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[–] shorternet [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Regardless of what Coyne may think I'm not sure that forcing an individual who suffers a "grievous and irremediable” medical condition that imposes suffering that is “intolerable to the individual” to simply suck it up, take their medicine, and suffer quietly for the rest of their lives is the Canadian way.

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[–] 2face-Maze 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

You ever heard the phrase, "Why is suicide illegal? Because it's illegal to destroy government property."

I'm convinced there are generations of people who've been trained [read: indoctrinated] to believe in one way or another that death is bad on all fronts. Regardless of an individual's suffering or invalidity. To force continued-life on the terminally ill against their own wishes seems like torture, physical or mental, especially when all (hypothetically) evidence suggests that there is suffering taking place and zero chance/possibility of any level of recovery. People have been trained to validate continued-life because life is good, life is necessary. Life will get better. Just wait a bit longer and you'll see.

Yet what does living in Canada (or, in any tax-enabled society) mean? To many, life is two guarantees: "Death and Taxes". When government stands to make a cut of your income for life, it stands to reason that government wants life to continue for everyone as long as possible. Even if a person cannot work -- the 'gov still gets their cut in taxes for an ill individual's survivability costs. It doesn't matter how vegetative or productive a person is, we are all revenue sources in their eyes.

Not only would doctors be permitted to kill their patients on request, they would be obliged to, or provide “effective referral” to others who will.

It seems the entire article is written aggressively against this idea, doc-assisted suicide. Though technically correct, the repeat use of "kill"/"killing" verbiage sure seems to try and paint a picture of this ideology as bad. Gotta use those evil buzzwords, I suppose, got a narrative to convey.

Once you have normalized suicide, [...] it is logically incoherent — indeed, it is morally intolerable — to restrict its benefits to some, while condemning others to suffer interminably, merely on the grounds that they are incapable of giving consent.

That's also scary. How could we measure suffering? Whether or not the suffer'er is suffering physically or mentally. Any person that wishes for a thing will usually find a way to acquire it. See more on the war on drugs for utterly ineffective implementation of government policy. Same with gun control. Prostitution. Black markets. File sharing.

... this turned into a rant. I should stop. Thanks for that! :)

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[–] vacvape 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Except that it is the Canadian way. We gots to milk 'em cows until they'z dry.

Reducing pain and suffering? Unheard of. That's a market motivator.... brings people to church. Our way as a diseased based economy has been uncivilized and it's worth losing.

Such a baseless and blind appeal to tradition is symptomatic of a comfortable idiot.

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[–] rudditrenbyfascists ago 

And in ten years a bout with depression will qualify.

If you don't think so, let's make some other bets:

Transgenderism will have the sex changes paid for through the public purse, and not be classified as a mental disorder.

Pedophilia will gradually become seen as a 'sickness' that requires 'treatment', not jail time.

Kiddy porn will ever so slowly become acceptable.

Things absolutely can get worse than they are now. The radical left is already taking these steps in the US