[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

You need to get a grip, do gooders what a trite little saying, rather meaningless unless there's a group of people who are do baders and it doesn't just need thinking through as we already seen in this thread living wills manipulated, suicide kits being sent through the post, people going to dignitas fit and healthy, just feeling a bit old and tired, dignitas using doctors who have been struck of, dignitas ignoring patients distressed emotional states or mental health conditions, otherwise healthy blind people being eutanised, campaigners protesting that current legislation was being interpreted to liberally, suicide workshops being tried to set up, people being euthanized because they're lonely, police chiefs and doctors warning that they fear this will become a way of getting rid of people who are a burden and thats just of the top of my head, I'd suggest none of that is humane or right and can't be sorted by having a bit of a think about it, legislation in Holland and Belgium is already being routinely circumvented or manipulated.

Which is why I said it would have to be properly thought through and regulated. There are problems with every piece of legislation. Nothing would get done if everyone just gave up at the whiff of a problem.

You may believe that watching people suffer cruel and painful deaths when a simple way of relieving their suffering is available is ok, but I do not.