Euthanasia's Growing Acceptance

[WanderAimlessly]

Just show how relativism has crept unto the world.

Euthanasia’s Growing Acceptance
Judicial Leniency for "Mercy Killing"

LONDON, JAN. 7, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Euthanasia is legal in only a few countries, but even where it is prohibited judges are increasingly reluctant to punish offenders. A recent example is the case of English father, Andrew Wragg.

Wragg’s 10-year-old son, Jacob, suffered from the degenerative disease of Hunter’s syndrome and had multiple disabilities. On July 24, 2004, his father smothered Jacob, afterward calling the police to tell them he had killed his son, the BBC reported Dec. 12.

During the trial, the prosecution argued that Wragg’s act was a “selfish killing,” carried out because he could no longer cope with looking after the boy. But the judge, Justice Anne Rafferty, said the case was “exceptional” and that there was nothing to be gained by sending the father to jail. Wragg was given a suspended jail sentence.

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Illegal and immoral does not mean anything these days.

PF

 

[Crow]

I really like the ‘nothing can be gained by sending him to jail’ bit.

LOL

Since when does gaining anything become a factor in morality and justice?

 

[dafalax]

I can’t seem to convince my mother that the right to die will become the obligation to die. I even pointed out that the Nazis practiced this. She said, “There’s a fine line between what the nazis were doing and helping terminally ill people end their pain.” Okay, mom. I’m sure no one will feel pressured at all as a result if they want to continue living in pain, and that no family members will try to guilt their parents into an early grave by telling them they’re selfish for wanting to live because they’re too expensive. She sees the potential for something good and ignores the rampant evil that will rapidly become norm. I don’t know how to fix her short-sightedness except for prayer. At least she’s not Catholic so i can pray her invincible ignorance will somehow save her.

 

[DailyBread]

if you thought that was bad, check out the denver post…

denverpost.com/search/ci_3319527

 

[WanderAimlessly]

Crow:

I really like the ‘nothing can be gained by sending him to jail’ bit.

Sound alot like that Vermont judge.

PF

 

[Ortho]

Crow:

I really like the ‘nothing can be gained by sending him to jail’ bit.

LOL

Since when does gaining anything become a factor in morality and justice?

Is jail a requirement for morality and justice? Can we have neither morality nor justice if we don’t have jails?

 

[Ortho]

dafalax:

I can’t seem to convince my mother that the right to die will become the obligation to die. I even pointed out that the Nazis practiced this. She said, “There’s a fine line between what the nazis were doing and helping terminally ill people end their pain.” Okay, mom. I’m sure no one will feel pressured at all as a result if they want to continue living in pain, and that no family members will try to guilt their parents into an early grave by telling them they’re selfish for wanting to live because they’re too expensive. She sees the potential for something good and ignores the rampant evil that will rapidly become norm. I don’t know how to fix her short-sightedness except for prayer. At least she’s not Catholic so i can pray her invincible ignorance will somehow save her.

An obligation is not created simply because someone else wants something.