They say that the slippery slope argument is a fallacy, and I guess that the fallacy is that the slide is not inevitable, or not always inevitable, but sometimes I wonder...
However, I find it interesting how the campaigners for euthanasia [such as Dr Nitschke] originally argued that it was a desirable thing for people in extreme pain.
Now they are shifting ground and arguing for people's rights to commit suicide and posting the information on the internet to allow everyone access.
I also think that the use of the word "euthanase" to describe the deaths of the dogs who mauled a poor kind dog-rescuer to death should be giving us all chills.
Does euthanasia now mean getting rid of awkward dogs? How long before it means getting rid of awkward people? I thought euthanasia was something you chose for yourself? Wonder if the dogs had signed one of those living wills forms?
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They say that the slippery slope argument is a fallacy, and I guess that the fallacy is that the slide is not inevitable, or not always inevitable, but sometimes I wonder...
However, I find it interesting how the campaigners for euthanasia [such as Dr Nitschke] originally argued that it was a desirable thing for people in extreme pain.
Now they are shifting ground and arguing for people's rights to commit suicide and posting the information on the internet to allow everyone access.
I also think that the use of the word "euthanase" to describe the deaths of the dogs who mauled a poor kind dog-rescuer to death should be giving us all chills.
Does euthanasia now mean getting rid of awkward dogs? How long before it means getting rid of awkward people? I thought euthanasia was something you chose for yourself? Wonder if the dogs had signed one of those living wills forms?
Is this a slippery argument?
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