homefone t1_jaegauh wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:10 PM

Reply to comment by socialist_frzn_milk in A renewed push to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ by d5dq

>that is absolutely their right and you have no business taking it from them.

No it isn't.

>Oh, and it turns out you don’t have to poll the terminally ill or dead to know that you’re talking out of your ass, because the NIH already says you’re wrong: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2652799/

This analysis concerns whether racial minorities and other "vulnerable groups" are targeted for euthanasia. That's not I've been talking about.

socialist_frzn_milk t1_jaeiene wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:23 PM

In order for your argument to make any sense you would HAVE to be talking about at-risk groups, because otherwise you WOULD be talking out of your ass and there’d be no point continuing this.

And “No it isn’t” is something a child says when they’ve lost the argument. It IS a right, and you do not get to strip someone of their dignity because you don’t agree with their medical choices.

homefone t1_jaejgxw wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:30 PM

>HAVE to be talking about at-risk groups

No.

>It IS a right, and you do not get to strip someone of their dignity because you don’t agree with their medical choices.

I don't think it's a medical choice, I think it's killing oneself. The burden of proof is on the one making the claim. If you're saying it's a right, you need to show that it's a right.

socialist_frzn_milk t1_jaejzgm wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:33 PM

End-of-life decisions are medical decisions. You don’t get to pretend that they’re not. And since you are not interested in arguing like an adult, I’m about finished wasting my time.