Well, it seems like it's an open-and-shut case with 90% of people in favour of euthanasia then.
Except you're wrong on almost every count.
Wrong about the morality of the law.
Wrong in thinking this law won't be abused.
Wrong in thinking that doctors should start killing people instead of saving them.
There's a reason in the entire history of the UK, we are the only generation that would killing off sick people rather than trying to save them or at least make their dying as dignified as can be.
There's a reason parliament has overwhelming rejected these euthanasia bills on no less than 6 separate occasions including as recently as last year it was defeated 75% against to 25% in the House of Commons.
I'm not going to go into every detail or argument against euthanasia, you're all intelligent folk. There were many excellent speeches in parliament as recently as last year that will argue my position much more effectively than I.
I will, however, briefly share my experience of working in an Elderly Care Home where many patients suffered from dementia and other serious illnesses. We normally experienced a couple of deaths every week.
My overwhelming impression of this generation, this golden WWII generation was the irrepressible and immense desire to "not be a bother" - I knew residents that would go without food or even wet themselves rather than bother us if we were busy, which we usually were. I can't but feel, if it became common practice, many of these good people would volunteer to die because the thought of burdening someone else with their problems and being looked after is just not the way they were raised. They're not like we are now. No matter how many times I told them to bother us if they needed something, many simply wouldn't. But they are worth being bothered for, arn't they?
Look at your grandparents. You know what I'm saying to be the truth.
The other thing that struck me was just how bad people are at self-diagnosing their own prospects when something goes wrong. Many felt that their lives were over when they were diagnosed with a serious illness and they would rather be dead than have to live with it - but actually many turned out eventually to be happy or even very happy despite their condition. My concern is that if instead of supporting them through their low points - letting them kill themselves - they will never reach those high points where they actually have a rather good quality of life. Sometimes you just have to get through the bad periods.
Finally, modern pain-relief is very very effective so the idea of leaving people in "torture" and "agony" while we mercilessly keep them alive is just sentimental b*llocks designed to emotionally manipulate you in the vast majority of cases. Don't let it.
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