tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post6784783872802834545..comments2024-02-01T14:56:24.725+00:00Comments on The Laird Report: MSP Margo McDonald seeks return of state sanctioned legalised killing bill, Holyrood has a crank stalking the halls wanting political immortalityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-19942071711727457282012-01-26T14:08:01.808+00:002012-01-26T14:08:01.808+00:00Dear Pictishbeastie
I never thought that legalise...Dear Pictishbeastie<br /><br />I never thought that legalised state killing was ever worthy of a serious debate.<br /><br />Yours sincerely<br /><br />George Laird<br />The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow UniversityG Lairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634338820731652821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-44558302445477554932012-01-26T00:56:20.497+00:002012-01-26T00:56:20.497+00:00I can only assume you've never had to watch a ...I can only assume you've never had to watch a loved one suffer a slow,painful,lingering death! Your comments on this particular matter are frankly downt=right offensive and add precisely nothing to the debate!pictishbeastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732186968973388182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-78712580613357452492012-01-25T16:25:07.227+00:002012-01-25T16:25:07.227+00:00I can never understand all those campaigns to brin...I can never understand all those campaigns to bring back hanging. Giving the state the power to kill us ? Yeah that'll work out well.<br />It's not as if the state hasn't found hundreds guilty who later turned out innocent or anything ? Oh hang on...<br />As regards state sponsored 'mercy killings'. If it turns out like other countries then the few cases will become a flood of deaths with granny doing the 'right thing' and offing herself so the brats can get the loot before the old folks home gets it.<br />Anyone who wants to die if they're incapacitated can do a 'living will' which will stop any intervention to save them.<br />People who have a long term condition leading to definite death have time to buy a gun or some poison to use before they slip into a coma or their limbs won't pull a trigger or allow them to drink.<br />Even if someone helps to kill them they don't usually get charged. And most loving partners would take the rap anyway if it ended their loved one's suffering.throbbernoreply@blogger.com