Euthansia about personal freedom

Hylton Rhodes' argument that suicide and abortion will increase if voluntary euthanasia was to be permitted is specious. Those conditions have been with us since time immemorial and will continue to be so.
The discussion on euthanasia is about personal freedom. NZ is a country that prides itself on freedom. We have freedom of the press, speech,politics and religion.
We have the freedom to kill ourselves with tobacco, alcohol and gluttony. Why should the terminally ill and the disabled elderly who are tired after a long life be denied this same freedom?
There are safeguards that can be put in place to stop any misuse of the practice.
Anne McComish,
Tauranga.

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Well Said Anne

Posted on 26-09-2010 12:46 | By The author of this comment has been removed.

It annoys me that some people demand that we must all comply with the rules of their religion. The bible doesn't seemed to worried about doing away with people it doesn't agree with though! about killing people though. LEVITUCUS: Both parties in adultery shall be executed. 20:10 If a man has sex with his father's wife, kill them both. 20:11 If a man "lies" with his daughter-in-law, then both must be killed. 20:12 If a man has sex with another man, kill them both. 20:13 If you "lie" with your wife and your mother-in-law (now that sounds interesting!), then all three of you must be burned to death. 20:14 If a man or woman "lie with a beast" both the person and the poor animal are to be killed.(Oh, well, fair enough!) 20:15-16 People with "familiar spirits" (witches, fortune tellers, etc.) are to be stoned to death. (what about Homoeopaths?) 20:27 A priest's daughter who "plays the whore" is to be burned to death. (she should know better shouldn't she?) 21:9 These and another 1199 examples of the bibles humanity can be found at: http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html


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