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I think you hit the nail on the head and I personally agree 100% with your position: the society does not have the right to forcefully medicate unless I am a da
by ptero 8y ago
I think you hit the nail on the head and I personally agree 100% with your position: the society does not have the right to forcefully medicate unless I am a danger to others. Doubly so if I clearly expressed that desire while being medically sane.
If contested (as it seems to be), this should be a topic of open, public discussion. And I hope that the logic that "we will do X to you against your wishes because it is good for you" will be rejected by the majority. We do not let parents take adult kids' money "'cause we know better how it should be spent", etc. Restricting individual freedoms this way is, to me, a wrong path to take, but opponents should certainly present counter cases.
Restricting freedom when one is danger to others (e.g., carrying a deadly, contagious disease) is OK in my book.