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Forums - Politics Discussion - Are you for or against voluntary euthanasia/assisted dying?

 

I'm...

For it 139 84.24%
 
Against it 14 8.48%
 
Undecided 12 7.27%
 
Total:165
WagnerPaiva said:
I am against prolong life for too long when the pacient is suffering, so I guess I am in favor of a pacient being able to say: enough, no more medicines, no more operations, let me die in my house, in peace.
Now, I would not ask for a lethal injection, that would be too much.

Maybe you wouldn't, but if another patient does, what harm is there in giving that person that option. Although 9/10 times pulling the plug or medication does the trick.



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I am sick of earth, but I am not sick. I was not asked if I wanted to live here. If I was asked, I'd say no.

Now please, offer me an easy way out and I am willing to pay for it. What am I piling all of this money for anyway? Even video games are not that fun anymore.

Some say, "do it yourself!".. and if I fail and become disabled for life? That's not a solution.



KLXVER said:
aLkaLiNE said:
For it. If I no longer want to participate in the game of life, there should be a simple way out.

Well it should be for people with an incurable sickness that cant move or are in constant pain. Not for people who just want to check out because they are bored...

Why not? Boredom and pointlessness is good enough of an excuse to want out.



I am for it. If someone does not want to live and is very uncomfortable then they should not be forced to.



    

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Qwark said:
WagnerPaiva said:
I am against prolong life for too long when the pacient is suffering, so I guess I am in favor of a pacient being able to say: enough, no more medicines, no more operations, let me die in my house, in peace.
Now, I would not ask for a lethal injection, that would be too much.

Maybe you wouldn't, but if another patient does, what harm is there in giving that person that option. Although 9/10 times pulling the plug or medication does the trick.

I agree. if it was legal, and, say, my dad or mom asked me, I would allow for sure.



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KLXVER said:
SkepticallyMinded said:

So you would rather the bored person be forced to continue living or to take action into their own hands and potentially cause a dangerous situation to others around that individual in the event that they choose a more dramatic way out? Makes perfect sense.

But killing people because they are bored make perfect sense...?

Sure if that's their wish...why are you impeding their rights to do as they please?



I am for it.

In the last 9 months I've seen both my grandfather on my Mum's side and my grandmother on my Dad's side succumb to cancer. In both cases, it was an extremely slow, agonizing, drawn out death. They wasted away over months and months, in constant pain. They didn't deserve to suffer like that.



SkepticallyMinded said:
KLXVER said:

But killing people because they are bored make perfect sense...?

Sure if that's their wish...why are you impeding their rights to do as they please?

So you think there should be a person killing any person who want it? Why not let him eat them afterwards? I mean that doesnt hurt anyone...



I simply think people should have the right to end their own lives if they choose.
That's not to say people shouldn't take steps to protect loved ones against their own depressions and self destructiveness, but in the few countries that do have assisted suicide programs, there are safeguards in place for those very reasons.
For example, in Denmark, two qualified doctors need to evaluate the sick/elderly and both come to the same conclusion that they are not motivated by any kind of mental issues or depression that is clouding their judgement, and those two doctors aren't allowed to confer with eachother.

The anti-euthanasia crowd will often suggest various ways in which assisted suicide programs could be used to push death on the unwanted eldery, take advantage of the weak and sick, etc. But when you look at the programs in other countries, it all seems to be set up very well to safeguard against exactly that.

As for anyone who argues the religious angle, saying that a person doesn't know what if anything awaits them after death, and how they will be judged for something like suicide, I say surely that's their own choice and nobody elses.
You can't use your own beliefs to dictate how people end their lives any more than you can dictate how they live their lives.



Moonlighter said:
I hear that euthanasia is illegal in most countries. Is the assisted suicide always done with the consent of the terminally ill patient? I guess it would be difficult in cases where a patient can't speak/communicate.

In those countries that have legalised it, rigorous processes are in place to evalutate their mental health. And if it's deemed for any reason that they are not entirely in usual control over their own thoughts (depression, dementia, etc.) then euthanasia is off the table.