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But it's not "the state killing terminally ill people". It's terminally ill and suffering people asking for help to end their lives and their suffering. The si
by the_af 1y ago
But it's not "the state killing terminally ill people". It's terminally ill and suffering people asking for help to end their lives and their suffering.
The situation is completely unlike the death penalty, where it's about punishment.
- gadders 1y agoI'll agree it's not about punishment, but in countries with socialised medicine you will eventually see old people being told they're a "drain on resources". People in Canada are being offered assisted suicide because the wait for a wheelchair ramp is too long: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/02/canada-paralympian-christine-gauthier-stairlift-euthanasia/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/02/canada-par...