RE: Euthenasia
October 3, 2009 at 7:19 pm
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2009 at 7:20 pm by Secularone.)
(October 3, 2009 at 7:11 pm)Rockthatpiano06 Wrote: lol, I wasn't aware that the term 'mercy killing' was used to mean killing the elderly. Of course I do not think we should kill the elderly. I meant someone being able to take their own life (or having someone else take it if they cannot physically do so).
As with every other agenda of the religious community, it is important to describe something you are against in a demagogic way that will inflame the passions of your audience. Thus, assisting the terminally ill must be described as "killing" them, in some way or another.
We see the same phenomena with many issues. For example, the abortion issue. Aborting a fertilized egg is described as "murdering a baby."
They want to put us on the defensive and keep us there.
