Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths
by mensetmanusman on Friday December 13, 2024 @12:08AM
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This is like trusting people to behave while owning guns. Curse of knowledge writ large.
Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths
by defrost on Friday December 13, 2024 @12:15AM
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It's a demonstration that the system currently in place has verification checks.
No one was killed against their will here.
There's a legitimate debate to be had on the question of whether it was even wrong to alert an injured veteren that MAID was an option given they had the free will and the gumption to reply No way, Feck off, Not interested.
The onus here should be on secondary interviews sorting out whether a person really did have insurmountable chronic pain and problems or whether they were depressed and lacked resources to deal with a situation.
Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths
by mensetmanusman on Friday December 13, 2024 @08:23AM
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There have been people killed against their will at the time because they previously signed something to ignore their future self.
Their action in suggesting MAID was not policy, was rapidly caught, and was the subject of a very public inquiry.
Had the suggestion been followed up by the veterens in question there were layers in place, interviews and checks, to make sure that MAID was both desired and appropriate.