HighVamp913 wrote:
Why do people put dogs down?
Because they are in pain and suffering.
Why can't people be "put down"?
"inhumane" "that is messed up" "we aren't animals"
We do put humans down, it's called capital punishment.
When we put adults with intellectual impairments down or those with dementia or a mental illness who have committed violent crimes, we are basically putting them down like wild animals because they are too dangerous. That is what we do with animals when they have been traumatized so they lash out at people and attack. Or if they get old and get dementia as well and start to attack, we put them down.
When elderlies get dementia and start to get violent, they get put on medication to keep them calm so they won't lash out. They do not get put down like wild animals.
We do allow terminal ill patients here in Oregon to have euthanasia. I do think more countries and US states should allow it. I only think this should apply to those who have a terminal illness, not those who have depression or going through a hard time because they lost their family or their partner or their job or lost everything they had.
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Daughter: NT, no diagnoses. Possibly OCD. Is very private about herself.