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stardust · May 20, 2008, 03:34 am

Mercy killing. For it or against it?

Walrus · May 20, 2008, 04:12 am

For it, but only if it is done with the total consent of the person who is to die.

gela · May 20, 2008, 04:50 am

The person who wants to die has to express a long term desire to die.
It can't be an impulsive decision.

caphis · May 20, 2008, 05:30 am

For it, with the total and unquestionable consent of the person who is to die, provided such decision is made of sound mind and judgement.

And no, I don't believe that "wanting to die" and "of sound mind and judgement" are mutually exclusive.

May 20, 2008, 03:34 am	#1 (permalink) (top)
stardust Molten Ash Posts: 92	Euthanasia Mercy killing. For it or against it?

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Walrus Cabbages and Kings Location: England Posts: 233	For it, but only if it is done with the total consent of the person who is to die. If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years. Bertrand Russell

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gela Vampire Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 885	The person who wants to die has to express a long term desire to die. It can't be an impulsive decision. "A geek is a person, male or female, with an abiding, obsessive, self-effacing, even self-destroying love for something besides status." --D.B. Weiss, Lucky Wander Boy

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caphis Molten Ash Posts: 136	For it, with the total and unquestionable consent of the person who is to die, provided such decision is made of sound mind and judgement. And no, I don't believe that "wanting to die" and "of sound mind and judgement" are mutually exclusive.