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Originally Posted by DJones
From my perspective MAID isn't for terminal illnesses. MAID is for when you aren't going to die but your quality of life is in the ####ter.
Do not like that change.
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Originally Posted by Captain Otto
I'd guess you've never had a loved one suffer from a terminal illness.
As a guy who has and having seen the benefits of MAID first hand, it's none of your god damn business!
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Originally Posted by DJones
Dead either way though. Just hastening it.
Removing the option from people that are looking at decades of suffering is worse.
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Originally Posted by woob
Ideally, MAID is for both. But I suspect you know this.
I also think MAID should be for mental illness. Who are we to decide if a person should be able to shuffle off this mortal coil in a dignified manner, instead of hanging themselves from their basement rafters.
BUT - We should also be doing a MUCH better job on the mental health front in the way of health supports, income supports, etc.
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I suspect -- based off of DJones' response to Captain Otto -- you're all actually in agreement with each other, but DJones' neglecting to include the word 'just' in the first sentence in his first post is doing a lot of heavy lifting (to say nothing of his being generally disagreeable in this thread).
"From my perspective MAID isn't
just for terminal illnesses" probably aligns way closer. I'm with woob; if people don't want to use Track 2 MAiD, they don't have to, and removing the option for them to choose for themselves feels like a step in the wrong direction. And at the same time, better mental health supports should also be prioritized.
As an aside, anyone else automatically ignore something the moment they break out the phrase "Do better" in isolation, like in a title? Like "prepare to be condescended to!".