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Some progress, finally.

Edit: for the benefit of the tinfoil hat wearers, assisted dying is not the same as euthanasia.

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[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts 3 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)
[–] steeznson 3 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Canada has gone too far in terms of who is eligible for assisted suicide in many people’s opinions. For example people who are mentally ill are able to request assisted suicide from the state.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well that seems like a bad idea

Person,: "I'm suffering paranoid delusions that the state is out to get me and want to end my life!"

The state: "well, we'll be happy to help.."

[–] steeznson 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah it's the so-called slippery slope argument people are making that countries which have legalised assisted dying so far have tended towards making increasingly more people eligible over time.

Conflicted on that tbh. Slippery slope is one of the classic logical fallacies but that doesn't necessarily mean it can't happen.

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