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iant@ip4.cs.monash.edu.au (Ian Edward Thomas) writes:

>David Moss (d-moss@adfa.oz.au) wrote:
>: Euthanasia banned in Australia !

>: 
>: 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?

If you wish to dispute the truth of anything in my introduction, I am
happy to defend my statements. The words you quoted formed the first
paragraph of an article I wrote for a limited circulation journal,
and are meant to stir the emotions of readers to provoke further action.
The article went on to exhort both pro and anti euthanasia viewpoints to
actively take up the issue. The "Australian Politics Resource" instead
pointed readers t0 both the major pro and anti euthanasia WWW sites. You
may notice the slight bias in the emotion grabbing first paragraph is offset
by sending readers to the pro-euthanasia site first. The overall effect
is, I hope, balanced.

Writing an unbiased political WWW resource that actually keeps people's 
interest is not an easy task. I am always interested in comments in how
well I am achieving my aim.

Anyone who thinks the "Australian Politics Resource" at 
http://www.adfa.oz.au/~adm/politics
is biased against euthanasia is cordially invited to visit a real
anti-euthanasia WWW site at http://www.geocities.com/~dmoss
to experience real and unashamed anti-euthanasia bias. 
I write that site too.

David Moss,
personal opinion only.