To kill or not to kill, that is the question.
Morbid as it seems, this is will be a rudimentary baseline of discussion amongst Singaporeans now that the topic has been broached by the local media. Interesting that it took so long for such a topic to be raised considering the fact that euthanasia has been a hotly debated subject in many countries for many years, especially the western folk. (But then again, they are a more vocal bunch of folks..hmm mm ;p)
Assisted Dying. What an oxymoron. What a paradoxical phrase.
Viewpoints of moral, ethical, legal and social grounds intersperse on this subject. Human rights issues fill in the gaps in between. And now finally in Singapore, the stigma of such touchy subjects is now being discussed...Kudos too to the liberalisation of the media space in the last couple of years.
There will never be a right or a wrong approach to this. It will forever be an issue of morals and ethics, with an equal number of people standing on either side of the fence and still many more sitting on it. I really wonder when SG would reach a conclusion on this. And if SG would really decree a change in law to legalise the act.
I watched a documentary on it a few years ago and I asked myself then if I was for or against the notion of it. I have had my doubts but over the years, I figured myself to be somewhat in favour of it. You could put the proportion down to 60-40. Not very convincing, but it's still a stand and I'm not sitting on the fence.
Oh well, we'll see what the authorities have to say. I'm pretty sure the forums are abuzz with discussions on this..
To end off, how different anyway is euthanasia from committing suicide? One's assisted? The other's not? Hmm mm.
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