I don’t know for sure but I would bet it has been discussed at length across the board for some considerable time and these debates has set the framework for the documentAbsolutely. I’d rather we had an evidence based discussion that medical professionals had a significant input in to it.
Having 400 odd people discuss it for a couple of weeks isn’t good enough. I’m not opposed to it, I’m opposed to it being badly done. What is being debated in parliament is not going to help many people so it will need to change - it feels like they are just trying to push the door ajar rather than come up with decent law.
Harold Shipman justified his murders on very similar grounds. Mercy killings which his victims were mostly grateful for. (If they had the courage to face up to the burden on society they'd become. My Uncle Sam was one of those, he needed a big dose.)Despite the enormous ethical and legal issues and implications this topic raises, assisted dying on serious mental health grounds aswell as other health grounds can't come quick enough as far as I'm concerned.
Nobody asks to be dragged into this extraordinarily brutal rat race and though I hate the idea of aiding certain politicians by promoting the exit of 'surplus' people I believe that the human misery in today's world is so horrendous that all previous ethics laws and rules should not apply.
We live atomised and individualistic lives unheard of in human history (social media has of course made it even worse) and the consequences of this for the most vulnerable are fucking hideous judging by what I witness and what I've experienced myself.
As I've said before many times the option of a painless quick tidy exit method would allow people to live easier knowing that they wouldn't have to use a violent method of exit that may fail and leave them with terrible injuries. We have hundreds killing themselves on the railways every year in the UK alone and it's just horrendous for everyone concerned.
Obviously all this is never going to be allowed mainly because it's terrible optics and a terrible reflection of where we are as a species. And very radical.
So the suffering will go on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on.
I'm sorry if any of this offends anyone reading this but I just don't think it's particularly unreasonable.
To compare legal assisted dying to a a serial killer shows about your level of comprehensionHarold Shipman justified his murders on very similar grounds. Mercy killings which his victims were mostly grateful for (if they had the courage to face up to the burden on society they'd become.) My Uncle Sam was one of those, he needed a big dose.)
Perhaps a little more thought would be beneficial before you start insulting people.To compare legal assisted dying to a a serial killer shows about your level of comprehension
That wasnt an insult , just pointing out the obviousPerhaps a little more thought would be beneficial before you start insulting people.
You didn't put a lot of thought into that one either.That wasnt an insult , just pointing out the obvious
And the Yorkshire ripper justified his by saying God told him to do it..Harold Shipman justified his murders on very similar grounds. Mercy killings which his victims were mostly grateful for. (If they had the courage to face up to the burden on society they'd become. My Uncle Sam was one of those, he needed a big dose.)
The 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' God?And the Yorkshire ripper justified his by saying God told him to do it..
That's the fella.The 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' God?