the official name has not been solidified but my constitutional amendment proposal has. It has 5 main points.
1. Euthanasia should be an absolute right for those who are terminally ill or severely disabled (such as quadriplegics). This rule should also cover children who are dying as well. It must be there choice.
2. Euthanasia for the mentally ill should be an absolute right for people who agree to take a 30-90 day stent in a psychiatric hospital for intense therapy. If the mentally ill patient still wants to end there lives, than there wishes should be granted.
3. Euthanasia for criminals should be a choice for prisoners who are serving more than 20 years in prison, and for those convicted of sex crimes (I believe in the death penalty for sex criminals, murderers ect, but if euthanasia was avalible to certain criminals, more would choose this than die under current death penalty laws – also it will be more cheaper).
4. If someone is in a persistent vegetative state and are unable to make choices, instead of just taking them off life support and letting them die naturally, they will be injected with a drug that will euthanize them instantly.
5. This will also cover the absolute right of women to get early term abortions under all circumstances, and late term abortion only if the child is found to be deformed in the womb and will have no quality of life.
What do you think?
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I kind of had to moderate my views on euthanasia for the mentally ill in order to gain more popular support. Personally I believe it should always be up to the individual, including me. I’d happily take the 30 to 90 day stent in the psychiatric hospital as long as I get my Numbethal in the end.
Also I believe that the prison population is understaffed and overpopulated. I believe in a rehabilitation focuses prison system but it’s hard when there are so many psychopaths who are serving life sentences with no chance of rehabilitation. Also traditional death penalty law is far too expensive and for some reason people on death row usually wait for decades before there put to death. I know that there will be many who wouldn’t choose euthanasia for serving life, but so many more would choose it than under current death penalty law, it must also be cheaper.
Have you ever considered adopting a more positive, cheerful perspective towards life? I realize that might be an annoying question, but how about focusing on what’s good rather than dwelling on what’s bad? You know, seeing the glass as half full instead of half empty.
I’d rather be realistic than positive and negative, what’s so negative about what I wrote? What about euthanasia for the terminally ill?
Life itself is a terminal illness. We’re all condemned to death the moment we’re born.
Might as well try to have a good time during that time span between the cradle and the grave. If your idea of a good time is killing yourself, well…it’s your life.
It’s almost like you can make an argument that procreation is murder by proxy. The only cause of death is life
Haha. Life is a sexually transmitted disease that’s guaranteed to kill you. Haha. And people ask me “why do you smoke”? I tell them I’ll die eventually whether I smoke or don’t smoke. “But smoking will take years off of your life”. That’s awesome, I don’t want to get old. It’s a win-win. 🙂
Add: Euthanasia for those who are not terminal or mentally ill. Some people just want to die, usually seniors who are just tired and want a clean exit. It doesn’t just apply to seniors however…. some people have had difficulties their entire life and get drained after seeing and realizing the pointlessness of life.
I agree my friend
I’ve long thought that long term prisoners should have that option to voluntarily self terminate. And it could be WAY easier than injecting a drug – simply a hypobaric (high altitude) simulator that doesn’t ever “return” to low altitude would do the trick … no muss no fuss – they gleefully fade away. No controversy – and you can put a button in the room that allows them to activate it themselves. The prison situation si worse that you state – it’s being turned over to private for profit companies – I don’t know about you but if corporations don’t care about employees you can bet they’ll short cut on basic humane standards for prisoners. It’s a shamefully bad model – and I get that prisoners don’t deserve much.
I like the overall concept a lot. Self determination/destiny is constitutionally protected under Pursuit of happiness, life, liberty. Unfortunately the interpretation of this is done through the religious filter that everyone must live – well, everyone doesn’t WANT that destiny.
If this was ever to be taken seriously and if it were to have even a prayer at passing, you’d have to take out the scenarios where the target person cannot make a purposeful informed choice out of free will – this would mean pulling out the abortion, mental illness and vegetative sate aspects as none of those can exactly “freely” make the choice. But I certainly agree that euthanasia should be expanded beyond the narrow focus of only those suffering terminal illness
political dawg
You got my vote! I’m very political and have ideas on a lot of things that I’ll prob share later on in this room
As regards to prisoners, they are in there to suffer over time, not all but some of them deserve at least that, to be able to kill themselves would be an easy end to their deprived suffering no? Defeats the purpose. Action and consequence, no alternative.
Honestly, I don’t care if they choose to suffer or not – and in context with the proposed Amendment, I’d even lower the “time” restriction to any sentence over two years. We, as a society, don’t put people in prison to inflict suffering – we do so to protect the law abiding citizens and maintain order. So to your point, it is precisely the purpose – if a prisoner chooses death over incarceration, he is removed from society in a way as to NEVER threaten or harm the public at large ever again – and as a byproduct, society saves 10s of thousands in costs to maintain a prisoner for years/decades.
Let me reiterate clearly – the purpose of jail/prison is NOT to inflict suffering – but to create safety by segregating a threat to society
law dawg
Additionally – the purpose of prisons is (at least in theory) to rehabilitate and create a law abiding citizen upon release – this is why they teach skills and have work programs, to make productive members of society. Unfortunately, the reality has become that these institution tend to be more like a graduate school to refine criminal activity/skills. Our prisons, instead of becoming places of second chance have become places for criminal higher learning. This is why the proposed amendment would be a good idea because I’d imagine that many lifers would “opt out” (die) rather than continue as a caged animal – this would take a lot of the criminal “professors” out of action and actually give young mistake makers a chance to see a better way.
And after a few moments of thought – I’d remove the “time” restriction – any incarceration would be eligible to exercise the “out” option. But in connection to this, there’d HAVE to be a similar option of law abiding citizens to make the same choice otherwise you’d have people who want to die committing crimes just to get access to euthanasia options … now THAT would be counter productive
thoughtful dawg
I agree with and support all other proposals 100%
Prison is not punishment for crimes? Prisoners do not suffer in prison? Given the choice to self terminate over a lengthy prison sentence many would self terminate I’m sure, and perhaps in knowing that there would be the option to end their (quite possibly) already impoverished lives rather than serve a lengthy prison sentence they may feel more inclined to commit crimes for which there might ordinarily be a lengthy sentence. If the sentence is not an issue then neither is the crime. If you can’t do the time don’t do the crime…
ive always relentlessly defended the value of a life. but, with all the fuck heads out there. so many people deserve death and “good” people go by tortorous disease. fuck it. there is no karma. lifes a ***** and yoi can decide when to cap her.
Yeah, good ideas
i don’t generally care about others lives, they would never give a fuck about mine.
i believe there is:
no god
no superstitions
no good luck/bad luck
(whatever happens, happens) so morbid, tra laaaa
Wow I agreed with you until this. I couldn’t do 30-90 days in a mental hospital not seeing my love. Secondly, you think the man I love should be killed and he’s not a bad person in the least, superficial maybe but not a bad person and I’d fight to the death to defend him.