Re: Euthanasia banned in Australia!

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From: Craig Macbride
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 00:00

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d-moss@adfa.oz.au (David Moss) writes:

>At 1:05am local time the Australian Senate passed Kevin Andrews'
>private members Bill, the Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996, by 38 votes to
>33.

Something like 70% of Australians favour euthanasia and yet only 46%
of our elected representatives vote the way the people they supposedly
represent want them to. Shows what utter shitheads we have in power.

>The Senate vote was close, without the concerted efforts of many
>thousands of people the Senators may well have made the wrong choice.

More like "due to the usual vigilance of the religious right-wing
loonies, personal freedom is yet again usurped".

>try http://www.adfa.oz.au/~adm/politics for Australian Politics

Or http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~craigm/politics.html. :-)

--
Craig Macbride	<craig@rmit.edu.au>	URL: http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~craigm

"I'm not sure that actually made sense but I'm afraid that if I tried to go
back and figure it out, I would start bleeding from my ears."
- Londo, Babylon 5, "Convictions"

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From: craig@rmit.edu.au (Craig Macbride)
Subject: Re: Euthanasia banned in Australia!
Date: 1997/03/24
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