Euthanasia

If the first constructive speech doesn't matter to you, then I wonder why you even wanted to debate me in the first place. It is quite foolish for you to call me a "cry baby" for bringing up a point that will better strengthen your arguments in the future, Rockylightning. To refute my opponent's refutations: 1) "Lets get something straight here, suicide (in this debate) is taking one's own life. Euthanasia, is taking someone's life with their consent, especially if they are in excruciating pain, I think that it is justified. Considering that your definitions in your first constructive speech did not include suicide, and I have stated a definition for suicide with a legit source, I will go with my definition. Taking someone's life with their consent is like hiring a man to shoot them because they are chronically depressed. Some patients who want to go through the procedure of euthanasia don't know what they're doing – ending something that cannot be reversed. You may argue that euthanasia is painless, but assisted suicide and euthanasia have the same purpose – to kill. If you say that euthanasia is not suicide, then euthanasia is murder. 2) "This debate is not about America or anything, it's just about whether or not you think Euthanasia is right according to the definition! That point is down." This point is not down. I am not debating about America. I am just thoroughly refuting your point of the European Declaration of Independence's words. I am also not trying to accuse or insult Europe. By the way, by saying that this debate is not about euthanasia in America, your point of the European Declaration of Independence has been contradicted. Therefore, it is your point that is down, Rockylightning, not mine. 3) "No body, including the government body, has the power to take away the right of life. Making euthanasia legal is directly violating this right. Let's get something straight, so we're saying that, "We can't end your extreme misery because a law says so" First of all, all laws can be changed, and what they meant by that law was "We can't kill you for no apparent reason" the government CAN kill WITH reason. For example, death penalty." I understand your point. However, we cannot end extreme misery because the law says so. If you were suicidal, the law would not allow you to go to your therapist and ask for a drug that will to put you to death. There is a borderline between what the law can't control and can; allowing many to take away their own lives just because they want to is crossing the line. The government makes choices to protect our citizens, not to end their lives due to the desire of it. Also, you brought up the death penalty, and how the government can kill with reason. If a murderer gets sentenced to death for killing innocent people, then why doesn't the action of doctors giving medication for the intent of ending their patient's life result in the death penalty to the doctor? Unlike a debate about abortion, we can clearly agree that a human being is alive at the time of receiving treatment to end their own life. As I have stated before, euthanasia is either assisted suicide or murder, and neither one is justified. 4) "Euthanasia takes away the right to life." "I would only agree with this if we were debating homocide... Euthanasia is with the consent of the patient, who is going through a painful, incurable disease, who WANTS his right to live taken away, it's like you have the right to protest, but not everyone does. It's like forcing the right to life on EVERYBODY. If there is a right to life, as I have stated before, there should be a right to death. When we get ill should not be the only time when we accept death, people should be able to accept death when they feel it is their right to die, they have nothing more in life, exept pain and suffering. They just want to get to the afterlife quicker and not have to endure this extreme pain." A right to death cancels out a right to live, and the right to live is definitely beyond doubt more important than the right to death. This world would be going through human species genocide if there were a right to death. As I have stated before, palliative care allows a patient to stop feeling the pain and feel more comfortable or less scared. Palliative care is NEVER a procedure intended to end a patient's life, rather to make it more peaceful. I would like to see you address this point, Rockylightning. For these reasons, we should make euthanasia illegal. Thank you.