Euthanizing people

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I disagree with the death penalty, but I agree with consensual euthanasia for the terminally ill in a lot of pain. Due to where I work I occasionally get to experience watching someone waste away slowly and painfully.

Most replies didn't get what I was referring to (but thanks for your opinions, at any rate).

after my recent accident, i surely wished to be just put out of my misery.

The shoot horses, don't they?

ruveyn

Intelligent non-human animals should have the right to life.

Humans who want it should have the right to death.

I oppose the death penalty (even for the likes of Saddam Hussein or Che Guevara), but I support assisted euthanasia (with consent from the person wishing to die, that is). If I ever get Alzheimer's, I'd rather end my life while I'm still sane instead of spending the next few years of my life gradually losing my mind and living my final months bedridden with the IQ of an overcooked vegetable.

Animals are animals, I don't think compassion or mercy should apply to species different than us that can't even communicate with us unambiguously. Specially if we are talking about an aggressive dog. We definitely have no scarcity of dogs, and most dogs are decent dogs that would not kill people. So, I say, f**k those aggressive dogs. It is most likely someone's fault that their minds are broken, but that does not change that they are. Killing them is the best we can do for the safety of humans AND other animals.


The only valid reason I cant think of to protect an animal from death would be if it is an endangered species. We need to keep the variety.

Born Humans are not animals and thus deserve more protection from us. A criminal that is getting forcibly killed is not being euthanazed, he is being executed. Maybe it is good or not.

In regards to assisted suicide, if the person has made it clear that she has an intention to die then it would be immoral to force this person to live.

When there is mental illness, that's a fuzzy line. I personally, would prefer to die rather than live mentally ill. I think the best solution to this is to, in advance make sure to state that if you reach a state in which you are mentally ill, that you want to die. If that didn't happen, then I can't even dare to answer what is good and what is not good.

Yeah I was wrong. Born humans are animals.

But we only care about animals of our species. Other animals can go to heck. If you are a rat infesting my house. Or a fly annoying me or an angry dog that can kill people or other animals, then sorry but you got to be killed.