Speech on Euthanasia

Speech on Euthanasia

I stand before you today in confrontation. I stand before you today

equal to any man. I stand before you today with a challenge!

I challenge any man who deems, their morals, their ethics, their

beliefs, their conscience enough to find themselves fit to judge

others. I challenge any man who deems himself fit to pass judgement

upon another’s life. I challenge any man who believes they can play

god. I challenge any man who believes in euthanasia.

How can you believe in something you cannot justify? There is no

justification in euthanasia so how can it even be considered to be

preformed, how could anyone ever justify the taking of another’s life.

A mercy killing is the literal definition of the word euthanasia, tell

me, where is the mercy in killing. Death and murder have no

variations, no catalysts or pathways leading around them, murder and

death are what they are. Therefore how can anyone make that decision,

the decision upon another’s life? What could ever drive a person to

believe they have a power others do not, the power of life and death.

That they can decide who lives and who dies, and by what aspects can

they base such a decision? Whether a life is worthy or not, whether

they are using life justly or just wasting it, are they just a drain

on society, are they productive in society. By that analysis of life

any person who has no job and so drains on society, any person who has

no positive aspect on life should be killed? Is that their idea? That

just because the body cannot perform a duty then the mind is not worth

its life. They say that they can no longer produce commodities, they

are like an old m...

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...nasia can be a lazy

option. Doctors may never realise they have anything to learn. Few

things are more rewarding to me than visiting someone dying at home,

relieving pain and other symptoms so the person can start to live

again. Restoring dignity, quality of life and giving people back

control over their lives is far better than fatal injections. Most

people are visibly relieved when they are told euthanasia is not an

option. When symptoms are properly controlled, fears dealt with,

practical help is provided and people feel safe, it is very rare for

people to ask again for death by euthanasia.

No my companions, we will not give up, we will not frail away from the

fight, we will stand firm and oppress that which is euthanasia, we

will not let it be legalised, for to legalise euthanasia would be to

legalise murder.