Quote Originally Posted by Asiel View Post
Legalising euthanasia and/or assisted suicide will have a great impact on society and will affect everyone in one way or another.

Having personal autonomy in end-of-life decision making does not mean that family members and friends will not feel guilt, anger or bitterness
The process of medical research to find cures for diseases may be threatened.
Many of the German doctors who participated in the T4 euthanasia programme did so initially for reasons of compassion.
There are fears that hospice and palliative care programmes will be a casualty of legalised EAS.
In the Netherlands voluntary euthanasia has led to non-voluntary euthanasia.
Ah right.
So it does affect society. Just think of all those people who may lose their jobs in Medical Research institutions and pallative care units......why, they may not be able to afford that new set of China Ducks for their lounge room wall.
Jeez Asiel.....you're right !!! I've been wrong about this all along.
The next time I sit next to a vet riddled with cancer and in so much pain that he can hardly speak, and they whisper to me "John. When will this end ?" I'll say to him....."Well Max, ya gonna have to put up with it for the sake of society and all of those other things important to mankind, and for God to....he reckons you have to lay here in agony until you have a stroke or heart attack from the pain. And how do I know that Max ??? Well...a priest told me that, and if I go against His law, then I will burn in Hell. So Max old mate, I know you did lots for your country and all, but I guess you just can't be selfish about all of this pain stuff, you'll just have to put up with it."
You know Asiel.....Catty1 dropped the goodies. Upping the morphine to see someone out painlessly has been going on for years and years...it's really not talked about much, but I can tell you it goes on ALL of the time. And I know that for a fact, because I see so many vets take their last breath it isn't funny.....it's what I see to help them on their way.
But you know....it's got nothing to do with Medical Science, or society or God or anything else that mankind has invented......it's simply compassion....nothing else....just compassion.