Archived Dutch Courts decide it's fine to start euthanizing old people against their will (medicalxpress.com)
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Archived Dutch Courts decide it's fine to start euthanizing old people against their will (medicalxpress.com)
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[–] Morbo 3 points 5 points 8 points (+8|-3) ago
Not if you call it "population control". There are many dumb and smart people alike (including Voat users) who will advocate for this happening if you call it population control. The pop-control advocates are always into it, unless of course they are the ones being controlled against their will.
[–] Volcris 7 points 6 points 13 points (+13|-7) ago
It was a 74 year old woman with severe dementia. Have you ever seen some one with severe dementia?
Death is better.
[–] Morbo 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
Yes, I have lost two grandparents to it. They may have suffered at times, but it wasn't constant enough to think about "putting them down". They never said "I want to die" either. Who are we to presume we know what is best? What empowers anyone to make that call on someone else? What happens if we allow the government to decide when to euthanize a dementia patient? There are too many ethical questions to work through and some may not have satisfactory answers. This is what (((they))) want to do to us. Don't support your own genocide.
[–] feral-toes 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Reading the article with great care, it turns out that we are not discussing the governments opinion that "Death is better.". We are discussing the woman's own opinion that "Death is better.".
I get the appeal of stern laws and harsh punishments. Maybe we do want to say that it is each person's duty to put it in writing that they want euthanasia if they become demented. Maybe we want to lay down the following punishment for failing to do your duty: that you will be "cared for" and kept alive to suffer a slow and terrible death, full of horrors beyond the imagining of the intact brain.
I do believe that stern laws and harsh punishments should be advocated openly. Those who think that a slow and lingering death is a suitable punishment for the crime of failing to write an advance directive should argue for this honestly, boasting their sternness and justifying their cruelty. Don't combine "keep them alive until their brain deteriorates so much that they cannot swallow and they inhale food and get pneumonia and then treat the pneumonia to keep them alive a few weeks more." and "I'm kind, gentle, and nice, and I'm totally not trying to get revenge for a shitty childhood."
[–] ardvarcus 2 points 2 points 4 points (+4|-2) ago
And death always comes. It's just a matter of time. It isn't your place to say when death comes. That's murder.
[–] gattaca 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Agreed. I hope if I cannot recognize myself in a mirror someone will put my body down. My mind would already be gone.
[–] BlackSheepBrouhaha 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Fundamentally, Socialists and AnCaps agree that the socially dependent classes must be abandoned or exterminated once hope of future profit is existinguished.
[–] Lobotomy 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Rule of Acquisition #18.
[–] Maroonsaint 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I’m pro nigger population control but I know that’s not how this will be used
[–] XSS1337 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Abortions for any race . As long as it is a choice.
There will come a day when government incentives are given to those that agree not to reproduce. Cocaine , heroine , pills , X etc all legal from the government, just work your job and enjoy the ride.
[–] RussianGoyBot ago
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