fox123 Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 Having recently witnessed someone close to me go through quite a horrible death, it leads me to believe that we really should legalise Euthanisa. What are your thoughts?
coale39 Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 IMO yes, but only in rare occasions with absolutely no chance of recovery and in immense, constant pain.
Jaspa Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 yup, everyone should have a right to end their life, in the same way we have a right to have a life, it also stops people going through hunger strikes ect, where the person would die a pointless slow and painfull death.
Nod.E Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 IMO yes, but only in rare occasions with absolutely no chance of recovery and in immense, constant pain. I second this.
davieG Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 IMO yes, but only in rare occasions with absolutely no chance of recovery and in immense, constant pain. Who'd be the judge of this?
Ashley Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 I had this discussion at school during an RE lesson, i'm all for it. People shouldnt have to suffer for a long period of time if there going to die, i've seen it happen and it's not nice knowing you carnt do anything for them altough you try and make there last days and pleasent as possible Some countries its legal, I think Holland is one of them.
Katy Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 Life is precious but people don't deserve to suffer horrendous deaths from diseases such as cancer. There are pros and cons to this but you put animals to sleep to relieve their pain, they do not get the choice. Humans however do, you have all control taken away from you when your dying and this is the last bit of control they have. I really wouldn't want to be in the situation of a) having to make that decision for myself and b) having to administer the act of ending someones life
Thracian Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 Having recently witnessed someone close to me go through quite a horrible death, it leads me to believe that we really should legalise Euthanisa.What are your thoughts? I don't think there's any argument at all. It's your life and you should have the right to choose to end it with dignity.
Simi Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 Agree with most posts in the thread, Thrac sums it up for me.
Guest Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 I don't think there's any argument at all. It's your life and you should have the right to choose to end it with dignity. Agreed. The main obvious problem that most people see is abuse of the law if it were legalised
FleckneyFox Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 Yep definately. Same thing happened with someone in my family about 12 months ago, i dont know exactly what it was but they had some sort of lethal injection administered by their GP.
AoWW Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 I don't think there's any argument at all. It's your life and you should have the right to choose to end it with dignity. Absolutely.
Asha Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 Should be allowed... although I could never do it. Even with a long illness I could never make the decision knowing I'd be dead a few seconds later.
Nod.E Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 You can put a dog down when it's in pain. Why not a human?
Daggers Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 You can put a dog down when it's in pain.Why not a human? Seems a rather drastic solution for Jade Goody but I've got your back in case anyone kicks up.
Monk Posted 20 August 2008 Posted 20 August 2008 Everyone certainly should have the right to end their life if they wish to. However euthanasia is clearly a law which has to be managed correctly to prevent abuse of it. Also think there needs to be some support mechanisms around it. Example - my grandma has been paralysed down one side of her body for 10 years and lives alone in a home. At times she says she wishes she could die and I do think she would probably take the option of Euthanasia if it was available, and yet her life is not as bad or as painful as say, someone with cerebal palsey (sp). And the analogy to dogs is the correct. I was watching the news on that beached whale the other week and how they put it down because its kidneys 'would' have failed. Don't see that happening in human life do we! And did we ask the Whale's consent? Why I think not!
Tabou Posted 20 August 2008 Posted 20 August 2008 When I first saw this thread I thought you were talking about teenagers in China. If somebody can give explicit and irrevocable consent to their life taken away, then fine. It should be done by a doctor though.
coale39 Posted 20 August 2008 Posted 20 August 2008 Who'd be the judge of this? I think if the doctors agree to the fact that there is no chance of recovery and the family agrees, then it should be done. I think life for some people is so bad its the only humane thing to do. I do think if there is a chance of recovery then it shouldnt be done.
Alexikokopops Posted 20 August 2008 Posted 20 August 2008 Who'd be the judge of this? The person who's suffering?
The People's Hero Posted 20 August 2008 Posted 20 August 2008 Onkar Judge. You can't judge the judge, cos there is only one judge. That's me. Onkar Judge. X FACTOR.
coale39 Posted 20 August 2008 Posted 20 August 2008 The person who's suffering? But surely they cant have the best opinion? If it was left to the patient then im sure a lot of people would chose euthanasia who are in hospital right now.
davieG Posted 20 August 2008 Posted 20 August 2008 The person who's suffering? In principle I'm all for it but it does require some serious safeguards, I'm sure pain levels are not the same in everyone and can in some instances be alleviated somewhat perhaps it needs at least two people, the individual and a doctor, but then that puts an awful lot on the doctor, but then some are quite happen to carry out abortions and that's not a dig at them. But I don't think that's the only problem I'm concerned with, it's where there is no pain but the quality of life or the expectancy of this is so poor that to continue to be a burden is mentally painful. As you can see my thoughts on this are somewhat blurred and are based on how I'd feel.
Daggers Posted 20 August 2008 Posted 20 August 2008 Maybe the government could have a Death Tzar? ...hang on, that's a bit Return of the Jedi isn't it?!
Webbo Posted 20 August 2008 Posted 20 August 2008 It's very hard to disagree with those that say that people with terminal illnesses in chronic pain should be allowed to die with dignity. The problem is that it could very soon become a slippery slope leading to who knows where. Eventually people might decide that severely disabled babies should be put down, what about people with advanced dementia? They don't have any quality of life why can they be put down too? All too soon people could die because they were inconvenient rather than in pain. There are no black and white answers to questions like this just shades of grey. On balance I think the law is about right.
Tabou Posted 20 August 2008 Posted 20 August 2008 When I first saw this thread I thought you were talking about teenagers in China. I can't believe this joke did not get the recognition it deserved. Yoof-in-asia. PFFFT.
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