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Re: Liebour's Assisted Murder Bill Killed off!
Posted: 13 Sep 2026, 15:22
by giacomino
Tony1244 wrote: ↑Yesterday, 11:34
greg wrote: ↑Yesterday, 10:54
I cannot predict the future, and neither can anyone else for that matter. But what I do know, TODAY, is that I would hate to become a burden to the people I love... and I would hate even more to be condemned to a prolonged, agonising death with no hope of recovery.
Yeah, I've voted in favor of Assisted Suicide when it came up for state referendum. I'm for it and the death penalty. I don't believe in life at all costs which is one of the reasons I don't ID as Catholic anymore.
Certainly, both these very controversial practices have downsides, but I'll take the downsides rather than have sadistic murderers and rapists enjoying macaroni in jail, or a suffering grandparent who is a financial and psychological burden.
Seems like a sensible position. I am pro-choice and I used to tell my liberal friends that a pro-choice/anti-death penalty position was inconsistent. We’re still friends
Re: Liebour's Assisted Murder Bill Killed off!
Posted: 13 Sep 2026, 15:38
by Boxerbeetle
The difference for me is that it’s solely the state making the decision for the death penalty. Whereas assisted dying would be up to the individual; anyone who prefers to die in agony could exercise that right if they prefer.
Re: Liebour's Assisted Murder Bill Killed off!
Posted: 13 Sep 2026, 16:40
by TheRiverCityHippy
Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑Yesterday, 15:38
The difference for me is that it’s solely the state making the decision for the death penalty. Whereas assisted dying would be up to the individual; anyone who prefers to die in agony could exercise that right if they prefer.
Any decision like that wouldnt be taken in a vacuum though, there could be outside pressures
Re: Liebour's Assisted Murder Bill Killed off!
Posted: 14 Sep 2026, 03:51
by Lenny Cravats
I'm in favour of the bill in theory, I believe in a person's right to die. Having seen someone suffer, pointlessly, and against their wishes, to the inevitable end... I can't see a valid, moral opposition.
It would have to come with some serious safeguards, of course.