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I've gone back to university taking classes for my degree and my sociology class has a group discussion at the end of term. My group is to discuss euthanasia (assisted suicide). One of the things we've decided to do is take a poll of people and find out what the general consensus or majority say about this. So, if you would, please post whether you're for it, against it, or just don't know.

Oh, yes! Please state briefly why you're for or against it. Thanks in advance.

Paradox: wrote:
> Light, stop trolling.

Mm, I must admit that the last post to him didn't really add anything to what I'd already said, did it? Fair enough.

I couldn't care less, I just like saying 'trolling'

Paradox: wrote:
> I couldn't care less, I just like saying 'trolling'

Bwhahahahah, you troll. :D ;)

Paradox: wrote:
> I couldn't care less, I just like saying 'trolling'

~slaps forehead~

Doh! Curse my ability to take things too seriously...

*pops valium*

Takkkee a chiilll pill, maaan

Paradox: wrote:
> *pops valium*
>
> Takkkee a chiilll pill, maaan

Hey, trust me; as all who know me will confirm, this is the most chilled out i've been in...well, ever. But if you're giving away valium...

I'm the party man!

That and I just robbed a clinic :-)

I wouldnt do it myself but I can understand why others do it and I wouldnt look down on them but for the purposes of your poll I'll say against. This is because I dont think its right to take a human life. I may change my mind if ever put in the situation tho.

I am for it but just because I think it's really sad whenever I see old people. It's like they've regressed in some ways. They are normally completely unaware of the world around them (e.g. barely any old people 80+ own a computer), they can't do much, they are just there, normally alone. It's very...sad I just think at that time you should get the choice. I don't ever want to turn into one of them and if I do. I really don't think I'll want to be it for long.

The fact that old people don't interact with society is not a reason to allow euthenasia - it is a damning statement about society and how we alienate the old and the different.

Euthenasia should be reserved for people who, for reasons of illness (or other such matters) can no longer live a "proper" life anymore. Someone who has been shut off from society does not fall into this gap. For one thing, there are plenty of 80+ people on this earth who do not feel the need to end their own life, so there must be something to do!

I can see where you are coming from, but I have to disagree with your reasoning. Euthenasia is a last resort. It is for people who will have ZERO quality of life for the rest of their days and cannot bear to see the discomfort that it causes to the ones closest to them. It is not a way to escape the boredom of sitting in an old people's home.

By the way, I do think that euthenasia is acceptable, but I think that there are a lot of complications with legalising it. I don't think that it is a decision that should be taken lightly, and there would have to be tonnes of checks in places to prevent any abuse of the system.

GL