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> You may, without a meeting of the minds, sign away your basic rights according to the courts. This is wrong on so many levels. This is one of the reasons why
by gnulinux 8y ago
> You may, without a meeting of the minds, sign away your basic rights according to the courts.
This is wrong on so many levels. This is one of the reasons why euthanasia is not legal; you cannot legally write a contract to get yourself killed: the person who kills you will be a murderer regardless if the murder was consensual. Similarly, you cannot consent to slavery.
- pdonis 8y ago> This is one of the reasons why euthanasia is not legal Except where it is legal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_euthanasia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_euthanasia
- gnulinux 8y agoSure yes, doesn't change my point. If what GP implied was correct, it'd be legal everywhere.
- pdonis 8y ago> doesn't change my point. If what GP implied was correct, it'd be legal everywhere. Yes, it does change your point, because if what you implied was correct, euthanasia would not be legal anywhere.