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Should society be allowed to put to sleep terminally ill humans just like it allows terminally ill animals to be put down?
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Of course not. Society should not have any more power to decide when someone lives or dies than it already does; in fact, it should have less.

But the INDIVIDUAL should have that choice.

7 Replies to dauguy's answer

Or their families.

Families only in very very rare instances maybe.

Not unless the individual has left clear instructions that this what they desire before they became incapable of doing so.

If he's left instructions, the involvement of his family is completely irrelevant...

Perhaps in Norway,

If for example, person is gay and their partner wishes to make a decision based on what the person has indicated, blood relations can legally over-rule that partner--unless there is a document, and a very well-drafted one at that, and unless the blood family cannot, in the face of documentation, hire better lawyers.

I guess that has to be regulated too then. After all, a spouse is family you've actively chosen.

Gay partners aren't spouses in most of this country. And money ALWAYS matters more here.

I'm surprised that this question came from Germany. This is the bridge question asked by the Nazi's in 1935. It was a very short step from "yes" to "experts should decide" to "the government should decide" to the ovens.

3 Replies to JWBrothers's answer

where the hell do you base your answers on are you that stupid that you think the germans put living people in the ovens. really dude you should look more in to your historybook

It did not occur to me that anyone would think it's OK if you gas the Jews, homosexuals and Gypsy's before you burn the bodies in a crematorium.

oke thats true but you are emplying like its this german guy's fault and of course i agree with you that it's one of the most worse thing to do in history but you are saying it like that the germans were that cruel to burn all the people in an oven when they were still alive and i agree that it's still bad but read your comment before you reply one a question

Hell no---that is my decision.