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What are your views?

I know if ever anything hapened to me and i was to end up severly brain damaged i'd want a lethal dose of morphine in a syringe to hand to send me on my way. I've told my mum and Mr. H that if the worst comes to the worst just let me go. Whether it be turning off the life support, smothering me with a pillow or administering a lethal injection.

However..

My mother and Mr. H agree with me and have expressed the same if the worst was to happen to them. I'd have to either make the decision to switch off the life support or administer the lethal injection. As much as i respect their decision, i don't think i could do it to them, as i know that no matter what happens i will look after them as i love them too much to let them go.

Nice and cheerful again, Miss H...

I'd probably switch it off for my mum and dad if they ever did. It would end any lasting pain. For me, I don't know, probably not.

Yup! You can always rely on me to brighten up a dull day.

I'm feeling very upbeat at the moment, life is looking good. Another door has opened on the business front. Everything is looking rosy for me, so i thought i'd bring you lot down to make me feel even better

No chance! I'm going to see QI being recorded tomorrow, and I only have 1 exam before I can go home, so try harder!

miss hellfire wrote:Another door has opened on the business front.

What? You're opening another salon?

Are you sure you're not pregnant, but hubby's screwing somebody called Stacey?

You need to watch out, you know!

Nick Harvey wrote:Are you sure you're not pregnant, but hubby's screwing somebody called Stacey?

You need to watch out, you know!

How cruel Nick. Don't wind up Lorna. You know what happens with a woman scorned! You wouldn't want to see our Lorna splashed on the front pages for "doing a Bobbitt" on Mr Hellfire

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Nick Harvey wrote:

miss hellfire wrote:Another door has opened on the business front.

What? You're opening another salon?

Are you sure you're not pregnant, but hubby's screwing somebody called Stacey?

You need to watch out, you know!

Because everybodys talking about it.

I'm not so sure about this topic... I've always had problems with the youth in Asia.

Oh, bugger, nearly went off on one again there.

Thought you said youth in Asa.

There is a much better alternative to euthanasia and it is called palliative care. It is relatively cheap to give a person drugs which will end their life. It is much more expensive to provide good quality palliative care and drugs which will prolong life. Palliative care provision in this country is extremely patchy, and this is why many people have seen relatives dying in pain and fear this is the only way to die.

Many terminally ill people need great reassurances that they are not "being a burden". Perhaps some of these people would take the right-to-die option, if it was available, out of a sense of duty. With the right nursing and pain control, many people would choose to live, not die. We must ask why we are failing to making these people (whom we may replace some day) feel valued and pain-free.

If euthanasia ever became legal, no doubt, it will be 'for extreme cases only’ with many safeguards in place to protect the vulnerable. However, like abortion legislation, will this eventually turn into something much, much more open? The right to die should not overshadow the right to live!

My thoughts on this are simple. Your life is your own, what you do in it is determined by things you decide to do (even if those decisions are made with the thought of others) and ultimately whether or not you have a life at all should be your choice too.

If someone disagrees with Euthanasia and never wants it to happen to them, then fine. I would not in a million years sanction anyone being able to over-rule their decision to die naturally for any reason.

But, if someone has an unpleasant terminal illness and is in constant (often agonising) pain, why should they not be allowed the choice of ending it? Indeed what is the point of them continuing to live in this state? They'll never get any better. They'll never be able to come to terms with their death in a dignified way. And what of their loved ones who have to witness all this?

It would be considered inhumane to let your beloved pet dog, cat or whatever to slowly die in terrible pain, and they're not even able to express a wish to do that or not. But apparently, humans should not be given the choice in this country.

Paliative care has been mentioned, and indeed it is important to note that not all terminal conditions are painful and certainly, if it's your choice to go down that route, then fine. But when you deteriorate to the point that you can no longer look after yourself, why should you be forced to spend the rest of your days doped up in a hospice waiting out your time if you'd rather just end it now?

IMO, Euthanasia should be an option to patients of all terminal cases, whatever stage they may be at.