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Re: Another death with dignity

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From: jan
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 00:00
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palexan1@macquarie.com.au (Peter Alexandrou) writes:

> >: > Iain Jameson (Iain.Jamesonx@dsto.defence.gov.au) wrote:
> >: > : Last Thursday a former South Australian, Mrs Janet Mills,
> >: > : became the second person to use the Northern Territories law
> >: > : to voluntarily end her life.
> >: > :
> >: > : Her life.
> >: > : Her death.
> >: > : Her choice.
> >: 
> >: > : Do try to understand.
> >: > We do try.
> >: Try Harder. 
> >: 
> >: > Was she acting upon the body from a conditioned mind?
> >: 
> >: Who can know?, what we do know is that it was her bussiness not ours and
> >: that perhaps we should leave it at that.
> >: 
> >There are a lot of examples where people are not considered competent to 
> >act from their limited knowldege upon their bodies.
> 
> 
> And who are we to judge anothers state of mind or say they can or cannot end 
> erfere with it, whether it be genetic engineering or euthanasia.
> 
> The life cycle is part of nature and if God (i am not religious, just making 
> o as they wish with it.. you cant say what they can and cannot do so shove of
> 
This is not about what people might want to do with their own lives
suicide has been legal for some time.  This is about someone else getting
involved in the suicide.
 

Jan
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From: jan@orchide.dialix.oz.au (jan)
Subject: Re: Another death with dignity
Date: 1997/01/16
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