Tony Nicklinson has suffered from locked-in syndrome since 2005. He is asking the courts to rule that any doctor who in the future assists with his clearly expressed and carefully considered wish to die will not be prosecuted. A High Court judge has today ruled that there can be a full hearing on the issue. That's all. It is a long, long way from assisted dying become legal in the UK. The judge has simply said 'let the arguments be aired'.
As a consequence, the following carefully considered and constructive comments have been posted against the article at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17336774?postId=111960902#comment_111960902
Susan: "The judge should be arrested for such an irresponsible decision"
Ayoade Oluwasanmi: "Everything now seems to ba a "right". Now we have the right to die. Whats next? The right to get get high? Be an addict? To kill?"
'Antiochean': "A sad ruling - refusing medication is allready legal - if this goes any further at the next stage, it would be taking steps that are dangerous and ethically blind."
'rainbowww82': "No one has a say whether they want to come to this world or not, similarly no one has the right to decide their death! He is not the only person in this world who is suffering, this life is a test not paradise so sufferings are to be expected. And no one lives eternally, his turn to die will come too. I strongly disagree with this kind of murder to be legalized. No excuse is good enough!"
'Balloon Rake': "This now means that anyone accused of murder can say in court "They asked me to murder them" and they will then be acquitted.
Taking another person's life is muder, no matter of the circumstances, the high court judge who passed today's ruling should never be allowed to work again."
Susan (again): "The govt will be happy. It keeps the economics of such a vile ruling in the new Little Switzerland that the UK has become. Or will it be done on the NHS?"
What each of these contributors fails to mention is that they are religious zombies intent on imposing their ludicrous, childish, ignorant beliefs on everyone else. Infantile fascists, if you will.
