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Re:Frail Older Patients Struggle After Even Minor Operations by Ntrails on Monday December 16, 2019 @09:36AM (#21803249)
> If someone wants to die, let them fucking die.

That is not what the assisted suicide debate is about. The debate is about the right to kill someone who cannot do so themselves.

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Re:Frail Older Patients Struggle After Even Minor Operations by lotsofpulp on Monday December 16, 2019 @10:47AM (#21803863)
I’ve never thought of that as the debate. Not providing care is not killing someone. We already do plenty of that in the US. The debate is about giving someone a quick, painless death via the application of certain medications as opposed to letting someone waste away painfully.
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Re:Frail Older Patients Struggle After Even Minor Operations by kube-system on Monday December 16, 2019 @10:16AM (#21803575)
Not to mention, it’s not exactly clear as to who is able to make that decision.
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