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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
If we had such a law, we would obviously have to put in place safeguards, but in cases where a person was suffering chronic mental illness with no prospect of getting better, was clearly miserable with no quality of life and wanted to end it, there seems to be little purpose in prolonging the agony for them.
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These arguments have been made throughout this thread, I don't trust any safeguards not to be watered down over time and it's worth remembering that even in the middle ages we didn't kill the mentally ill, it can't be progress to start now especially when medical advances are being made every day