animals that are suffering and yet we let humans suffer on until the bitter agonising end.
Others agree with Hugo's sentiment. I immediately think of one other person who took his own life after being diagnosed with a painful, incurable disease.FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
Funny you should bring up euthanasia because it has become an actual topic again in Belgium. Hugo Claus (a very famous writer) took the decision to end his life because he suffered from Alzheimer's. Cardinal Danneels (pretty much the leading figure of the Roman Catholic church here) criticised his decision and said that 'it isn't a heroic act to avoid suffering'. I wonder if he was diagnosed with a terrible uncurable disease, would he still hold on to his opinion..
On March 14, 1932, George Eastman committed suicide. He left a suicide note that read, "To my Friends, My work is done. Why wait?"
Badum chhh.CameronPoe wrote:
Yes I believe in the youth in asia.
Took me about 2 seconds to realize it and laugh. >_>CameronPoe wrote:
Yes I believe in the youth in asia.
dang..beat me to it!CameronPoe wrote:
Yes I believe in the youth in asia.
But if euthanasia was allowed, in the way I support it, you couldn't just walk up and say "Euthanize me please." You'd have to have sufficient reason. And physicians should not be able to make that choice without the consent of their patient, or maybe in some cases the consent of the closest family.Stingray24 wrote:
I oppose it. If we can just march down the hospital and ask them to hook up a lethal injection that isn't very healthy for society. We as humans tend to follow the path of least resistance and sometimes death appears to be easier than pressing on through life.
People choosing to die is not the only issue in the euthanasia debate. What about physicians making the decision for the individual without their consent?
Exactly. It wouldn't be like a Futurama suicide booth.Home wrote:
But if euthanasia was allowed, in the way I support it, you couldn't just walk up and say "Euthanize me please." You'd have to have sufficient reason. And physicians should not be able to make that choice without the consent of their patient, or maybe in some cases the consent of the closest family.Stingray24 wrote:
I oppose it. If we can just march down the hospital and ask them to hook up a lethal injection that isn't very healthy for society. We as humans tend to follow the path of least resistance and sometimes death appears to be easier than pressing on through life.
People choosing to die is not the only issue in the euthanasia debate. What about physicians making the decision for the individual without their consent?
My friend had an aunt die just last week. She was hooked up to the machine, which was pumping nutrients into her stomach and helping her breathe etc. She asked to be let go. Because we can't euthanize, she had to lie there and basically starve/suffocate to death. It took her almost an entire day of suffering. If euthanasia was legal, she could have gone peacefully.
Do you support the death penalty by any chance?Stingray24 wrote:
I oppose it. If we can just march down the hospital and ask them to hook up a lethal injection that isn't very healthy for society. We as humans tend to follow the path of least resistance and sometimes death appears to be easier than pressing on through life.
People choosing to die is not the only issue in the euthanasia debate. What about physicians making the decision for the individual without their consent?
Somewhat disappointingly...unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Exactly. It wouldn't be like a Futurama suicide booth.Home wrote:
But if euthanasia was allowed, in the way I support it, you couldn't just walk up and say "Euthanize me please." You'd have to have sufficient reason. And physicians should not be able to make that choice without the consent of their patient, or maybe in some cases the consent of the closest family.Stingray24 wrote:
I oppose it. If we can just march down the hospital and ask them to hook up a lethal injection that isn't very healthy for society. We as humans tend to follow the path of least resistance and sometimes death appears to be easier than pressing on through life.
People choosing to die is not the only issue in the euthanasia debate. What about physicians making the decision for the individual without their consent?
My friend had an aunt die just last week. She was hooked up to the machine, which was pumping nutrients into her stomach and helping her breathe etc. She asked to be let go. Because we can't euthanize, she had to lie there and basically starve/suffocate to death. It took her almost an entire day of suffering. If euthanasia was legal, she could have gone peacefully.