Once the killing starts, there's no stopping it (euthanasia)

The Sydney Morning Herald ^ | January 29, 2007 | Greg Pike

[Teacher317]

PB, I recognized the quote and made my initial comment based on the fact that they botched it... and that their misinterpretation is illogical.

(Little did I realize that simply saying, "Uhhh" would lead to so many insults.)

[Teacher317]

Also interesting that you evade my entire point to make your misplaced insult.

[Teacher317]

D'OH!!! Disregard that, please... I thought you were going with a misquote from another thread where I was the first reply. I actually didn't know where your "pardon" quote comes from. (Most teachers aren't required to read German lyrical poetry, by the way.)

So why do you think my response to Heinrich Heine would be any different than it was to you? And why do you assume that using it in your context matches the context in which he used it? He was not exactly an atheist.

[dforest]

Problem is when people are allowed to decide this for themselves, it won't be long before it is no longer your own choice, it will end up a choice made by others. All people do not act in the best interests of another. How many will be killed by the choice of another?

[Alouette]

would sacrifice myself in a heartbeat for anyone on this thread

Don't be a such freaking drama queen.

[pray4liberty]

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.

You always have a choice. You have the right to refuse medical treatment. You have the right to stop eating and drinking. If it's your choice, you choose, don't choose for the rest of us by getting the state involved in the 'put to sleep' business.

Once euthanasia is made legal, the day will come when sick (or maybe not so sick) elderly, depressed or disabled people will be lined up against a wall and 'mercifully' offed for no other reason than the rationalization that "they are going to die anyway" and they are a "drain on resources" or "useless eaters."

Some may even have their organs harvested so other people may live...noble cause, indeed. Not to mention profitable. Come to think of it, it's already happening in Communist China. Human life is really not a big deal over there, they're so overpopulated, they think of government-approved killing as culling the herd. This is what happens in a country that has no regard for human life itself and people are commodities, not individuals.

If you are really concerned about being a burden on your family, get a living will with a durable medical power of attorney and state your wishes in writing.