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I�d rather be dead than one of �the living dead� 26 March 2003 ~ 22:48 Animals are, unfortunately, pretty short on rights�like the right to not be eaten, hunted or experimented on. But one right they do have, which we humans have not extended to ourselves, is the right to a merciful death if they are terminally ill and in pain.I�m a big supporter of voluntary euthanasia. Who the hell are pro-lifers to think they can tell other people what to do with their own lives? Abortion may be one thing�the beginning of a life�but euthanasia is a completely different matter. The person is going to die anyway, and soon! Why should they have to die agonizingly, gasping for every last breath, begging for a merciful release? Of course there would have to be safeguards. The patient would have to be terminally ill or unable to lead any kind of life and medically certain to get worse. For example, advanced cancer causing pain that cannot be cured by painkillers (and don�t be fooled that all pain can be �managed.� As these pro-lifers would have you believe). Also, diseases like motor neuron disease where the sufferer will eventually be unable to even swallow. The patient would have to be the one to decide they wanted to end their life (or really to just speed up the process). Euthanasia of a patient could not be decided on by relatives, in case of financial gain. Two independent doctors would have to agree that there was no hope of a cure. People should not need to travel abroad or try to �do the job� by themselves in a haphazard way. This is the 21st century, for Chrissakes. The word �mercy� in mercy killing is the word I emphasize here. I can guarantee you that these bleeding-heart, �human life is sacred� types, if they or any of their family were hollering in agonizing pain or struggling and panicking to breathe, would be the first to call for doctor-assisted suicide. If you ask me, Dr Kevorkian deserves a medal for kindness and bravery, not the removal of his license to practice medicine in certain states or a prison sentence. Bless the man.
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