With the discussion of whether assisted dying should be allowed in Scotland befing brought up again, I was wondering what other people thought of the topic.

Do you think people should be allowed to choose when to end their own life?

What laws need to be put into place to prevent abuses in the system?

How do we account for people changing their mind or mental decline causing people to no longer be able to consent to a procedure they previously requested?

  • Redredme@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Say, didnt you guys hear about that one party which was hugely popular in germany once? The guy in charge was called “the boss” and they had a very specific greet.

    They too extended it to people with disabilities.

    I dunno… But it seems somewhat relevant…

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      7 months ago

      you guys hear about that one party which was hugely popular in germany

      Evil people can accidentally do humane things under completely evil reasons. The question is always what the victim actually wants.

      But I completely respect your ability to make this false comparison and then loudly express concern for it, as reminding us how evil can even coerce people into a bad decision for purely inhumane reasons of cost around the alternatives is a way we can work to avoid that kind of mis-use of this process. We need to be reminded every moment about it.

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        7 months ago

        The moment the state decides if your life is valuable enough or not is the moment we are talking about fascism. It is that simple.

        And yes, I’m all for assisted death. But the keyword is assisted. And if you yourself cannot decide if you want to be assisted it just can’t happen.

        A politician can not decide for you if you deserve to live or not. A life canot be valued. And that was what was implied.

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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      7 months ago

      Brain dead take. The Nazis also breathed air so you better start holding your breath.