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David Moss (d-moss@adfa.oz.au) wrote:
: Euthanasia banned in Australia !
: 
: At 1:05am local time the Australian Senate passed Kevin Andrews'
: private members Bill, the Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996, by 38 votes to
: 33.
: 
: "Living in Australia" thanks everyone involved in the campaign against
: patient killing in Australia.
: 
: The Senate vote was close, without the concerted efforts of many
: thousands of people the Senators may well have made the wrong choice.
: 
: The battle against euthanasia in the Territories is won, but the war
: against patient killing in the States could be about to begin.
: 
: Keep watching this WWW site for details and be ready to fight again to
: keep:
: "Living in Australia
: without Deadly Deliverance"
: 
: 
: David Moss,
: personal opinion only.
: try http://www.adfa.oz.au/~adm/politics for Australian Politics
: 

I quote from the above web page (emphasis mine):

-begin quote-

The Euthanasia Issue 

On 1 July 1996 The Northern Territory of Australia enacted what may well
be the most controversial pieces of legislation in the entire world: the
Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995. On that day Australia entered the
history books as the first country in the world to 

legalise_the_deliberate_and_premeditated_killing_of_innocent_people.

 Hailed by its supporters as at last
conferring the "right to die" and reviled by its opponents as an attack on
the fundemental "right to life", euthanasia is a hot political issue that
transcends traditional Party politics. The issue is so tremendously
important to the shape of out future society that both sides will stop at
nothing which may further their cause. Keeping this in mind, 

_I_present_a_balanced_view_of_the_euthanasia_issue.

    The Deliverance Site promotes euthanasia

    while Living in Australia opposes euthanasia 

-end quote-

It could just be me, but by first describing euthanasia in such terms, 
doesn't that sort of invalidate this idea of a "balanced view" of the issue?

Ian
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