They Shoot Horses, don't they?

[Deleted member 265726]

No

1 is allowing somebody freedom to stop them , or their close family, suffering.

1 is punishment. Too often it's been proven, too late, that it was wrong. And often allows a certain type, their martyrdom.

Quite a noticeable difference

Blurred lines.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Blurred lines.

I don't see any blurring.

Looks totally different things to me

 

[MNW67]

I don't see any blurring.

Looks totally different things to me

I agree. It sounds like a massive straw man to me.

It should be obvious to anyone that these are totally different. You can't compare somebody who wants to die because they are in terrible suffering with somebody who is being killed against their will as a punishment. Isn't that just common sense?

 

[Deleted member 265726]

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com...ghts-act/article-2-right-life#:~:text=Article 2 of the Human,try to end your life.

 

[denso13]

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com...ghts-act/article-2-right-life#:~:text=Article 2 of the Human,try to end your life.

Irrelevant if the law is changed.

 

[motorbiking]

irrelevant if you take the drugs yourself, which is all that is being made legal.

 

[ellal]

At present someone can make a last will and testament saying that they wish all their worldly goods go to an imaginary friend's 'organisation'...

And no-one bats an eyelid...

So what is the problem with someone with a terminal illness expressing their dying wishes as regards how they go?

It really is as simple as that!

 

[Deleted member 265726]

How much will it cost the person who is asking the State for permission to kill them or is it free on the NHS?

 

[MNW67]

How much will it cost the person who is asking the State for permission to kill them or is it free on the NHS?

That's an interesting question! My guess is that it would be free.

 

[Deleted member 265726]

In Canada, they have widened the bandwidth of MAID to include mentally ill/distressed people. It's not how the bill began. I don't believe this bill is about helping people, not really, I think it is about making money for Big Pharma and knocking off as many people as possible who are seen as a burden on resources.

 

[denso13]

I think it is about making money for Big Pharma and knocking off as many people as possible who are seen as a burden on resources.

Then big pharma make less money. That would be idiotic.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

How much will it cost the person who is asking the State for permission to kill them or is it free on the NHS?

Where is anybody asking that ?

Strawman

 

[MNW67]

Where is anybody asking that ?

Strawman

I think it is important because you could end up with assisted dying being unavailable to the poor.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

I think it is important because you could end up with assisted dying being unavailable to the poor.

It's not done by the state though

 

[Deleted member 265726]

Then big pharma make less money. That would be idiotic.

How so? The largest outlay is care.