Starting to get a little stir crazy so it’s time for the unpopular opinions game. Gimme a topic, I’ll give you an opinion.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin
Life extension vs euthanasia: which is more important
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @Plinz
I don't actually think euthanasia should be legal, at least not in a healthcare system that isn't *radically* different than our own. It'll be abused as a cost-cutting measure. Instead: stop involuntary commitment of those who attempt suicide.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin
Complete opposite position on this. It's cruel to deny suffering people a way out of a broken healthcare system. And suicide should be legal if one is of sound mind, but not every suicidal crisis fits that definition, and intervention may be necessary and beneficial.
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Replying to @Plinz
What does it mean for "suicide to be legal"? You can't jail a dead guy. You can only "jail" (commit) people who try to commit suicide and fail, or you can ban the use of dangerous suicide implements, both of which policies I oppose.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin
Legal as in: you have a right to suicide if you are of sound mind, and the world around you has a right to stop you from suicide if your work here is not done, and there is reason to think that you'll get better.
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Replying to @Plinz
yeah I don't think "sound mind" is a thing the state can really diagnose in a way that won't be distorted maliciously. At least "danger to self and others" is concrete.
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Establishing 'danger to self' as a criterion to rule out euthanasia defeats the purpose, and the fact that implementation of euthanasia rules may be imperfect and have side effects does not mean that the absence of such rules produces less suffering.
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