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>>>>Peter Merel <pete@zip.com.au> wrote:

>>>>There is certainly a risk that such an atrocity may occur. The risk of 
>>>>this atrocity, however, does not justify the certainty of many others: 

>>>pspat@opera.iinet.net.au (Patrick Canion) wrote:
>>>I guess this assessment is the crux of my opposition to VE (and
>>>perhaps one of the main objections to having it legalised).  

>>Peter Merel <pete@zip.com.au> wrote:
>>That its risk is outweighed by the horrible certainty of the consequences
>>without it? I'm afraid you're not making yourself clear - I infer but do
>>not understand how you imagine the risk outweighs the certainties - explain
>>please.

>pspat@opera.iinet.net.au (Patrick Canion) wrote:
>From a Christian perspective of eternity the
>legalisation of VE will see people dying sooner.  From a perspective
>of evangelisation this means that the chances of someone dying before
>hearing and accepting the gospel are increased.  That means more
>people will miss out on eternity in Paradise because of the
>legalisation of VE, and ANYTHING is better than that, even accepting
>that some will therefore suffer more on earth because it is not
>legalised.

From a non-xian perspective this is a terrible thing to say. Not only
do you deny any person the right to take his life and death in his own
hands, you also try to defend this ugly idea with something very
selfish. Perhaps for xian trying to get more souls into your so-called
heaven is a Good Thing, for a non-xian this boils down to trying to
get more people into your shop. This may be good for you, but is not
necessarrilly good for others, notably your clients. Even if things
work the silly way you describe, I prefer to take my chances and leave
this world the way I prefer.

>Not to mention the (IMO) inevitable moral consequences on society of
>becoming de-sensitised to accelerated death.

Well, well, that's an exciting idea! As if societies give a shit about
accelerated death. You tell the same thing to soldiers and hangmen,
don't you?

Ragards,
Nantko

Governments, like diapers, should be changed often, and for the same reason.

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