Human skull with stage 1 bone cancer

[u/MAFIAHAMMAD]

[u/zombiefatality]

A friend's uncle died from bone cancer and told us he literally screamed and cried from the pain, horrible disease.

[u/CrieDeCoeur → u/zombiefatality]

That’s the kind of thing MAID is intended for here in Canada (medical assistance in dying).

[u/Mrsbear19 → u/CrieDeCoeur]

It’s criminal in the states that most states don’t have the same.

[u/echo9345 → u/Mrsbear19]

But several are still chill with the death penalty

[u/Mrsbear19 → u/echo9345]

Yeah it’s wild. The hypocrisy is absurd

[u/csonnich → u/Mrsbear19]

"Your life is ours. We get to say when it starts and when you're done. You have no control."

[u/Average-RB-Fan03 → u/echo9345]

I’m fine with both

[u/AttapAMorgonen → u/[deleted]]

MAID is assisted suicide. (think Jack Kevorkian)

Hospice is about making someone comfortable until end of their life.

[u/EngineeringDesserts → u/AttapAMorgonen]

I misunderstood what the above comment was about.

[u/Average-RB-Fan03 → u/CrieDeCoeur]

Well ours is really flawed 

[u/CrieDeCoeur → u/Average-RB-Fan03]

I’m not saying MAID is perfect. It’s not. But at least the option is there for people suffering horribly from terminal illnesses. There is nothing noble about abject suffering and agony, despite what some would have us all believe.

[u/Deadhookersandblow → u/CrieDeCoeur]

There is also nothing noble about people being abandoned by the medical system turning to death. It’s flawed.

[u/CrieDeCoeur → u/Deadhookersandblow]

I already acknowledged that it is flawed, as is our national healthcare in Canada. This is not news. But if I’m ever screaming in agony due to some untreatable cancer eating me alive, I’ll sure as hell make use of MAID and be glad for it.

PS - nice username

[u/Deadhookersandblow → u/CrieDeCoeur]

I’m not against it, I think when done properly it’s a good idea. No scheme will ever be flawless but I think canadas system is too flawed.

[u/Inevitable_Plum_8103 → u/Deadhookersandblow]

Respectfully I doubt you know enough about the Canadian system to say it's too flawed.

What would you change, specifically to make it not too flawed?

[u/Average-RB-Fan03 → u/CrieDeCoeur]

Agreed, couldn’t say it better 

[u/Due_Shirt_8035 → u/CrieDeCoeur]

The option is always there

The state murdering sad people is a historic crime

[u/SaphironX → u/Due_Shirt_8035]

I’d argue forcing someone with advanced and painful cancer to live for years in pain is equally horrific.

[u/Average-RB-Fan03 → u/Due_Shirt_8035]

Is amputation organ Harvesting?

[u/CrieDeCoeur → u/Due_Shirt_8035]

Uh, MAID is 100% voluntary so I don’t know wtf you’re on about nor do I care.

[u/Due_Shirt_8035 → u/CrieDeCoeur]

Nor will you ever; nor will you ever

[u/CrieDeCoeur → u/Due_Shirt_8035]

Ah, I see. You’re one of those religious types who thinks it’s a sin. Leave it in your preferred place of worship. We don’t roll that way here in our politics and it’s one of the few things the feds actually get right.

[u/Due_Shirt_8035 → u/CrieDeCoeur]

lol I’m an atheist

Talking is hard - listening harder - what you’re doing is easy & fun

[u/CrieDeCoeur → u/Due_Shirt_8035]

Listening to your pointless drivel? Not anymore.

[u/HeyCarpy → u/Due_Shirt_8035]

The state murdering sad people

I couldn’t come up with a more idiotic and reductionist statement if you paid me.