Assisted dying

[ChicagoBlue]

I make no apologies for dismissing the ridiculous idea that God's existence can be disproved (no issue with agnostics btw) but please address this topic and specifically why you appear to accept the inescapable coercive implications already documented in those countries where assisted dying/assisted suicide is legal.

You think older people are not coerced today?

We are not talking about your son signing a declaration you should have your plug pulled here! We are talking about guardrails.

And, I believe in the ABSENCE of God, thus don’t have anything to prove or disprove. Conversely, you seem to believe in some ridiculous notion of some white guy with flowing hair and a bushy beard that has handed down his son and the rules by which we should all live…so YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT GUY ACTUALLY EXISTS!

Good luck with that!

Report stage will be in April next year and if passed the bill could be on the statute book within two years. The NHS would have to start budgeting for that contingency now - that's not fake news.

And, people will read & react to the report and legislation will be as watered down as possible.

 

[johnny crossan]

My grandma died last year. She was 101 and lived independently with some help and a lot of support from my dad, her son. She fell and broke her hip. An operation resulted in pin placements and 6 months of rehabilitation. While still in hospital, an x-ray showed that the pins had fallen out. Faced with the prospect of a further op, she chose to die, and that's exactly what happened 7 days later. She was absolutely of sound mind and made her choice unequivocally clear. The right was absolutely hers.

Same with my mother-in-law, at 99 she decided that was enough, stopped eating and closed down. Her last words were 'love you all' and breathed her last with a smile on her lips.

 

[johnny crossan]

You think older people are not coerced today? We are not talking about your son signing a declaration you should have your plug pulled here! We are talking about guardrails. Good luck with that!
And, people will read & react to the report and legislation will be as watered down as possible.

Yes, folk are very sadly made to feel it would suit everybody if they just moved along - they even make adverts joking about it

And, I believe in the ABSENCE of God, thus don’t have anything to prove or disprove. Conversely, you seem to believe in some ridiculous notion of some white guy with flowing hair and a bushy beard that has handed down his son and the rules by which we should all live…so YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT GUY ACTUALLY EXISTS!

You believe in something you can never prove - a negative - profoundly unscientific but that's for elsewhere.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

You believe in something you can never prove - a negative - profoundly unscientific but that's for elsewhere.

I believe in NOTHING.
You believe in SOMETHING.

Only one of us has to prove anything, and it’s not me!!

Oh wait…I just have to have faith, right?
How convenient!!