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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
The question was should licensed healthcare workers be allowed to assist in a human's right to die... If someone wanted to kill himself, guess what! He will find a way to do that by his own hand. It doesn't make it "ethical" or "sound", but the finality of dying is so permanent.
Sure, one suffers and has pain, but life is suffering and painful and for some people it is everyday...
What makes humans different from animals--which is not saying that much--is that animals cannot directly communicate their feelings to humans--we just do not understand them to that point. Animals that cannot live upto expectations will be gleaned from the gene pool by predation.
At this time, humans do not have active predators that hunt us...
ETA: Even if one worked for a slaughterhouse, there are still rules that govern euthanasia of animals and what to do with the carcass afterward...
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I think that the fact that humans can communicate their feelings makes more of a case for allowing human euthanasia.
And not all humans that want to die, can actively participate in killing themselves. There are certain situations and conditions that trap a sane mind in a body that is not capable of ending themselves.
I'm really not sure of what the edit to your post is supposed to mean? I've worked in labs mass euthanizing rodents for medical testing, and in a vet hospital (mixed practice) as an RVT, but I have no clue what you're getting at about slaughterhouses.