The Netherlands legalizes parents euthanizing their sick children at any age notthebee.com/article/the-ne…
@Not_the_Bee I agree with assisted suicide if someone is a mature adult, but definitely not kids. There is a reason we have an age of consent.
@elonmusk @Not_the_Bee There are many opportunities for abuse of assisted suicide that have to be thought through even for consenting adults. It is out of control in Canada.
We euthanize our dogs, whom we love, when they are suffering horribly with no hope of improvement. No, kids and dogs are not the same. But unless you've seen a terminally ill child suffering horrendously from illness/infirmity that has a certain terminal outcome, it's too easy to judge.
@elonmusk @Not_the_Bee People shouldn't be able to pick and choose when themselves or others die. We are all going to die one day and if something is keeping you here, there is a reason.
@elonmusk @Not_the_Bee You've learned nothing about how very real the slippery slope is, or the inevitability of powerful people with the force of government to abuse the law and call it right. Never forget Jews were deprived of life, liberty, and property completely legally under German law.
@elonmusk @Not_the_Bee Hopefully, you’ll come to see how evil suicide, in any form, is. It trends towards infinity as the line to distinguish death is not for us to discern. As we try, we fail, which inevitably leads to murder.
@elonmusk @Not_the_Bee If we assist people in killing themselves it’s no longer suicide but manslaughter/murder etc. suicide is when someone does it themselves. If someone else helps that’s murder/suicide.
@elonmusk @Not_the_Bee When death becomes the best option. It becomes the only option. Assisted suicide is a door to unimaginable and unrelenting horrors.
This always leads to utilitarianism. Bored bureaucrats applying simple quantifiable rules to judge your worthiness. Are you consuming more resources of the socialized health care system than the tax revenue that is likely to be extracted from you over your predicted lifespan given your economic productivity and current tax rates? If so, time to die with dignity. MAiD approved!
@elonmusk @Not_the_Bee The Democratic Party look at kids as inventory and property of the state. Inventory is all we are to them.
@elonmusk @Not_the_Bee I somewhat agree but only if the person is of sound mind. A person not of sound mind can't make a sound decision on something as permanent as suicide and intervention maybe a better first solution.