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It's easier to go down a slope than go up it. It's a tragedy. Most doctors, all disability organisations and charities, all hospices and elderly care organisat
by thinkingemote 2y ago
It's easier to go down a slope than go up it. It's a tragedy.
Most doctors, all disability organisations and charities, all hospices and elderly care organisations opposed this. A visit to the doctor should never even have the possibility of a conversation such as "have you considered dying? I can help". This was decided by people who are not old, not disabled, not vulnerable.
Additionally, we have a case now where the national health service will in one section prevent ill people considering suicide and help them out of it but will in another section help those who are considering suicide and encourage them into it! It fundamentally changes the nature of what a health service is.
The Samartians number is 116 123
The Samaritan's motto is "every life lost to suicide is a tragedy"
- bowsamic 2y agoThe Samaritans. I remember a story about that in the bible, explains your conservative Christian views
- thinkingemote 2y agoIt's a charity. Its name derives from the biblical Parable of the Good Samaritan, although the organisation itself is not religious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans_(charity) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans_(charity) Samaritans is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, often through its telephone helpline.
- bowsamic 2y agoThe quote and viewpoint you are expressing is based in conservative Christianity regardless
- thinkingemote 2y agoWhat would a non-conservative Christian viewpoint on this subject be?
- bowsamic 2y agoI don’t care about Christianity in general because I reject it, partly for this reason
- aliasxneo 2y agoI’m confused. Are you saying a suicide hotline is a distinctly conservative Christian thing? That’s sort of nonsensical.
- bowsamic 2y agoNo I’m obviously saying that saying every early end of life is a tragedy is a Christian conservative thing
- Dylan1312 2y agoCan you cite your sources? https://jme.bmj.com/content/47/12/e64 https://jme.bmj.com/content/47/12/e64 This paper suggests the vast majority of disability rights organisations in great britain are not publicly opposed to assisted dying. https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/ethics/end-of-life/physician-assisted-dying/physician-assisted-dying-survey https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/ethics/end-of-life... This survey of doctors presents data that does not correspond with your claim that most doctors oppose assisted dying.
- Dylan1312 2y agohttps://www.hospiceuk.org/assisted-dying https://www.hospiceuk.org/assisted-dying Hospice UK, a sector-support body, is publicly neutral. (which aligns with most hospices i can find public statements from)
- tokioyoyo 2y agoI live in Canada. I know people who chose MAiD (our euthanasia process) way because of certain conditions (e.g. one in 80s, with incurable cancer, constant pain). There is nothing more heartbreaking than seeing someone suffer, endlessly, begging to go, but having no avenue to go peacefully. I saw my grandmother go through the most intense amount of pains for about a decade in early 2000s (at about ~70) while she lived with us. We did everything we could. Seeing my mom cry endlessly throughout years rewired my brain to the point where I will always support assisted suicide. I really don't care if it's "immoral", "slippery slope", "against the natural way of life" and so on. If, at any point in the future, my parents are suffering and decide they want to go out with their own way, I want them to have the choice. And I want that choice to be available for me as well, if it ever comes to that.
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- kranke155 2y agoCite sources for your assertions, they appear to be false.
- philipwhiuk 2y ago> encourage them into it! They will not encourage them into it. That's not the idea.