D'Arcie - 12/04/00 17:49:18
My URL:http://[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: No.

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If you have a terminal, uncurable illness, it is your right to die. We can't walk around telling others that they aren't in enough pain to die. We should be able to choose if we want to live or die.

Andrew - 11/23/00 17:19:22
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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dignity = 1 The quality of being worthy or honourable; true worth, excellence 2 Honourable or high estate; degree of estimation, rank 3 Persons of high rank 4 A person who hold a high or official position, a dignitary 5 Elevated manner:fit sateliness I see no evidence in any of these definitions from "The New Shorter Oxford Dictionary" to support the theory that killing yourself or requesting that someone else kill you, by whatever means is to die with dignity. The only way to die with dignity is to l ve with dignity.

Kelly - 11/14/00 04:17:29
Do you oppose patient killing ?: No

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If they want to die, let them. Everyone has a right to life . . . and a right to death. I don't understand how people can be against it. I'm sure at one time, you felt as though you wish you weren't somewhere, and these people just wish that they were not on Earth alive.

Eu Thanatos - 10/20/00 09:48:28
My URL:euthanasia is my right
Do you oppose patient killing ?: NO, and its not killing, its helping someone, its helping someone when they request it

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I am appalled by your lack of credible resources. And even more appalled by the blatant lies that you like to call fact. Firstly, the NAZI program of euthanasia had absolutely nothing to do with mercy and everything to do with eugenics and racial purifica ion. Secondly, do you even have the ability to understand the word 'voluntary'? The general idea is that you volunteer for the 'treatment', not that they will just start killing people. Thirdly, what about the rights of the patient? Why can't someone who as absolutely no desire to suffer have his or her life ended? Why is this a drastic request?

matthew - 10/13/00 05:16:47
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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lucy fitchett - 10/11/00 07:03:27
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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damian moyle - 10/09/00 03:31:20
My URL:http://[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes, yes I do.

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i am against it, you superficial bastards, you suck!

rohan milne - 10/04/00 23:40:31
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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i am fat and want to die. I also am very ugly please make euthenasia legal life kills life

dying patient - 10/03/00 23:18:23
Do you oppose patient killing ?: kill me now kill me now!!!!!!!!!!!

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i am dying .... will be dead and want to die sooner but the church wont let me ohh jesus says this jesus says that ITS NOT HIS PROBLEM I WANT TO DIE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RELIGIOUS PRICKS

Brendan Payne - 10/03/00 23:10:50
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no .... they should die

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if they want to die let them it is a matter of freedom of choice dick heads

bob brown - 10/03/00 22:55:31
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no kill them all

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hahahahahahhaa they should all die

Dani Morris - 09/14/00 01:35:18
Do you oppose patient killing ?: No

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I think euthanasia should be legalised.

John Christopher Sunol - 09/04/00 12:55:42
My URL:[email protected]
My Email:http://www.geocities.com/johnsunol1
Do you oppose patient killing ?: Yes

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Dear Sir, I would like to support your web sight as it is dreadfully important. Also i have a campaign against the gay and lesbian Mardi Gras in Sydney _________________________________________________ This is a campaign against the gay mardi Gras. Could you please spread this all around your oranisations. I have sent out litteraly thousands of letters and it is all over Australia. What I need is for this to spread as I am gaining moment, we suddenly ha e a real possiblity of stopping this Gay Mardi Gras as I have been able to get the NSW and Queensland Police do an investigation into the Gay Mardi Gras managment in conjunction with drug dealing and child pornography. Fred knows about this as he has already presented some of my petitions to the NSW state upper House. I would also like to let you know, praise the Lord that I received a letter this morning from the NSW police commissioner in the mail, due to my efforts they are going to an investigation into the Gay Mardi Gras managment for drugs and other criminal acti ity. This could spell the end of this movement. It is just now I need all churches who do not like this to support what is happening by writing your own letters to the State government or signing petitions and sending them in as what we need is to push it. Now we have a Police investigation going in full things can start to happen. Yours sincerly John C.Sunol These are just some of the letters sent around which will inform you of the campaign. NB: If you feel right about this, please spread around the Media release and the petitions and people can pass them into Parliament themselves or post it back to me, I will send it to the Rev Fred Nile in NSW parliament.

David Soole - 08/30/00 03:17:41
My URL:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: not at all

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I don't understand those who oppose euthanasia. I hear religious and cultural excuses but why should euthanasia be outlawed for those who have no cultural or religious beliefs? If someone is in intolerable pain everyday than who is anyone to say they can' end their lives. The ironic fact is if our pet dog or cat is destined to die then we put them down. Why in the world are we showing less compassion to terminally ill patients? As far as I am concerned there are too many religious idiots trying to play go and force their beliefs on others.

margaret becker - 08/16/00 07:04:30
My URL:http://[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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I am studying politics at university and this is my essay subject. The more i read about it, the more i stand by my belief in euthanasia.

Bobi Howarth - 08/08/00 01:56:05
My URL:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: No

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My mother was diagnosed with cancer 5 years ago. During this time she had days were she was in alot of pain. She died last year with the help of her doctor, who was and still is a great family friend. It was hard for us all to cope with the death of su h a loving and caring woman but she was in a considerable amount of pain and that hurt all of us more than her death. No painkillers would help and many nights i would be woken up by her screams of pain. I am glad that she died peacefully and without al the pain that she had to put up with for 3 long years. Euthanasia should be allowed to those who were in my mothers position. It is not only hard on the patient but also the doctor and family.

Carmen - 07/23/00 10:53:29
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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i believe that euthanasia should be legalised in australia but that there should be tight restrictions on who can have it done. someone who was in a state of being a vegetable would be able to have it done. there are some people who have been told they ar going to die the next day and were practically dead that have recovered though.

tammy Woodward - 06/29/00 09:45:41
My URL:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no.

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i think that if the patient really wants to die to stop the pain and torture then the doctors should give the patient what they want.

Bridgette Colquhoun - 06/09/00 00:45:31
My URL:http://[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: Yes

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It is a known fact that nobody knows when they are going to die. We could die in a few hours, days, years or even decades. If I was diagnosed with an illness that would proably take my life, I would definitely like to life those few precious moments of my life that I have left. It is said that taking Euthanasia is to die with 'dignity.' I believe that the opposite is true. Life shouldn't be treated like something so unimportant. Thankyou.

stuart Boyd - 06/05/00 07:53:35
My URL:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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What a lot of shit, don't you think people should be able to choose what they do with THEIR lives???

David Moss - 04/27/00 06:54:45
Do you oppose patient killing ?: Yes

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There have been a few comments recently concerning the prospect of dying in unbearable pain. I can understand why people may have this fear, but in this day and age, in most first world countries, there is no reason whatsoever why people have to die n unbearable pain.

With good quality palliative care almost anyone can be kept free of severe pain during terminal illness.

If your doctor can't stop your pain don't let him kill you to cover his ignorance, just find one who can treat pain.

- 04/25/00 11:29:00

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Jamie - 04/20/00 19:32:47
My URL:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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When you are in severe pain and you don't want to go on then why should you be forced through the suffering? When an animal is in great pain we kill it. We put old sick dogs to sleep. Why for humans should it be any different. When I get old and exper nce nothing but pain I hope I have the right to make the choice whether I have to go through the pain or not. I can understand where the people opposing euthanasia are coming from, I just ask that you understand where I am coming from and let people make the chocie for their own self. I would rather die earlier then die in immense pain.

Miori - 04/10/00 01:57:34
Do you oppose patient killing ?: Definitely NO!

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It's your own decision. If you are in so much pain that you can't stand and you are feeling awful what do you think you are gonna do? Why can't doctor give patients the good way to die? My grand mother had cancer and even doctor knew that she was gonna die in five days! but doctor couldn't give her mercy killing because of the law, even though she was screaming everyday from the pain. It wasn't a way that she wanted to die. I know some of the doctors who gave patients mercy killing got arrested and in the jail for five years for it. Those of who say Yes. You guys have no common sence at all. If you get a serious desease and you are in pain that you keep screaming. You're gonna realize how stupid your thoughs were.

Gemma N Kate - 04/08/00 18:58:12
Do you oppose patient killing ?: No

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When my nana died, she wanted the family to end her life as she was in so much pain. Our only regret is that we didn't fulfill her wishes and the last few days were incredibly difficult.

Aston Martin - 03/22/00 07:15:27
My URL:http://[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no way!!!!!!

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I despise the bastards who do.

MATT F. - 03/21/00 09:42:36
My URL:http://[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: NO

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BIT CONFUSING

shazzy - 03/15/00 03:50:00
My URL:http://[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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we all have a right to treat our selfs as we wish and if that includes dying when WE choose then so be it

mr bloke - 01/24/00 14:09:48
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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it is the persons life they can do what they want with it!

Gottlieb - 12/21/99 11:56:02
Do you oppose patient killing ?: fixed question, isn't it

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I am undecided. I feel that before any of us support the issue, we need to ensure that the safeguards of abuse are in concrete. At the moment, I disagree that patients should choose to die, as in most cases, the patient is in no Psychological condition to determine their own destiny. I am open to persuasion if there is a rational argument against my "no" vote!

Dave Murray - 12/20/99 09:50:36
My URL:[email protected]
My Email:http://manics.4mg.com
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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You obviously don't see the difference between suicide and euthanasia!

Will - 12/12/99 12:46:41
My Email:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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As humans we have come so far & yet quality of life & dignity are denied by a preaching minority with some twisted agenda. Strangely, all of the people I speak to who are anti-euthanasia & anti-abortion are also pro-death penalty, a very twisted set of mo ales indeed.

Tamzin and Lauren - 11/11/99 11:52:09
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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people have the right to decide weather they live or die, a life is too precious to be decided for someone. Good comment Emma!

Emma - 11/11/99 11:49:33
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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I'm all for choice when it comes to your own death but Euthanasia has become a choice for doctors, not their patients.

Emma - 11/11/99 11:47:39
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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I'm all for choice when it comes to your own death but Eutanasia has become a choice for doctors, not their patients.

- 11/02/99 03:08:22

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Max - 11/02/99 03:08:07
Do you oppose patient killing ?: ...

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I am looking for some info. about eauthnasia. Thank you.

- 11/01/99 03:16:19

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Elly - 10/18/99 03:35:10
My URL:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: Yes

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DIGNITY!! That's all!!

trish lenord - 09/15/99 16:51:53
My URL:trish at animals.com
My Email:dont have
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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it bites it really bites . i think everyone who does that should do that should be killed just like theyre doing. oh i really love animals.chow oh and everyone who reads this kicks ass love ya bye.

- 09/03/99 03:48:50

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Faye O'Neill - 08/04/99 18:01:48
My URL:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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It is hard to say"pull the plug", I know.My mother was ready to go,but she loved the lord and felt as I do when he calls you will be glad to go people can be taught not to feel pain by meditation and self mind control over the body.we are not qualifed to make this decision,nor is the person who is ill,the Lord does miracles and healing is one thing he does best.Ask for his help believe in his ability to ease the pain lean on him the families don't want suffering but do want to share as much time with their loved one as they may. There is a time for everything and I don't believe we are justified to "end the suffering" If aperson is terminal they can ask God to take them they are ready,A person can will themselves to die and they will. I still suffer from "pulling my mother from the respirator.she was brain dead and 87 yrs.old but I still miss her and question myself "did I do right".she was so bright and alert two days before.

craig priest - 07/26/99 04:47:26
My URL:http://[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no!!!!!

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Letty - 07/21/99 04:43:25
My URL:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: most definately.

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This wbsite and information is very useful but if you could sent me more information to my email, Thank you.

- 07/15/99 12:01:41
Do you oppose patient killing ?: No

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I believe that choosing to live is up to the person suffering the illness, and it is insensitive to impose personal beliefs, when we have no understanding of what they suffer. It could even be seen as inhumane to force terminally ill patients to extend t ere misery.

- 06/22/99 10:44:55
Do you oppose patient killing ?: YES

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MY FATHER WAS TERMINALLY ILL AND DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I FEEL THAT THE TIME SHARED WITH HIM WAS STILL VALUABLE.HE OFTEN SPOKE ABOUT DEATH AND WISHED THAT HE COULD DIE IN THE EARLY DAYS BUT TOWARDS THE END SAID HE WAS HAPPY THAT EUTHANASIA WAS NOT AVAILA LE HERE AS IT GAVE HIM MORE FREEDOM TO MAKE THE MOST OF HIS LIFE THAT WAS LEFT

- 06/22/99 10:38:15
Do you oppose patient killing ?: YES

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AS A DISABLED WOMAN I FELT THAT MY BURDEN ON MY FAMILY WAS HORRENDOUS, ONLY WHEN A DISABILITY OFFICER TALKED TO ME, DID I REALISE THAT I HAD A QUALITY IN MY NEW LIFE, THAT COULD BE SHARED WITH OTHERS. ALTHOUGH BAD DAYS COME AND I FEEL A BURDEN, I NOW HAVE MORE GOOD DAYS AND DO NOT FEEL A WASTE OF SPACE ANY MORE.

- 06/22/99 10:29:42

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aimee - 06/11/99 03:18:16
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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I HATE LIFE

Fauzia Moore - 06/03/99 14:40:06
My URL:[email protected]
My Email:http://www.geocities.comparis/shores/1341
Do you oppose patient killing ?: Yes and No

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Why I said yes is because if someone is really ill for example A.I.D.S and is in bed all the time and is expected to die less than a week, i see a reason for helping him or her to die. But in another case, if a person is very very ill and there are possibilities that he or she would recover i see no use for enthanasia. My opinion is that enthanasia should only be used when it is necessary: and that is when someone is very very ill and has no chance of living. But i wouldn't choose this method on my family. i would prefer them to die in the hands of God instead of a d ctor. To each is own!

Bobbie - 06/02/99 23:50:44
My URL:http://[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: If they are in pain no

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I'm doing an essay on Euthanasia on people compared to euthanasia on animals. I beleive that if a person wants to have their life ended and they are of sound mind they should have the right. For passive euthanasia it should be the relatives decisions. ust think would you like to live life being a vegetable? My guess is probably not. If an infant is born a spastic most parents decions is to put the baby up for adoption. I think it will save a lot of heartbrake if the baby was euthanised.

Joel Plummer - 05/27/99 09:13:07
My URL:http://[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: No!

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People should do with their bobies what they like! The injection should only be given to people that are very sick or dieing who just want to die in peace!

- 05/17/99 05:38:42

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Belinda, I assume you mean the June Burns, a 54 year old Australian woman suffering from bladder cancer who the Voluntary Euthanasia Society tried to use in an emotional ad campaign. June had been a member of the NSW VES since 1990, well before she contracted bladder cancer, the same disease from which her father had died. The ads were illegal and never put to air, although excerpts were shown on current affairs shows. DM

Belinda - 05/17/99 00:31:04
My URL:http://[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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I needed info on that lady and the ad but I couldn't find anything

- 05/09/99 07:39:32

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D. Moss - 04/27/99 02:03:30
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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testing 123


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- 12/01/98 02:37:35

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Neville, The German people didn't just wake up one morning and start barbequeing Jews. The vast majority of Germans would have been appalled at the prospect. It started small, as slippery slopes do. Voluntary euthanasia of incurable patients. This was extended to those who would have volunteered if they could have made such a choice. Then to those who should have volunteered. Then the excuse of "useless eaters" emerged. With the villification of the Jews who could be percieved as being more useless? The German experience with "euthanasia" was a classic slippery slope. To deny it puts you in the same category as other historical revisionists. There is an excellent article on the NaZi T4 killing programme in the "Reasons" section of this resource.

neville - 11/27/98 13:58:13
My Email:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: NO

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The Nazi argument is wearing a bit thin. I may be wrong, but I think it goes like this; "If we allow VE then that will give impetus for killing less than terminally ill until we reach a bottom of a slippery slope." Now, I may be wrong again, but I don't recall there being any laws allowing euthanasia in Germany prior to Hitler. He didn't sit down and say, "Gosh! I can't wipe out the Jews, the LAW won't allow it!" No, as far as I know, he MADE his OWN rules as he went along despite the past. So TOO would any future despot. Opposing VE is not saving the world from future Hitlers, not one little bit.

LauraMaery Gold - 11/24/98 19:06:11
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/8099
My Email:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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RE: Link to anti-euthanasia site Thank you for your site on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. If you're interested, I'd invite you to include a link to my Stop Dr. Death Home Page, at --lauramaery gold

jo - 11/17/98 09:42:56
My URL:http://home.talkcity.com/LOLWay/josephine_v
My Email:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: No

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Thank you for all the information on this web pag, it helped me heaps with a Euthanasia assignment that I had to do.

neville - 11/16/98 05:36:26
My Email:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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Well David, if you feel that Voluntary euthanasia ia the first step to Nazi type eugenics and genocide (sorry, ethnic cleansing) then tell that to the AMA and the doctors and women who oversee 95,000 ABORTIONS anuually in Australia LEGALLY! Only if they apologise, THEN they might they have moral credibility. Meantime, cite your proof where suffering makes one better. I doubt that a toothache make one better let alone the UNtreatable UNpalliated pain of 5% of terminally ill. And NOWHERE in the bible is suffering a tool of God cited despite archbishops who erroneously belive so. Their opinion is no better than my aunt Bessie's!

David - 11/15/98 21:15:32
My Email:survnat@ilnk
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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Dr. Leo Alexander, consultant to the WScretary of the War in the Nurenburg Trials, in an article in the New Engalnd Journal of medicine written in 1949 states: " Whatever proportions these crimes finally assumed, it became evident to all who investigated them they started from small beginnings. The beginnings at first were merely a subtle shift in emphasis in the basic attitude of the physicians. It started with the acceptance of the attitude... that there is such a thing as life not worthy to be lived. This attitude in its early stages concerns itself merely with the severly and chronically sick. Gradually the sphere of those to be included in this category was enlarged to encompass the socoally unproductive, the ideologically unwanted, the racially u wanted and finally all non-Germans." This is history! At times our suffering is great, let us understand who and what our sufferings are for! Dr. K say's " we get cut we bleed, we die and we stink." I must say there is more to our being. Our sufferings and the sufferings of those around us will show us the meanings of our being. Life is!

R Crowe - 11/15/98 12:51:04
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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I do not view euthansia as killing, i think it would invovle a person terminally ill, who at least four experienced doctors signing to say that this person was not going to recover from the pain they were in. it should be the patients choice, not anyone e ses!! for if they were able to take their lives they would. It is not killing by the doctor, for it is the patients choice, and should have the right to make that decision, buit now that we have advanced technology, these people - the people in suffering an make the decision to end their lives in a clean, hospitable way - and say goodbye to people also. - Which most poeple do not get to do at least we would be granting them that!!

beleeupaa - 11/13/98 02:31:51
Do you oppose patient killing ?: i don't know

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E.Prat - 11/08/98 16:38:38
My Email:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: Jes

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Sarah - 10/31/98 07:01:46
My Email:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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Not being pro-life dosen't mean you are pro-death. It is PRO-CHOICE! I repeat, 'Choice'! The choice to end pain and suffering.

dave - 10/23/98 17:30:22
My Email:www.st.pauls.com
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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Euthanasia is immoral!!!!!!!!!!

neville - 09/26/98 23:24:00
My URL:http://www.powerup.com.au/~nmanser/index1.htm
My Email:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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Doctors seem to think patients have no right to die. Have they discovered immortality and believe Elvis lives? Doctors do not seem to care about the internal feelings of a terminally ill patient. Oncologists can not stop the pain in up to 5% of cases and I wish they would cease lying, saying it is zilch. Treating pain is not the same as succeeding in relieving. Do doctors rally hard for more palliative care fu ding?-I don't see evidence of it. Are doctors going to fight curbs on the use of morphine and bring back opiates?-I don't think so. Do doctors really care about their oath?-I don't think so. Why not? Because the section re abortions has been deleted. So m ch for being 'set in stone.' Many (not all) doctors perform abortions which IS killing innocent people. Doctors cannot claim any part of the moral high ground. They are in business as much as any car salesman.

susan - 09/24/98 07:33:08
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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I am a doctor. The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act , along with the Death with Dignity Act (Oregon) mislead the public into the belief that they have been afforded a new 'right'. Unfortunately the new 'right' has been given to the doctor...the right to ill another human being, legally. I am strongly opposed to VAE and PAS. My beliefs stem from an intuitive repugnance in taking someone's life and a moral belief that killing is wrong. I have no religious belief system. I think that the closest society will get to a solution on this fundamental question, i.e whether life is of value , is through a concerted effort in achieving equitable health care. (Surely a specialised oncology centre in the NT would lessen the desire by many to use the Deliverance software!) Palliative Care holds the key to good dying, not radical new laws.


Helen Mc. - 09/04/98 12:54:36
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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Why not leave the debate to those who are in a position to make the decision. Leave the decision of euthanasia to the dying...

Helen Mc. - 09/04/98 12:54:30
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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Why not leave the debate to those who are in a position to make the decision. Leave the decision of euthanasia to the dying...

Jordo - 08/31/98 09:48:56
Do you oppose patient killing ?: Don't care

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neville - 08/22/98 06:01:45
My Email:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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Thanks very much to the opponents of euthanasia the use of morphine is now being restricted in the USA which is even upsetting doctors who want to treat ordinary pain, let alone intractible pain of terminal illness. Why can't the busybodies let those in p in have relief? Even the best palliative care person or oncologist would not have an inkling of someone else's pain. Have you ever felt another person's toothache regardless of how many toothaches you may have had? Pain is one of life's most subjective e periences and no one can tell another how much they should bear.

Haley Hermon - 08/19/98 02:17:29
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no

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It is a human right. I am Right and everyone else is wrong!!!!!!!!!

N. TOBIN - 07/22/98 19:31:30
Do you oppose patient killing ?: SOMETIMES

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I KNEW TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE DYING ONE WANTED TO LIVE FOR HER CHILDREN THE OTHER WANTED TO DIE SO HER CHILD DID NOT HAVE TO GO THOUGH THE LONG DAYS OF PAIN SHE THOUGHT WHEN SHE DIED IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET OVER IT. THEY BOTH DIED ONE BY CANC R AND THE OTHER BY CUTTING HER WRAISTS ( THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WANTED TO LIVE... SHE COULD NOT TAKE THE PAIN ANY MORE AND THERE WAS NO HELP) THAT IS WHY I SAY SOMETIMES IT IS OKAY BUT LET THE PERSON DECIDE IT IS THEIR LIFE. NOT THE DOCTORS OR THE HUSBA DS OR WIVES. IT IS THEIR LIFE AND PEOPLE KNOW WHEN IT IS THEIR TIME TO GO!

kevin - 07/18/98 15:52:54
Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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Having worked with people with disabilities I have grave fears that pro euthanasia laws would be used to kill many people who are considered unproductive. I just don't believe that the safeguards laid down int the NT. law would remain sacrosanct for long. There are so many shades of grey that the boundaries would constantly be stretched. Although it may be considered to be unsatisfactory to have a situation where Euthanasia is practised quietly by some, I believe this is far preferable to legalisation and he risks contained. I also object to pro - euthanasia supporters involving a doctor in such a way. Surely it is not a doctor's role to encourage death. People in unbearable pain should, I believe have the right to commit suicide. However this should not b done under the guise of a medical decision; it is a moral decision that the person wishing to end their own lives must consider. Involving a doctor and medicalising this issue does not mean dying with dignity; it is instead a search for legitimacy by tho e involved. I do not doubt the sincerity of the pro euthanasia supporters; but I do believe that if they really had a close look at their own motives for supporting the position they take, they would find their rights based arguments fronts for more perso al fears

Natalie - 07/11/98 23:11:04
My Email:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: no opinion as yet

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I have a research assignment on life support to complete. There is nothing at all I can find. if anyone can help with info or URLs please email me on the above address.

Mark Freed - 06/24/98 02:46:31
My Email:[email protected]
Do you oppose patient killing ?: Yes

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But if a patient requests assistance, then I wouldn't call this "patient killing". However, in my opinion, there would have to be a very compelling case before any doctor should even consider assisting a patient with suicide.

Anna - 06/14/98 06:31:44
Do you oppose patient killing ?: unsure

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I am unable to have a position on this controversial debate as I know little about the topic and have not heard arguments from either side

Andres Tellez - 06/11/98 20:06:45
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Do you oppose patient killing ?: No if they are terminal

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Euthanasia is fair to ma when practiced on patients who have an incurable illness tha makes them terminal or that can deteriorate their body until they loose their senses. I think it is a good way to end suffering and make death more dignifying in a way.< r>
- 06/10/98 04:05:51

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Paul - 06/04/98 07:32:19
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Do you oppose patient killing ?: No

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I feel that everyone should have a choice as to when to end their life, be it sacred or not. Is it not more unjust to ask one to endure pain beyond comprehension ? I am against normal suicide, but terminally ill people should have the right to end their life rather than endure pain and be a burden on society and their family.

Crispin Bottomley - 05/29/98 01:21:39
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Do you oppose patient killing ?: n/c

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This site is a wonderful source for information. I have found no other like it. Thakn you for taking the time to educate others about euthinasia.

neville - 05/18/98 12:22:30

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Some recent celebrities have died peaceful, quiet deaths. Nothing wrong with that. Except, perhaps, we can say categorically that they experienced euthanasia. Do I mean the doctors intervened? No! Euthanasia means to die peacefully and quietly...that's it's definition. If I were to ask someone, "Do you believe in euthanasia?" and they answer, "Most certainly not!", then they are saying they don't believe it was good for uncle Harry to have died in his sleep. SOMEhow, the language now gives the connotation of enforced death to the word euthanasia which has no more inherent moral value than stating the sky is blue. How has that happened? Please, at least place the preceding words, voluntary, or, inv luntary, whatever side one is on.

jamie glionna - 05/07/98 15:28:21

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euthanasia some people say it is wrong but is it so bad? if your family member was sufering woldn't you help them die!!

MIKE - 05/06/98 17:41:16
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Do you oppose patient killing ?: YES/NO

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A friend of mind came to recently,and told me he want my help. Of course i was mor than will,for a friend, but when he ask me to be present during his "planned death" i told him that God is going to swing from the heavens and slap him to the ground. He to d me that I was wrong. Then i was face with a very serios question would i be their? Of course i was there, but against everything i believed in, no in definance to God, but because this was the last time i was going to see my friend alive. I might burn n hell, but I do not think that God wants us to damn ourselves for the sake of saving our face in the eyes of the suppose khristians. OH he was laid to rest in may of this year.

neville - 05/05/98 02:03:54
Do you oppose patient killing ?: killing yes. Euthanasia, no

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Just heard from a pro-lifer who maintained that voluntary euthanasia would only "encourage" the untimely deaths of rich relatives by family members wishing to make financial gains. That sounds very scary until one thinks about it. If rich Uncle Bill is dying and has only a few weeks to go, why would the family not simply wait it out instead of the c mplicated process of hastening the inevitable? One can understand that, if the doctors said, Uncle Bill may last 2-3 years yet or even longer, that a relative might like to give the nudge. However, under the NT law there was no chance of that happening, n r under the Oregon law. Besides. Uncle Bill has to be the one who decides, not nephew Slimy Sam. Pressure may be made by a family, but one would have to be pretty gullible to fall for the scam...certainly too gullible to have amassed a fortune. But, to re terate, that would only be allowed at a stage where the liklihood of waiting barely outstrips the quick jab. Methinks the imagination of some has been stirred by too many late night movies.

neville - 05/01/98 00:34:42
My Email:ditto

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Palliative care is often cited as "the" answer to pain control and, thus, eliminating the need for voluntary euthanasia. This may well be so for 99%. (Although the Senate did accept 5% as a figure for unpalliated pain.) Now, I don't believe that all the m dication, counselling, spiritual help can alleviate that pain. I just had 3 teeth removed needing 6 needles, because the first ones wore off, and I experienced pain...terrible pain. What is often forgotten is that pain is subjective and you cannot tell by looking at a person how much pain they are actually experiencing. Women often say that unless you give birth you don't know what pain is. Then, there are some people who can actually put up with a procedure that gives them little pain whilst others faint rom the pain under the same procedure. Unless one is in the other person's shoes no one can reliably say what degree of pain is being suffered. That is why I say that even if palliative care was 99.999% available and effective, there still is no reason to neglect the intractable pain of someone who pleads for an ending of their suffering that is leading to death anyhow.

nmanser - 04/27/98 12:08:48
My URL:http://www.powerup.com.au/~nmanser/
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Do you oppose patient killing ?: with qualifications-NO

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Your "Reasons" section contains some religious views. I am interested in some of the traditional Christian views that seem to see life as being all in the body (flesh), yet the teaching of the Gospel is all about how we, as entities, are not just animalistic, but consist of a soul and a spirit. Thus, when released from the mortal body we are free to be with the Lord in our new body. It does not follo one should circumvent the process by suicide, but it does mean that seeing a suffering death as an exercise in learning about God is religious claptrap, and, in fact, directly opposite to the joy that should accompany a Christian in death, (without disre arding the sorrow of departing.) Besides, Christians do not learn from activities of satan. Christians are supposed to be taught via the Holy Spirit and the Word of God...not experience, feelings, dogma, which are good servants, but poor masters.

David Moss - 04/26/98 12:06:54
My URL:http://www.adfa.oz.au/~dmoss
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Do you oppose patient killing ?: yes

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Welcome to the guestbook. Please leave a message for others to read. I welcome comments from people who support patient killing as well as those who oppose it. It is my belief that the euthanasia debate will be over once we all understand the issue fully.