re: Canada set to surpass 100,000 assisted suicides — more than the country’s WWII death toll

“I would say…” is NOT a hypothetical? Ok.

Why do I understand English and expect others to use precise language?

This is a message board. We communicate using written language. Brevity is brilliance.

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Are you new here?

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No, I'm just an idiot, I guess. *sigh*

Naw you are dealing with the biggest passive aggressive clown on this board

If Canada really ramps up this genocide there will be a lot less Canucks to deal with when America takes control

We can ship those foreigners out pretty quick without any assisted suicides.

50k a year in the US commit suicide. The vast majority of people couldn’t care less about their plight. I’m not sure why so many are pretending to care about people seeking medically assisted way out, particularly if they are suffering from severe physical or mental ailments. So long as they aren’t being pressured by an other party.

So sad that people think their life is worthless

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This isn’t at all what I’m saying and I think you know it.

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This subject bothers me.

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If someone is of competent mind and wants to decide when to end their life, who is the government to tell them “no”?

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The government, with regards to Canadian MAiD, is the problem. People are making these choices not always based solely on intractable conditions but on lack of support in an overwhelmed system.

Your commentary on savings rubbed me the wrong way.

I don't think dying in America is much better, to be honest... but Canada's Solution isn't the answer.

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I don’t think it’s one or the other, both can and should exist. Not everyone’s issues can be solved through medicine or therapy. And if life is unbearably miserable for them, they deserve the right to seek a dignified exit.

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For me, it always comes down to what standard we use for what is right and wrong.

If all there is is pitiless indifference and no objective moral standard that we are accountable to, then people can certainly do as they want, including taking their own lives. In fact, if they want to take the lives of others before taking their own, there is nothing ultimately wrong with that, either.

I believe in an objective moral standard that transcends mere opinion and preference, and that standard sees suicide as self-murder, because our lives are not our own, but we belong to God, our creator. The inherent dignity we have as His image-bearers means we cannot take life just because we want to, but we must seek to preserve life as long as we have the ability to do so, trusting in the Lord to care for our souls and preserve us in the mean time.