I was reading yesterday that it used to take years to radicalise a racist but due to that marvelous thing called technology it's happening in a matter of months if not weeks. I think tackling them once they're radicalised is too late and that we need to be...
We do that here right? Like a DNR or refusal of life saving measures?
When it comes to the medical professionals I think they struggle to not do the one thing they have been driven to do their whole professional lives - preserve life. I think they derive an immense sense of purpose and feel that they are performing an act of...
IVF was hotly debated because people believed once you started messing with nature it would end up with babies being genetically enhanced, or selecting certain genetic profiles over others to create "perfect" children etc. Their fears have been proven to ...
My apologies for the vague reference. What I meant was that being disabled (which I get is in and of itself a vague term) isn't singularly an accepted criteria. The disability must be as a result of or constitute: - a terminal illness with life expectancy ...
Actually, I wondered about that. Being late would be an easy out if he'd agreed to to object and then changed his mind...
In 1961 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/whole.html#DLM328502 Crimes Act 1961 Part 3, section 63 Consent to death No one has a right to consent to the infliction of death upon himself or herself; and, if any person is killed, the ...
It's only democracy if it goes to a vote. It's far too easy to influence polls and there's proof that this has been done. That one single poll is the opposite of four or five other polls done over the last 10 years which have consistently shown that over ...
I think there's a great deal of propaganda, Greywarshark, where people believe that this bill means that the disabled will be pressured to end their own lives. The bill clearly states that disability isn't a criteria and that no one but the individual gets...
"What is the agenda of those who want this legislation passed if not subjective?" I can't speak to anyone else's agenda or reasoning but for me I want to bill passed so that people have a choice. Simple as that.
I went to their website and they start by saying "We are the only organisation in New Zealand with the collective expertise – medical/health, disability, social advocacy, and ethics – that focuses on euthanasia, assisted suicide, and end of life care." ...
Rosemary, what reason can you find to explain the huge disparity in polls? This is the ONLY poll to show a majority vote against assisted dying and the results were astronomical. People aren't going to put that they have religious motivation because it ...
Not really. Considering you can pretty much put down any occupation you want...
"It is just incredible that compassion and intelligence cannot combine to enable a legal euthanasia process involving those who have these two qualities and the integrity to assist as needed." This is exactly it! Well said.
Exactly. Once again religion deciding what's best for everyone.
In the beginning dementia causes disorientation and forgetfulness. This often leads to the suffering feeling paranoid and fearful because things go "missing", they find doors open, TV left on etc but have no recollection of doing it so they start to think ...
Yes, but considering the criteria for assisted dying is being terminal and being in such pain that it can't be made tolerable it would seem that even with full funding and unlimited resources that suffering would still be present wouldn't it?
Nobodies opinion of euthanasia should take precedence over individual choice. "I would say to MPs, the End of Life Choice Bill is not something you should be voting for. MPs are there to run the country, not to make such significant decisions about life ...
I have read it but thank you for posting. The problem is Rosemary, that comments like that one don't even focus on the bill's intention but rather assume that those who want to die do so because they want control or don't trust their families to care for ...
Thank you for your comment Ant.
Are you concerned that down the track the criteria might soften to allow children to be euthanised? That sort of thing?
I think the bill offers really good safeguards. The turn-around time from requesting assisted dying to actually taking the drug is about 10 days (or longer if one wanted) which offers plenty of time to rethink. Dementia and mental illness don't meet the ...
I think we can and should have both Rosemary. I don't think it's fair to deny other's the freedom to die if they wish because there are other elements of the healthcare system that are lacking.
Considering this argument is about something I said I think I should clarify. Peterson plays a very deliberate and manipulative game with his audience. He tells his audiences they're smart that yes, he's bringing them knowledge, but it's knowledge they ...
And that is exactly it isn't it? Dignity and choice.
I love your fire Rosemary and I think you raise great points. A euthanasia bill without robust supports for those who are in need of care is unbalanced and I can see how this imbalance would tip the scales for many. Basically, let's make your life as ...
Yep but everyone wants to pretend that's a different thing.
You've completely misread the whole article and the euthanasia bill. No one is suggesting that the state or doctors should have the right to kill someone. It should be your choice, always.
+100 Jess "Is it so objectionable for someone to decide they don’t want to be a burden?" This one has really had me thinking. I would choose euthanasia to spare my family and it's not that I think others should, just that I should be allowed to make that ...
Not so fast Ad. "The vast majority of New Zealanders support euthanasia, according to the latest Newshub Reid Research poll. A Bill to legalise assisted dying is currently before Parliament and it has 71 percent of the country's support, with 19.5 percent ...
Fuck! That's just awful. The decision to end her own life was too vague - "when the time was right" - and shouldn't have been used as a blank cheque to kill her when they decided that time was now. Our euthanasia bill doesn't cover dementia but I'll be ...
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