Re: A third death with dignity.

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From: Paul Colquhoun
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 00:00

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In article <5cfpiu$f5a$1@euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au>, d-moss@adfa.oz.au wrote:

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|s325282@student.uq.edu.au (Bill) wrote:
|
|>Hell if these group of people have terminal illness would
|>they reconsider their position .Euthanasia give us a choice 
|>to die , when it is no longer worth the pain to live . If these
|>anti euthanasia brigade don't like it , then don't use it .
|>Simple as that .
|
|Fraid its not as simple as that Bill.
|Check out
|http://octarine.cc.adfa.oz.au/~dmoss/living/resource/kevorkia.htm
|for a chilling example of how your "choice to die" has already been
|perverted in the good ole US of A.
|
|BTW, did you know morphine has no upper threshold limit to pain
|relieving action ? I didn't till I read around a bit.

Sure, a lethal dose will relieve any pain, permanently.

Do you care to provide references for your "no upper threshold limit" 
statement, or should we just take you on faith?



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From: pcolquh@tpgi.com.au (Paul Colquhoun)
Subject: Re: A third death with dignity.
Date: 1997/01/27
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