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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Politicians words are not the law in this nation, acts of parliment are.
So unless there's an act which states that life must mean life for murder, the law has not been watered down.
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As stated many times what we have now is not what was intended
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Yes, and I've yet to hear one of them actually explain how their concerns would actually play out.
Mostly it's a case of "oh but someone could be pressurised into suicide or it could be a cover for murder" which frankly shows a lack of knowledge on the subject.
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These people deal with this sort of thing everyday so when it come to the crunch I'd rather side with them and their experience tbh and lets see where these laws have gone in other counrties, like Holland where you can be put down if feeling depressed or Switzerland if you are lonely, I wonder if those reasons were what they expected when they made assisted suicide legal
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And I've said it doesn't matter because no one is listening. If she's still around when they may possibly perhaps more-chance-of-winning-the-lottery decide that making it easier to murder people or pressurise them into killing themselves, then they'll ask her opinion on the matter then, not say "it's ok luv, we know what you think, you said so way back in 2009
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She will almost certainly be dead which is why I have said all along people will quote her as an authority on the subject