Exactly. I'm a proponant of euthanasia, but I do think we still need a higher level of debate than we have had thus far before we start changing the rules because there is so much grey even in the cases where everyone is being honest with each other. Then of course, depending on how you shape the rules, there are possibilities for cases where people may be speaking for a person who cannot fully communicate what they want and doing it for their own reasons.
In a perfect world people would have this right and it would give everyone (the sick, those that love them and remain behind, and the world in general) more dignity, happiness, and comfort in our lives. But we don't live in a perfect world and sometimes you need blanket rules to protect people from themselves and each other.
I do think we could draft a good system and rules and laws to allow euthanasia sometime, and sometime soon, but I don't think we have talked about it honestly enough yet as a society yet. I would like to see more ideas and debate.
Great article Dion.
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