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A significant percentage of the people who oppose abortion favor the death penalty. A significant number of people who oppose abortion and favor the death penalty also object to euthanasia.

I ain't figgered that one out yet.

This is not euthanasia. This is getting porkchops for the table.

"Hang on! Don't kill that unborn baby! Let him grow up and then we'll decide if he should be killed. But he can't kill himself."

Simplified, but accurate.

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-me-1218-lopez-bucketlist-20111218,0,4685249.column

My opinion? Abortion is very complicated. The death penalty is much simpler. Suicide, in whatever form you wish to call it, is absolutely clear. It's your life.

Period.

Abortion is complicated because it involves making a decision for an entity which cannot make a decision for itself. It also affects another person, the mother. I am not saying abortion is wrong, nor am I saying it is right. That's a decision, as man, I cannot make.

Because the death penalty actually works

Capital punishment is less complicated because this involves a person who has made a decision. My issues with the death penalty is once someone is killed, you can't bring 'em back to life and turn them loose. I don't know how many innocent people have been killed by court order over the years, but is too many. I only favor capital punishment when there is clear and irrefutable evidence. One or two "eyewitnesses" is not enough.

Euthanasia is quite clear to me. A person wishes to end their life.

G'head.

You may call me cruel, callous and indifferent. I shall not dispute you. I note the life in question is not yours.

What is the real difference between putting someone to death by court order and keeping someone alive by court order when that person wishes to die?

Ah. More government in action.

There is no difference. Both instances is (are? Hmmm which is the correct verb?) the government intervening in a human life in the most direct, personal and intrusive fashion possible. In the case of capital punishment, the guilty offender made a decision and now must suffer the consequences of his actions. I am a big believer in owning up to what you do and accepting responsibility.

Same thing with bringing an end to your own life.

Someone is going to bring up mental instability and such issues. G'head.

Wanna do the psychiatric/psychological tango? That's where you get two experts to testify the other person is absolutely wrong. Ah. Not a red herring, but a valid point that needs a whole 'nother column to address.

Should have used the "delicate" cycle and skipped the dryer.

What gives you the right to order someone to receive medical treatment? Point of order Mr. Chairman. You do not have that right, You can refuse medical treatment. Unless you are determined to be mentally unstable.

OK, so someone is a whackjob and is ordered to undergo treatment. They do the treatment, are considered "cured" and still want to take the Big Exit. Now what?

What if the person refuses to take the treatment?

The real question here is: What gives you the right to run someone else's life?

If you decide you can run someone's life, then you give them the right to decide how your life should be run.