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Assisted dying for paedophiles and life-prisoners

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PansyPotter84 · 20/06/2025 09:34

There’s a lot in the media at the moment about Assisted Dying and Abortion.

Here’s an idea…

Assisted dying for paedophiles and life-sentence prisoners.

Offer them, say £50,000 to the family member, victim or charity of their choice to accept a lethal injection.

Win win for society?

Discuss…

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givemushypeasachance · 20/06/2025 09:53

Assisted dying is a very specific situation where someone is terminally ill and likely to die within the next few months so not at all comparable. It being a weird straw man argument aside, thinking critically, what is the logic behind that proposal though - that it would save the state money in the long run compared with the cost of keeping them in prison and investigating other offences? Because if so then the same could be said of elderly people where the state funds their care, or disabled people, or anyone out of work.

AbzMoz · 20/06/2025 09:52

Assisted dying is not the same as voluntary euthanasia. I’ll assume you’re not a troll and give you the benefit of the doubt.

Assisted dying is a way to give dignity in the last months to people with awful diagnoses. It’s intended as a route for some people to have some control and some dignity when a lot else has been stripped off them.

What you’re proposing is a way for people to commit crimes to secure some financial security for their families - an entirely perverse incentive. There are a number of dystopian fictions which would include a similar plot point.

treesfalling · 20/06/2025 09:52

cheaper not grapes!

treesfalling · 20/06/2025 09:51

It's the grapes option but would be frowned upon. The wider public may go for it though.

GoBackToTheStart · 20/06/2025 09:48

No, of course we cannot be in a situation where we, as a state, pay criminals to voluntarily kill themselves. FFS.

IdLikeABackMassage · 20/06/2025 09:47

Holy hell

vodkaredbullgirl · 20/06/2025 09:46

🤔

BeachPossum · 20/06/2025 09:45

You ghoul

ExpressCheckout · 20/06/2025 09:39

Oh please, do grow up. A childish and insensitive post which completely misses the point about the assisted dying debate.