Tuesday 17 April 2007

Euthanasia


Next to abortion this topic caused an equal amount of controversy and public dispute. Is it right to kill a person who is in great pain or due to severe brain damage is in a vegetative state? Euthanasia can be considered an act of mercy but also an act of murder. People were known to get prison sentences because of unplugging someone’s life support. There are known cases in Europe of people who became rich on performing euthanasia, they were sometimes called ‘legal assassins’ as they would perform illegal practices on people who agreed to them and awaited death as liberation. The matter has still not been solved but more and more people start to believe that to end someone’s pain is a humane thing, especially if the person asks for it and is in a sane state of mind.

http://www.euthanasia.com/ -The name speaks for itself, just a page about euthanasia, vacancies available.

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