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by oleander73 6y ago
I retired (after getting diagnosed with incurable cancer). I was a workaholic and never thought I could quit so easily, but after quiting I don't miss work and I'm a lot happier (despite the cancer thing). If you are obsessed with
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by oleander73 6y ago
> liberalize rules on opioid pain killers for terminal pain management and improve self administration technology and management of the drugs The same people who argue against euthanasia are against this as well. Opioid pain killers are
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by oleander73 6y ago
Probably, but this is a fully generalized argument against anything that can be used maliciously (which is pretty much anything). So it is obviously a specious argument.
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by oleander73 6y ago
Even if someone with dementia is occasionally killed against their will (whatever that even means), this is an incredibly small price to pay to reduce the suffering of the people suffering from dementia who want to be euthanized.
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by oleander73 6y ago
There are many places where we allow harm in order to protect freedoms.
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by oleander73 6y ago
Serious question: Can you please explain what you mean by "we value human life"?
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by oleander73 6y ago
I love this idea.
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by oleander73 6y ago
It must be nice in your pretend world where unbearable suffering of children does not exist.
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by oleander73 6y ago
That plus fear of death.
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by oleander73 6y ago
You are not choosing 'if' you want to die, you are choosing 'when' you want to die. That is fundamentally different from selling a kidney.
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by oleander73 6y ago
TL;DR You'd want me to suffer because of your personal beliefs.
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by oleander73 6y ago
Clearly you are not empathizing enough.
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by oleander73 6y ago
People said the same thing here in The Netherlands and research shows it just isn't happening.
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by oleander73 6y ago
I'm not dead yet, but definitely plan on voluntarily dying before my cancer gets a chance to kill me and I voted this week for a political party that is explicitly pro end-of-life choice.
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by oleander73 6y ago
Thank you for making this point. I've never been brave enough to make this point, but often thought about it. Even in psychiatric cases, I think it is not unreasonable to assume that having a more accepting approach to ending your life
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by oleander73 6y ago
I agree. I was diagnosed with an incurable illness last year and retired after that and I feel much more free to just say whatever I want and not worry about what people think about it.
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by oleander73 6y ago
It is true that in old men there is a large percentage of slow growing mostly harmless prostate cancers, but you can also get it if you are younger (or it can be aggressive) and then treatment is possible (and required). The advantage of do