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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (78833)	11/8/2003 1:36:57 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

So, when considering public policy, we can either determine that no choice to die, or assist in death, should be given automatic thumbs up, or policy should approve the practice without sanction in any case. The only reasonable public policy, IMO, is to have none and let people closest to the action deal with it as they think best. Yes, some of their decisions will be morally repugnant, but it's better than having the feds write a lot of rules that will work poorly if they work at all.

To: one_less who wrote (78833)	11/9/2003 12:09:55 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 82486

"He made a choice to die but not to avoid the inconvenience of his own circumstance but to stand against malfeasance." I think mere malfeasance ought to be left to the courts. It is not worth a human life in terms of creating justice. Save the immolation for larger matters. "Making a choice to die in order to avoid the inconvenience of one’s own lot in life or making that choice for another is an act of cowardice." There is no evidence (in any general perspective) that such a choice is made in fear. Indeed, it may often be made fearlessly-even delusionally. Even where choices ARE made in excessive fear--it must be admitted that people have every right to be motivated by fear--just as much as they do to be a vegetarian, or to pray to unseen spirits. However, taking the life of another is an act with only a narrow moral justification. Although we often (wrongfully) exalt acts (particularly in war) which are actually despicable rather than praiseworthy. I consider using children (or anyone for that matter) as weapons to be despicable and contemptible. A deranged father who murders his family is sometimes using his children as a weapon to hurt or punish another. There are many examples of children being used as weapons by deranged adults.