Opinion: Euthanasia, its legal problems, and the merchants of death.

Not legal in the United Kingdom, allowed by a minority of countries in the world; time to time the discussion to legalise the Euthanasia is brought back by academics and by the talking class, the journalists.

Alan Rusbridger, is one of those who advocate the legalisation of people who play the role of God. Instigating people to pass on the responsibility of caring for the elderly in their families.

 Does Alan realise the legal, human, and spiritual factors involved?

The moral and ethical part is where we start.  

Would euthanasia be part of the Ministry of Health, or would another department need to be created?

 Because if you kill someone, it cannot be part of the health cabinet. Can't it?

Doctors would have to revoke their historic Hippocratic Oath of ethics and morality.

Legal consequences.  

 What if Parliament were to overturn the law one day? Will those who assist in dying be considered murderers by the state?

 What if the state (NHS) restricts the treatment of an 80-year-old person who wants to live? "Claiming that the person was not worth it," because of the new system reform.

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Familiar mishaps.

What if siblings disagree? Have you thought about the inheritance?

One of the siblings is in debt and wants the elders to let go. Meanwhile, the others, out of love, do not want it to happen.

What if the " healthy youngsters ", suffering from depression, wake up one morning and decide to die?

The 'slippery slopes' increased by 50% in the Netherlands during 2009-2015.

Less harmful, but still a concern; recruitment.  

Would the government train people for this? Underpaid nurses perhaps? I do not think they will take on this task.

How about creating a new college or university course to meet the demand? How many "weirdos" would not apply for the course?

Should we put the funeral parlours in charge? The merchants of death.

Another minister at the price of gold, and more staff, in England, Wales and Scotland, paid for by the taxpayer.

Politicians have a fertile imagination; in my mind it would be called the Ministry of Farewell.

Religious  

Well, I do not want to go down the religious road; the religious road that I know you do not believe in. Your religion is agnosticism or atheism.

..."The Lord said to them, be fruitful and multiply..." and not grow and kill yourselves according to individual desire later in life.

The conclusion we all know; it starts with the elderly suffering with serious illness, and the denial grows along the way. It is always like that. Legalise cannabis and they will want a safe dose of crack every day afterwards.

Instead of asking the state to do the dirty work, people could just jump off the train platform. Could they not?

- I know, I know. It takes courage even to die.

The same people who support euthanasia are the same people who oppose the death penalty for prisoners.