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   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 12/10/2013 6:51 AM, The Doctor wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > =?UTF-8?B?Q29uyYBSQ29uyYA=?=   wrote:   
   >> The MAJORITY of Canadians want to have the option of 'passing over' when   
   >> they decide it's time to pass over.   
   >> Harper and his damned Cons think they know better and they are imposing   
   >> their government will over the majority of Canadians.   
   >>   
   >> Remember the saying:   
   >> “When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the   
   >> government fears the people there is liberty.”  ~ Thomas Jefferson   
   >>   
   >> We have a tyrannical government in power.  We need to change that.   
   >> ___________________________________________   
   >> October 11, 2013 - Globe and Mail   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Majority of Canadians approve of assisted suicide: poll   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Environics Institute survey found 68 per cent of respondents said people   
   >> who facilitate euthanasia should not be charged with a crime   
   >>   
   >> A solid majority of Canadians approve of euthanasia, putting public   
   >> opinion firmly on one side of the debate as it gains traction in the   
   >> courts and the political sphere, a new poll suggests.   
   >>   
   >> In a survey of 1,002 people to be released Friday by the Environics   
   >> Institute, 68 per cent of respondents said those who help seriously ill   
   >> people commit suicide should not be charged with a crime. Conversely,   
   >> just 16 per cent of those polled were in favour of laying charges. A   
   >> separate question, on support for euthanasia more generally, found   
   >> similar results, with nearly seven in 10 people in favour and 20 per   
   >> cent against.   
   >>   
   >> Those numbers have remained relatively steady since 1992, when   
   >> Environics found 64 per cent of people approved of euthanasia.   
   >>   
   >> "The basic story is that there's been relatively little change over the   
   >> past 20 years in peoples' views about this," said Keith Neuman,   
   >> executive director of the Environics Institute, a not-for-profit   
   >> research group.   
   >>   
   >> That consistency may have to do with the fact that the discussion is   
   >> most often had around the dinner table. "This is an issue that's not in   
   >> the news that often," Mr. Neuman said. "It's also a question, in a   
   >> sense, that's about values rather than policy."   
   >>   
   >> This year, however, the debate on assisted suicide has been squarely in   
   >> the public eye. The Quebec government introduced a bill in the spring   
   >> that would allow physicians to help patients die in certain   
   >> circumstances, and provincial health ministers talked about the matter   
   >> at a summit last week. A video by Donald Low, a high-ranking Ontario   
   >> medical official calling on the country to legalize euthanasia, went   
   >> viral last month shortly after he died of cancer.  And on Thursday, a   
   >> court in British Columbia upheld the prohibition against euthanasia.   
   >>   
   >> The Environics poll found majority support for euthanasia among every   
   >> age group and in every region of the country. But there was some   
   >> variation, with backing highest in Quebec (79 per cent) and B.C. (76 per   
   >> cent), and lowest in Saskatchewan and Manitoba (62 per cent).   
   >>   
   >> Older Canadians were more likely to support the practice than their   
   >> younger cohorts – a reversal of roles from the 1990s. The exact reason   
   >> for this last variation is not clear, but Mr. Neuman suggested it could   
   >> have to do with peoples' opinions changing as they grow older. It could   
   >> also indicate a generational shift as boomers age.   
   >>   
   >> Environics says the overall survey results are considered accurate   
   >> within plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, with   
   >> higher margins of error for the age and regional sub-groups. The poll   
   >> was conducted by live telephone interviews via land lines, between Oct.   
   >> 1 and 7.   
   >   
   > A case of it is popular but it is not right.   
      
   Part of the problem of why I hate Liberals so much, they always want to   
   tell other people how to live their life, and how to die.   
      
   Harper is still a Young Liberal of Canada at heart.   
      
   Why not give people a choice where it has no negative impact to you at all?   
      
   Pro-choice, people should manage their own life, their own death (no   
   avoiding it), and what they eat, where they live et al.   
      
   Now if it harmed you or your family, I might agree, but   
   NDP/Liberal/Religious-Cons idiots want statism, manage you like a herd   
   animal.  Even want to control womens reproductive parts (abortion).   
      
   People as individuals need more liberty from government and pushy   
   anti-liberty bullies.   
      
   Good part about this subject, I never heard of a successful suice going   
   to jail for suicide.  When the time comes, there are ways if you don't   
   wait too long.   
      
   --   
   Socialist-statism corruption is a great idea so long as the credit is   
   good and other people pay for it. When the credit runs out and those   
   that pay for it leave, they can all share having nothing but   
   unemployment, debt and discontentment.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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