they have concluded that it is not. Britain has "a hard law with a kind face" -- a law which provides protection and safety for vulnerable people; a law which affirms dignity in living as well as dignity in dying; and which recognises that dying is not just about choice or individual autonomy -- but affects others too, not least the doctor who would be commissioned to kill you . The law in Britain is crystal clear. Prosecutions are rare but anyone contemplating the premature ending of a person's life has to weigh most seriously the possibility of prosecution: yes, a tough law with a kind face. And that is precisely how it should be. The introduction of euthanasia will be masked by euphemism and cloaked in words like dignity, mercy, compassion and autonomy. The reality will be doctors who will be in future kill patients; disabled people made to believe they would be better off dead; patient safety compromised; and politicians using the new law as a pretext to withdraw resources from the care of the sick. The so-called right to die will soon become a duty to die -- and to die quickly. Consider what is at stake. Chillingly, the philosopher Baroness Warnock, has said that the sick are "wasting people's lives" because of the care they require: "I f you're demented, you're wasting people's lives -- your family's lives -- and you're wasting the resources of the National Health Service." Suggesting that we have a "duty to