We are continuing our adventure through the Land of Lies Teens For Life website. What will be discussing today? Hot Topics: Euthanasia
I will say this right now:
What in the flying fuck does abortion have to do with euthanasia?
I need an answer, people.
Euthanasia is the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit, and over the years it has been one of the favorite tools of those who think society is better off when we take active steps to kill the poor, the disabled, the elderly, or the “unwanted”. Today the debate over euthanasia most commonly revolves around the issue of physician-assisted suicide.
Well, I'm pro-choice but I find euthanasia to be wrong. Are you saying abortion is euthanasia? I so confusedz.
Euthanasia may be thought of in several different forms:
Voluntary euthanasia: This is what happens when the person who is killed has requested to be killed. Often these requests are made under severe depression or emotional distress – situations that could easily change with proper care and treatment.
And abortion has to do with this how?
Involuntary euthanasia: This occurs when a the person who is killed made an expressed wish to the contrary. There are many in the world today who argue that the government could save money by actively euthanizing the elderly, claiming that the “usefulness” of these persons does not justify their medical expenses.
Again, abortion? And yes, I do find this wrong.
Assisted suicide: Someone provides an individual with the information, guidance, and means to take his or her own life with the intention that they will be used for this purpose. When it is a doctor who helps another person to kill themselves it is called “physician assisted suicide.”
I won't even mention the "a" word again. What are they trying point out in this? That someone suffering from a deadly disease who asks their doctor to help them kill themselves is ALWAYS, ALWAYS bad?
Euthanasia By Direct Action: Think of this as intentionally causing a person’s death by performing an action such as by giving a lethal injection.
I'm thinking of The Giver and North Korea.
Euthanasia By Omission: This is intentionally causing death by not providing necessary and ordinary (usual and customary) care or food and water.
So if a parent neglects a child of food and care they're euthanizing the kid?
Euthanasia opens dangerous doors because it is man playing God. Consider the story of the German family who requested to Adolf Hitler that their disabled son be “put to sleep”. This killing became the the catalyst for the Nazi euthanasia program, providing the rationale for a secret Nazi decree that led to “mercy killings” of at least 275,000 mentally and physically handicapped people. The first child died because hi sfamily wanted their son dead, but most of the other children who were subsequently euthanized were forcibly taken from their parents to be killed.
Men (and women) play God all the time, so there are lots of dangerous doors you aren't writing about here. And why bring up the Nazis who both forced abortion on pregnant women working as sex slaves in concentration camps but also had legal abortion (although women were shamed for having one)? There are lots of forms of euthanasia on Earth and you choose the Nazis. *Sigh* I'll just continue researching North Korea.
And what did I learn from this?
Absolutely nothing at all.
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