Euthanasia

Okay this house analogy doesn't work for me anymore. We are arguing about a law that has to be passed - you can't PASS a law without talking about the details. When a suspect arrives at the court, does the court decide whether or not to punish him first? No, they talk about the details and hear everyone's stories, THEN they decide whether or not it is advisable to punish the suspect. You say they have to provide a ration reason for request - how do we define what is rational, and where is the line of what is rational enough and what is not? Why is the guy with the broken heart's reason for wanting to end his life not rational enough? I don't know how my opponent got the idea that I don't think people with psychological diseases are all incompetent to make their own decisions. I pointed at a specific group of people, and I asked a question. My opponent then says that long term depression has been proven to be non-treatable. I must be totally honest and say that I have never heard of that before, is there a chance my opponent could provide me sources? "We are, I think, debating whether or not euthanasia is an acceptable alternative, not how that alternative will be administered - are we not?" I think my first argument encouraged the debated on how we would administer such a concept. I said in my first argument the following; I am not sure which side I support. I think I am leaning towards keeping in illegal, but just for now, simply because there are too many dilemmas within the actual dilemma. . But I am not forgetting those who have to live everyday in unbearable pain, and I can honestly and fully understand if you would want to take your own life because of that, I also think about the people with diseases like early stage Alzheimer"s, and are aware of what their future holds. I think it is only human to let them die while they still have their sanity, and spare their loved ones from seeing their soul die but their body live on. I also think of those who are facing long, hard, physically and mentally weary terminal diseases. I do think they should be granted the right to die with dignity, but before we decide on where to reasonably draw the line, I am keeping my vote on the opposing side. I think with that final statement of my first argument defined what we are debating here, which is 'where do we draw the line'. I DO oppose Euthanasia because there are so many unanswered questions, if someone could clear those out, I could change probably change my mind, however you spent most of our debate with the attitude 'we can figure that out as we go' Con asked: Would you support a legal system that allowed voluntary euthanasia limited strictly to adult, competent patients with incurable diseases whose symptoms include untreatable and intractable pain such as terminal cancer or rabies; or extreme reductions in the quality of life such as ALS, Alzheimer's, etc? Yes of course I would. However why do we limit it to adults? What is the reason for that? Are children not allowed to be granted the right to die with dignity? do they have to live in pain until they're 18? And what about the incompetent people, do they have to live in pain? Are they not allowed the right to die with dignity?