tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post8589997064700592970..comments2024-03-28T13:26:59.030-04:00Comments on Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: The article on assisted suicide that Australian newspapers wouldn't publishAlex Schadenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-20120817144111172352017-07-26T14:40:32.747-04:002017-07-26T14:40:32.747-04:00Thank you for this article. The reasons for eutha...Thank you for this article. The reasons for euthanasia requests in Canada are proving to be the same as the literature states - fear and anxiety about loss of control and fear and anxiety about losing enjoyable activities.... and then comes being a burden. Prognosis no longer plays much part in Canada's law system or medical assessments for eligibility. It can range from a few days to up to 10 years of life left. <br /><br /> The medical assessment is involuntarily manipulative and coercive under the umbrella of "public safety". The medical profession does not want these lethal drugs out on the street so an appointment with a physician is made... How many people cancel a physician appointment! Not the weak or coerced, may be a few strong willed people.<br /><br />I thought it would take Canada about 2-3 years before they undertook a cost/benefit analysis for euthanasia. It only took one province 4-5 months before that was done.... Indirect coercion for financial reasons is already present.<br /><br />We are seeing people who are fearful of entering palliative care services because they no longer trust us.<br /><br />Historically, Canadians could say that the state would protect it's citizens from external enemies and those within it's citizenry who killed other Canadians, but we can no longer say that. Our nation now condones the taking of innocent/vulnerable lives. As one loved one stated after euthanasia was performed on their loved one, "It is so much better that (loved ones) death is approved by society. It would be such a disgrace to have to commit suicide." <br />Our citizens have limited legal avenues to raise questions as judges claim that "reasonably close to death" can be years because "there is no longer quality of life". They are no longer objective, but subjective in their judgments... They show how little they understand the twists and turns of motives and suffering. I cry for our Canadians. Do not let it happen elsewhere in the name of compassion which is really pity or in the name of eliminating intolerable suffering as opposed to alleviating meaningless suffer by compassionately walking along side. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16551752961967858503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-39775195058231090322017-07-25T16:50:35.306-04:002017-07-25T16:50:35.306-04:00This is very true!This is very true!Monique Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520486174506312234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-30819390822723718382017-07-25T11:13:45.065-04:002017-07-25T11:13:45.065-04:00Let's not forget fantasy. I have noticed in th...Let's not forget fantasy. I have noticed in the course of my research and reading, that the presentations of arguments for assisted death consist of fictional and fictive readings demanding a real world answer. We are expected to agree that, yes, granny suffering and in pain in a hospital would be better off dead and that's the end of that chapter. Yet we are not allowed to ask what her diagnosis is, the competence of her medical 'care team', her prognosis, and what might also be going on in her life. These critical questions - which must be asked if we are to allow for informed consent - are verboten by the killing powers that be. So we can say that we are emotionally manipulated into accepting a fantasy as real, and then basing our real world responses on that fantasy. This is the essence of social psychosis.gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320587011761444462noreply@blogger.com