Euthanasia

Yes, here again lies a contentious topic, so here again, you the readers will get the chance to share your opinion on the view. Going to one hard sided opinion is possible, although it'll mean debating against people who love venturing off topic and using ad hominem arguments. So today, it comes to Euthanasia, in which a for argument will be given and then rebutted by the position against. If people want to share their one sided arguments against posts here, fear not, there will be upcoming posts. Some crude blogger too sly to reveal their identity wrote in the homosexual marriage comments "Perhaps in future, you may be interested in delving into greater detail, rather than making bold, but unbacked statements of position." To avoid receiving flimsy arguments from this person again, there will be a fair discussion from both sides outlining why people would want it to be legal and why there is a reason to keep it illegal.


Euthanasia should be legalised

Legalising Euthansia is ultimately down to a matter of choice. People have the right to decide when they should take their own life. It is a matter of personal choice. When someone is suffering immense amounts of pain or in a vegetable state of mind, that individual should be free to exercise freedom of choice to take their own life.

Why allow the pain to continue? Why continue to live in misery when one can "die with dignity." Maryan Street of the Labour party, who has advocated Euthanasia be legalised had the following to say. "For people who have been vibrant, self determined individuals throughout their life, seem to be lacking in compassion determining the end of their life." A lot of support has been drawn from this position that nobody should be coerced into the situation of being pressured into ending their life by anyone, but people who have the moral choice to end their lives do not want to have an impediment of legal prosecution being a threat to any doctor willingly executing such judgement.

Street further continues "it should be about compassion and it should be about dignity. It should be about people choosing to have their moment of exit." Why should people not be able to determine this outcome? After all, it is their life, one's own health, their well being, one's future, their struggle. Everything which promotes freedom to make personal choices should be done to help those who cannot physically look after themselves anymore should have the chance to end their lives.

Euthanasia should be kept illegal

Are people really becoming so soft in the mind that they lack the determination to follow through and battle on? Ms. Street does not actually realise how damaging the bill would be. It will become more widespread in use, more accepted as appropriate. Alex Schadenberg, who debated against Ms. Street, mentions a report which took place in Europe which discovered nearly one third of people who were euthanised had it done against their wishes.

A recent statistics poll was released, detailing the list of people who had committed suicide. An inquiry into why rates among teenagers was so high, led to a conclusion of not enough being done to prevent it from occurring. A strong urge from families who have lost loved ones as a result of suicide, plead that any sort of encouragement for suicide should be repelled. Euthanasia is a fancy word for voluntary suicide or submissive murder. Giving someone the permission to take your life in exchange for dying a painless death.

Many people feel the the social concern should be the main point of address. Don't allow people to voluntarily kill themselves but offer caring love and support through the difficult times. What if it is legalised? It will probably become more widespread like abortion. Young people who see their grandparents consent to being killed, will use it as a justifiable reason to end their own life painlessly. The repercussions are scarily predictable and according to those against the idea, should be kept illegal for that very reason.