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Old 06-02-2002, 01:19 AM   #18
Scholarcs
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Join Date: December 5, 2001
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Age: 39
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Originally posted by Yorick:

The danger in universally accepting or advocating euthenasia is that it will decrease the importance of making pallative care better, and could lead to situations where sick, old people consider suicide, so as not to burden their families.
Indeed, it would be a shame if this became common occurance.
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