Euthanasia should be legalized with requirements

"How is there no option?" Taking away someones choice is not freedom, that speaks more of a dictatorship. 1. This is a logical fallacy, you presume that pain will cause people to do things they would not normally do. Torture is a completely different set of circumstances that do not coincide with the concept of euthanasia. https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com... A more accurate statement would have been "pain might make people do things they would not normally do" There is no way to prove your statement, it is simply an opinion. Though it has some truth to it because someone living in perpetual pain with no cure seeking out euthanasia would not be seeking it out if they did not live in perpetual pain. per"pet"u"al /pərG2;peCHoV2;oəl/ adjective adjective: perpetual 1. never ending or changing That is the definition of perpetual and it's how terminally ill people live out the remainder of their lives. By your own statement "a super majority of older people suffering from terminal illness who attempt suicide suffer from depression." 1. They are suffering 2. They are terminally ill These two things can directly cause depression, it is not the depression that is the cause of their suffering, or their illness, nor their pain. When a person has no quality of life they are going to be depressed. 2. Being hooked up to a machine is what keeps many people alive such as Terri Schiavo. As far as a child being able to make the choice to end their life, that is another debate altogether though that would be a very tricky topic. I apologize if my statement about "forcing" one's view has offended you, that was not my intention though when people try to take away a persons choice to do with their body as they see fit based on their own moral perspective that is exactly what's happening. It's not easy to think of someone suffering so much that they would rather end their life than continue living but that is reality. It's easy to tell others how they have to live when we are not that ones suffering. Gallup poll "popularity of an idea has absolutely no bearing on its validity" Popularity of an idea is the view of the people whom these laws would affect so it absolutely has validity. For example: The presidential candidate to receive the most votes will become president because that is the choice of the people. Marijuana is another prime example, legalization has become a very popular idea over the last decade and we now have 4 states that have legalized it and even Washington D.C. is putting it on the upcoming ballot. Clearly popularity has validity. 3. That is not a statement that belongs in a free democratic society. We elect an individual to run the country based on the beliefs of the majority and there is no proof to say that the negatives would outweigh the positives that is purely an opinion. Euthanasia is an individual decision that does not affect the masses. "What gives us the right to deny them what they so desperately want?" Again we are not talking about something malicious such as murder. Policies change all the time such as those pertaining to marijuana. True we do impede on the choices of others on certain topics but euthanasia is a unique problem that cannot be compared to the wide variety of subjects you mentioned. If you like I could go into depth on each of these subjects to show why they have no relevance. Your logical fallacy was an appeal to authority since there are laws prohibiting your examples. https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com... This is similar to an earlier round where you stated that euthanasia was a slippery slope. That claim in itself was a logical fallacy called "slippery slope" you have shifted attention to extremes such as the Nazi's suggesting that people here might be forced into euthanasia. https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com... My opponent has also stated "Refusing medical treatment isn't suicide, they are not ending there life any sooner than would naturally " This is a logical fallacy known as an appeal to nature. "Many 'natural' things are also considered 'good', and this can bias our thinking; but naturalness itself doesn't make something good or bad. For instance murder could be seen as very natural, but that doesn't mean it's good or justifiable." Con contends that euthanasia is ending a life sooner than it would naturally so therefore it is not right or justifiable. https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com... http://listverse.com...