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I'm for Euthanasia. I support your right to choose.
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A Euthanasia Clinic would provide a place where a Compassionate Law could be implemented allowing people to choose the time, place, and manner of their own death while in the company and companionship of their friends, family, and loved ones.
What's wrong with that?
Here Are a Few Thoughts on Euthanasia
I do not have all the answers, but the answers I do have err on the side of compassion and dignity
God created man so man's life is sacred
There are two separate responses to this that I know of:
1. It should go without saying, but this would only apply if a person believed in God.
I could tell you that Sam the dog had told me that eating chocolate was bad for my health. In order for you to use that assertion to help you determine whether eating chocolate was good or bad for me, you would first have to believe that Sam the dog could talk and had some knowledge of my health and the effects of chocolate on it.
There may be some people who might find it difficult to entrust their end of life choices to a belief in talking dogs.
2. According to the Christian religion:
God gave man the ability to choose. Choosing the time, place, and manner of one's own death is in accordance with free will, and therefore in accordance with God's will.
If you believe that this particular choice is in contravention of God's will, then don't do it.
Suicide is murder of one's self
If that is what you think or believe and it troubles you, then you shouldn't do it. Otherwise, what harm is caused and who is the victim?
Death is too important a decision for an individual to make
It is my life and I am the one who is responsible for my decisions. Those decisions should be based on reason, not fear. It is reasonable to prefer a peaceful and painless death.
Life is precious and should be prolonged
Imagine that you somehow stumbled into a mine field and stepped onto a mine.
It will not explode if you do not lift your foot. You have absolute control of your life at this point. Move and you will die. Remain still and you will live. This begs the question, 'What kind of life is that?'.
For some, life is like standing on a land mine. The delaying of the inevitable may not appeal to them and should not be forced onto them.
At some point the quality of life may become more important than the quantity of it.
The Slippery Slope
"...
we must be wary of those who are too willing to end the lives of the elderly and
the ill. If we ever decide that a poor quality of life justifies ending that
life, we have taken a step down a slippery slope that places all of us in
danger..."
--
C. Everett Koop,
M.D.
The slippery slope we are on is one of repression and intolerance. We have been on it for a very long time.
If Euthanasia is legalized then the old, sick, poor, etc will be encouraged to die
It is equally possible that they may be encouraged to live, given the ease with which they could choose death.
Instead of the selfish entreaty, as envisioned by those who oppose your right to a peaceful and painless death, 'Granma, you've lived a long time. Shouldn't you think about us now?'.
In a loving, open, and honest relationship it could just as likely be, 'Granma, stop. You don't need to lose hope. Tomorrow is another day. If things aren't better, then you can decide. We'll support you. What ever you decide. We love you, and we'll be here with you at the end'.
If a person's loved ones were encouraging them to die, then death might seem a preference to them over the life they must be living since those who claim to love them are such selfish pigs.
It is your life. It should be your choice.
A Compassionate Law
Those about whom we care the most may be subject to legal prosecution if they choose to be with us when we need them most.
A dying person does not need the additional worry that their manner of death might cause felony charges to be brought against their loved ones.
A Compassionate Law would make it possible for a person to be in close physical contact with the dying at the time of death and not be subject to legal prosecution afterwards.
A Euthanasia Clinic
would be a place which would be morally defensible, legally acceptable, and compatible with a Compassionate Law.
A p
lace where people could be together at the time of death and know that they would absolutely not be subject to criminal prosecution afterwards.A Euthanasia Clinic would provide a place where a Compassionate Law could be implemented.
The old Charlton Heston movie, Soylent Green, depicted a practical Euthanasia Clinic. Order a copy with this link.
Here's a link to an .avi video file that will play on most video player software. It was spliced together from the movie and shows just the Euthanasia Clinic portion. It loses some of it's impact by being taken out of context, but it is a quick and easy way to see what a Euthanasia Clinic can be like for those in need.
Euthanasia Clinic of the Future
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Here is an image from the video, Soylent Green, showing a Euthanasia Clinic of the future.
The first shows a man contemplating the means of his own death, alone. The other shows a man receiving tender care from compassionate individuals at the time of his death. The first may die alone, while the other will never feel abandoned.
Compassionate care and a Euthanasia Clinic.