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Once the killing starts, there's no stopping it (euthanasia)
The Sydney Morning Herald ^
| January 29, 2007
| Greg Pike
Posted on 01/29/2007 5:09:42 PM PST by neverdem
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:09:43 PM PST
by
neverdem
To: hocndoc; Coleus
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:11:35 PM PST
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
I don't understand why it's humane to euthanize suffering animals, but intelligent humans are not allowed the same dignity.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:17:45 PM PST
by
b9
To: neverdem
[ As we have learnt from the Netherlands, legislating for hard euthanasia cases cannot be contained. Once the state legislates for the killing of any of its innocent members, even upon their request, it has breached a principle that protects us all. When the state legalises euthanasia, all are at risk. ]
Like abortion only for the life of the mother, decades ago....
That didn't last too long did it..?
LIFE IS cheap IN A LIBERAL WORLD..
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:20:07 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: hosepipe
and humans are nothing but a statistic divided by colors, age, and race... this from the most enlightened party..
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:24:22 PM PST
by
Cinnamon
To: doodlelady
OH, I don't know, maybe it's that little thing called a SOUL?
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:24:25 PM PST
by
trimom
To: neverdem
There is also a Lancet study that reports 8% of Dutch infant mortality is due to lethal injection.
To: trimom
So if you were permanently disabled, you would have your two children spend the rest of your life, and the rest of their resources, caring for you?
Given a choice, I'd rather not, thank you.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:35:40 PM PST
by
b9
To: neverdem
In the Netherlands, assisted suicide soon turned to euthanasia. At the outset, only for the terminally ill. Now the chronically ill. Initially for physical illness. Now for psychological distress. At first, strictly upon voluntary request. Thousands of cases of euthanasia now occur without a request from the patient. Some doctors just know best. The Dutch recently legislated to permit euthanasia for 12- to 16-year-olds, and dozens of disabled babies have been illegally euthanased at Groningen Hospital, by doctors who are now pressuring the Government for permission to terminate infant lives.
Precocious teenagers have been added to the list as well. I suppose they oppose the death penalty for criminals too. Dr Mengele would be proud.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:37:02 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
To: doodlelady
Given a choice, I'd rather not, thank you.
That's the point of this article, many euthanized people weren't 'given a choice'.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:39:13 PM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: doodlelady
Oh you mean like Terri Schiavo, who was murdered by the order of the courts.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:40:08 PM PST
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear.. on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
To: HEY4QDEMS
Show me a study of disabled dependents and what choice THEY would prefer.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:40:41 PM PST
by
b9
To: doodlelady
Thousands of cases of euthanasia now occur without a request from the patient. Some doctors just know best.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:42:06 PM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: HEY4QDEMS
In the UK Catholics have special id cards that say in case I am sent to a hospital please contact a priest, and I wish to be given hydration and food. There was a thread here on FR they have given out over 2,000 of them.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:42:24 PM PST
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear.. on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
To: mware
No, I mean like intelligent articulate permanently disabled ones who clearly do not want to burden their families.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:42:26 PM PST
by
b9
To: HEY4QDEMS
It is very bad in the UK. many doctors are making decisions to end life based on economics.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:43:31 PM PST
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear.. on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
To: mware
My wife and I would like to each get one of those cards.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:44:59 PM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: doodlelady
I suspect and hope many of those families would be willing to accept that burden.
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:45:42 PM PST
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear.. on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
To: doodlelady
What kind of a society have we devolved into when people who wish to commit suicide can't do it themselves!
According to those who support the notion of suicide it is a very heroic act.
If it is heroic, then it should be done by the suicide himself.
If they don't have the ability to kill themselves then they shouldn't be allowed to degrade the medical profession by encouraging or requiring doctors and nurses to participate.
Instead they should hire a paid assassin to kill them.
That's a lot more dignified than degrading an already degraded profession and making a mockery of the Hippocratic Oath.
To: HEY4QDEMS
Hey, I will see if I can find the article I think it was in the Telegraph. I forwarded it to a priest friend of mine who has a show on Sirus radio
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posted on
01/29/2007 5:46:59 PM PST
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear.. on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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