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Just Go Ahead & Pass A Euthanasia Bill For The Sick, Disabled, and Infirm. And Get Over It. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Sep 2017 OP
No, they are against euthanasia and assisted suicide n/t TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #1
Yes, because it is bad for business. roamer65 Sep 2017 #2
True. They often couch it in religious terms: VOX Sep 2017 #7
It is an easier and cheaper form of genocide, isn't it? BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #3
They want maximum suffering mrs_p Sep 2017 #4
I know what you are getting at, but I would love a euthanasia bill. It would Hoyt Sep 2017 #5
They don't want death - they want eternal servitude csziggy Sep 2017 #6
Give me my death panels! VOX Sep 2017 #8
I occasionally write science fiction. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #9

VOX

(22,976 posts)
7. True. They often couch it in religious terms:
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 11:05 PM
Sep 2017

Along the lines of, "Medically assisted suicide takes away your opportunity to experience the passion of Jesus Christ."

In other words, suffer like Jesus in his last hours. Forgive me but...what a load of complete shit.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
3. It is an easier and cheaper form of genocide, isn't it?
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 10:46 PM
Sep 2017

And the best part is that the ignorant Americans who watch Fux News won't even acknowledge it, let alone put up a fight.

Meanwhile I am up at 8:00 AM calling every GOP senator like I have been (over 400 calls so far since Jan...I keep notes) to stop killing me! I almost wish they would just put a pillow over my face (like in the film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest) and get it done and over with quickly instead of prolonging this cruel torture any longer. I can NOT take it anymore!!!!!!!

mrs_p

(3,014 posts)
4. They want maximum suffering
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 10:51 PM
Sep 2017

Before you die, and want to make sure your family is sunk financially for generations.

Euthanasia would subvert both those goals.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
5. I know what you are getting at, but I would love a euthanasia bill. It would
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 10:54 PM
Sep 2017

give those with terminal illness an option. It might save some money that could be used for other things too, but that's not why I'm for euthanasia.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
6. They don't want death - they want eternal servitude
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 10:57 PM
Sep 2017

They want a system that keeps the average worker in debt so they cannot get ahead.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
8. Give me my death panels!
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 11:09 PM
Sep 2017

Please! When I'm ancient and feeble and can't even function, wasted by some creeping fatal disease, have some mercy and take me out.

But DO NOT RUSH THINGS!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,853 posts)
9. I occasionally write science fiction.
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 11:57 PM
Sep 2017

I'm toying with the idea of a story in which the cheapest (and most popular) plan is one in which if you get too sick, you're taken out to the north 40 and shot.

I have actually written a story which envisions suicide as not only legal and common, but part of a dynamic service industry.

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