So, now lets just assume that gods not in the picture. the biggest argument you get regarding mercy killing is that god gives life and only he has the right to take it away.
but now, we delete god from the equation because not everyone believes in him. so what now?
hey, whaddyaknow! theists actually did something good for a change
anyway, those who impose euthanasia run the risk of having it done on them? well, idealistically, these people shouldn't be having a problem with undergoing euthanasia too. i'm all for euthanasia. and i wouldn't mind it being carried out on me. provided that's what i want. in fact that makes it alright. its when a pro-euthanasia carries it out on someone whose anti-euthanasia or viseversa is when you have a problem.
also, i just love how people say, "oh, only god has the right to take life away" but then think its alright to murder people in his name. not to mention the number of times you here "god can't be known" but people still go around pretending they know exactly how he thinks.
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I am in support of assisted suicide, but I don't like the word Euthanasia because governments have misused it in the past. I also think that there are logical reasons why religions have taboos like the one against suicide.
murder is killing without conscent. euthanasia is killing with conscent. why people call it murder is beyond me...its like confusing a dominatrix with a polcie officer just because they both use handcuffs
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P.S *wonders if he could've given a better analogy*
But it's pretty obvious what we mean when we say euthanasia in this context. It is, by definition, not imposed on anyone.
How about : It's like confusing a police officer with a dominatrix because they both lock your penis in a cage and force you to act like a cute little puppy?
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I can hardly imagine a circumstance in real life where you're in a clinic or hospital that provides euthanasia and would have to force a person to kill you. Anyway, people who support euthanasia as a choice you get to make they wouldn't simulanteously support forcing someone to do it.
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Last edited by Symmetric Chaos on Aug 11th, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Try: If ignoring the religious claim that all life is sacred and that only the creator has the right to end it, tied specifically with the idea that a community should be operated under such commandments, are there any arguments against euthanasia, defined as the voluntary agreement between doctor and patient whereby the doctor ends the patient's life, regularly to avoid a much more painful death, being an acceptable practice within a community?
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