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Thoughts?An Australian-based organization that promotes assisted suicide is considering legal action after Canadian regulators refused to allow one of its advertisements to be broadcast in Canada.
Exit International's founder, Philip Nitschke, called the 45-second ad reasonable and one "that Canadians will benefit from seeing."
Exit International had hoped to roll out the ad to promote its upcoming "Safe Exit Workshop" tour, a five-city North American venture including stops in Vancouver and Toronto. The workshop includes a step-by-step demonstration by Nitschke of how to commit suicide, as well as information sessions on non-prescription drugs, poisons and gases.
Canadian law forbids counselling or assisting someone in committing suicide.
The Television Bureau of Canada, which establishes agreed-upon standards and guidelines for its 150-plus members in producing advertisements, has so far refused to clear the ad for airing.
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24th September 2010 09:36 PM #1Administrator
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Ban on Assisted Suicide Ad
Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long as your values don't change.
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24th September 2010 09:46 PM #2Senior Member Array
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The USA has a similar ban on assisted suicide. Rather than condemn someone to a painfully horrible death from an incurable disease, I favor allowing it but only under strict guidelines and conditions. Oh yes, and no Soylent Green crackers!
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
"When rules are selectively administered, when bias influences who is punished and who is not then everyone will begin to doubt the justice of the system."
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25th September 2010 02:50 AM #3Junior Member Array
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The Swiss government has rejected calls to ban groups like Dignitas assisted suicide, but to propose new rules to limit their work.Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, provided that the aid can not benefit from Government death.The a patient said the majority of governments and local groups were consulted in the drafting stricter rules for assisted suicide groups.
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25th September 2010 03:23 AM #4A "Fertilized Egg"
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Thoughts? Sure, in no particular order:
An unalienable right to life means that it is never okay for someone else to intentionally kill you (meaning healthcare professionals should never take on this role - there's a whole side discussion on "active" euthanasia vs. "passive euthanasia," though, and I'd contend that "passive euthanasia" isn't euthanasia at all).
However, it does not mean that it is inherently wrong to kill yourself, though certain religions will say otherwise, and common sense would indicate the same if you would be abdicating responsibilities such that you cause harm to your loved ones.
On free speech grounds, I think this ad should be allowed; if the content is just information about how one could commit suicide themselves, then I assume most people have the internet in this day and age, and we still sell The Anarchist Cookbook, after all.
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I'm never a fan of government censoring because of an emotionally uncomfortable topic (which is what this seems to be), but I do understand there must be limits. Sounds like this ad was educational. And like JayDubya said, assisted suicide isn't new. There's tons of information out there already.
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25th September 2010 06:21 AM #6Senior Member
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wtf is this? Soylent Green?
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25th September 2010 07:45 AM #8Account Disabled
I think assisted suicide should be legal.
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25th September 2010 08:20 AM #9Senior Member Array
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Why would the advertisement be allowed? "Canadian law forbids counselling or assisting someone in committing suicide."
Seems sensible. They should publish the information online. I don't see why they would have expected to be able to illegally advertise.
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Originally Posted by Benjamin
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
"When rules are selectively administered, when bias influences who is punished and who is not then everyone will begin to doubt the justice of the system."
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