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ageedizzle

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  • Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

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  • I have hope. There are ways to design the front-end that smooth over the technical aspects for non-technical users. The mastodon sign-up page is a good example of this.

  • Canada sidesteps UN scrutiny over assisted dying

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  • You are correct. I don't trust people to decide when other people should die.

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  • Other countries do make these decisions

    Yes I know. I said nearly every other country does without it, but it is true that some countries do have similar programs.

    If you read my other comment in this thread it should be clear that I think MAID due to being poor is not acceptable at all

    In some ways then, you and I have very similar views. I guess one of our main differences is how much confidence we have in the current system to make it so that the poor are not disproportionately suffering as a consequence of MAiD. I don't trust our current system to do that. Our current healthcare system is already so broken, especially for the mentally ill, so there's a real danger that MAiD will be seen as a real alternative to proper healthcare. If we were in a place where we already had adequate care for people suffering from mental illnesses, then maybe we would be having a different discussion. But we are not there yet.

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  • Thank you for your thoughtful comment. This thread has triggered a lot of emotions and devolved into nastiness in some parts so it was refreshing to read something well put together and measured like this  

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  • If you were suicidal the day they go to do it then you'd be disqualified.

    If someone is not suicidal the day they go to do it then they won’t go through with it. Why would you choose to die if you don't want to die? I don't understand this sentence.

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  • it seems to me that if were having trouble rolling out healthcare then we should focus on improving healthcare, not introducing MAiD. MAiD is not an alternative to proper mental healthcare, but I guess that’s what you’re saying? 

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  • That's what the medical team is for. They don't just tell you to kill yourself because you had a bad day.

    Never suggested they did. But in the end they do end up killing people solely because they have a mental illness (assuming the expansion of MAiD goes through). There’s a reason why the UN considers this state sponsored eugenics. Very few other democratically run countries have done this since eugenics went out of fashion.

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  • failed suicide attempts are rarely clean or lead to deep reflection

    So instead of focusing on suicide prevention we should just get our doctors to finish the job for them?

    edit: that probably wasn’t the best wording. things have been getting a bit feisty in this thread and i feel the opposition coming in hot so i got defensive. i know you think ive misrepresented how maid works but i dont think i have. granted i havent gone into detail about the vetting and how its a long process etc but i assumed thats because we are all on the same page. there is one thing i havent misrepresented though and thats this: if this expansion goes forward, people will receive medical assistance in dying solely because they have a mental illness. i think this is a dangerous system and ripe for abuse; you dont, and you think its the merciful thing to do. thats fine, clearly we disagree. but if were to keep discussing this here, lets reign it in and keep it from getting nasty (im not saying im innocent in this department; i know im not). 

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  • Deciding not to kill people is not deciding who dies. If this is really a decision we needed to make then it seems odd that nearly every other country in the would gets on fine without making it.

    I can see you making a case that it’s merciful, but we also need to acknowledge the potential for abuse that does occur. Like the case article mentioned: the woman who applied for MAiD because she couldnt afford affordable housing accommodations that met her needs. Would this really a mercy killing, or just killing off our most vulnerable because we can’t be bothered to help them?

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  • They need to be made with care.

    This implies that we need to make these decisions. The other decisions you listed are decisions that we need to make. But who receives medical decision in dying is not a decision we need to make. That's a decision we choose to make.

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  • the alternative is failed suicide attempts . . .

    This kind of seems like a better outcome to me though? Like, that's better than a successful suicide attempt, no?

    . . . and long term suffering

    It's not necessarily the case that someone with a mental illness is doomed to a life of extreme suffering. That's an ablest mindset, and it does disservice to that community. When someone is in their darkest moment and unsure if things are going to get better, we should be giving them hope, not saying "you're right, you're doomed, but don't worry you can kill yourself".

    I'm not entirely sure what you mean about the legal stuff.

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  • That's true, but it doesn't contradict what I'm saying. The person making the decision is the patient, but someone does need to authorize it. And in authorizing it/not authorizing it, that physician is quite literally making a decision about who lives and dies.

    I'm not really in the mood to keep going in circles about this.

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  • My phrasing provides an accurate description of the situation. Perhaps you think it's skimming over some nuance. But I'm phrasing it that way to draw attention to what kind of decision it is. I'm not sure if it's a decision anyone should really be making outside of a wartime triage situation.

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  • Yes, that is to decide who will live and who will die

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  • To decide if the person should live or die?

  • U.S. House votes against Trump's tariffs on Canada

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  • We (Canada) have already started negotiating a free trade agreement with the South East Asian countries that are part of ASEAN, and more are in the works for South American countries (Mercosur) and India. One of our current Prime Minister's main objectives is literally to just reduce our trade dependence on the US, and there is huge public support for that. The US will never again have the full trust of the Canadian people, not after how Trump has treated us. It's unfortunate for you guys, but it's the truth. I don't think people in the US fully realize just how much their reputation has plummeted internationally.

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  • Some people will, yes, but not everyone with suicidal ideation necessarily acts on it.

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  • aiding impulsive suicidal thoughts

    It would be aiding with suicidal thoughts, even if those thoughts are not necessarily impulsive

  • Americans rarely refer to the US as America

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  • That sounds badass I like it