Euthanasia?
 

I am assuming that is what this is:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3927093.stm

Such a difficult area. I believe it is right in some circumstances but who decides it is right? and in what circumstances?

I feel for this family if they were that desperate that they thought the only way out was to kill their own child.

What a terrible situation :(

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i agree it is a shame , i have also just done a search for euthanasia and as far as i could see there have been three threads about it on here , i just hope this dont get as heated as the others :(

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I agree with you PY666, it is a shame, but in my own mind of thinking, who would want to kill their own 10 yr old child just because he has a disease? Surely they must have known to get a judges permission to do this.

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A judge isn't going to give permission for that

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eh , murder - manslaughter - euthanasia is illegal in this country , aint going to happen , more likely you would end up in jail for asking :erm:

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Ok people-this is an emotive subject, can we all just try to stay calm & discuss this as adults? :)

(It's just that I can see this potentially getting out of hand, there are obviously no issues in the thread, & we would genuinely like to see it stay that way. :tu: )

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However, on occasion, a judge may grant a ruling. As they did in the poor case of the lad who was severley brain damaged after the Hillsborough tragedy.

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Really feel for the whole family................

No one can imagine what they were going through or went through

:sleep:

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If I remember correctly, the lad in question was in a Persistant Vegatative State. Had been on a life support machine for many years, and had zero quality of life. Thus the application to switch of the life support.

In this case, a youngster who was suffering from a horroble degenerative disease. Which in time would have left him with absolutely no quality of life. If I am completely honest with myself, then I have to say, in the fathers place I would do the same thing. To watch a loved on waste away, over a long period of time is a horrible and emotionally painful time. I can remember visiting my maternal grandmother in hospital, month by month, watching someone I loved disappear. Although the person in the bed looked like my gran, we you looked into her eyes in the final weeks before she died, there was no-one there anymore. I was only 14 or so at the time and didnt really understand what was happening with her illness. Now that I'm older, and I understand a bit more, I wish granny had died quicker, and not suffered as she had.

I'm sure there will be posts in this thread comdemming the actions of this childs father. But take a moment to think about what it will have cost, a most likely decient man to see his child become someone he wasnt. I would condem Mr. Wragg's action if I thought they where commited out of anger/ a want of money etc. All I can see is a loving father, who has brought his sons illness and misery to an end.

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http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=2811

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=3430

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Go-on then.. close the thread.. you know you want to ;) :D

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why :confused: :confused: :confused:

edit :- merge it at least :tu:

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I do not think anybody is being heated as yet?????? lighten your heavy hand.

Yes, it may have been discussed before. If we stopped discussing things we'ed discussed before on this forum it would be mighty quiet around.

Subjects like this always are discussed and discussed again.

moderate it yes, if it gets out of hand close it. but you must let the debate continue - ifpeople wish to contribute

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:tu:

Yes, there was also the case where that man killed his wife who was very ill (it was recent but i forget the names) I believe he went to court but escaped prison.

If I was that ill, I would hope someone would do the same for me.

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For all we know this boy died of his disease. Until the post mortum is made public euthenasia is just a possibility