Why do conservatives often support the right to smoke, but not euthanasia? - Page 2

DosEquis · 10-02-2006, 10:00 AM

I am pro-death across the board. Assisted suicide, capital punishment, and abortions. I know some people who should sign up for that hat trick.

lew · 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by DosEquis

I am pro-death across the board. Assisted suicide, capital punishment, and abortions. I know some people who should sign up for that hat trick.

Assisted suicide good.

Capital punishment good.

Abortion bad.

tbone · 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

Only 10% of smokers die from lung cancer.

Facts:

On average, smokers lose about 15 years off their lives.
Half of all regular smokers will eventually die from their habit, most before their natural time.
There were nearly 5 million smoking deaths in the year 2000, with the majority -- roughly one third -- due to heart disease and stroke. Lung cancer killed 850,000 smokers, and 1 million more died of other lung diseases.

Phantom · 10-02-2006, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by DosEquis

I am pro-death across the board. Assisted suicide, capital punishment, and abortions. I know some people who should sign up for that hat trick.

at least you're consistent.

lew · 10-02-2006, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by Phantom

at least you're consistent.

But he's not pro-war.

Phantom · 10-02-2006, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by lew

But he's not pro-war.

good point, there's plenty of death in war

DosEquis · 10-02-2006, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by lew

But he's not pro-war.

Nah, I support war that is neccessary. The war where we had no other choice but to fight it.

Scrum · 10-02-2006, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by DosEquis

I am pro-death across the board. Assisted suicide, capital punishment, and abortions. I know some people who should sign up for that hat trick.

lew · 10-02-2006, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by DosEquis

Nah, I support war that is neccessary. The war where we had no other choice but to fight it.

Well, yeah, everyone is that. I'm for the American Revolution and maybe WWII. But everything else was largely unnecessary.

Phantom · 10-02-2006, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by lew

Well, yeah, everyone is that. I'm for the American Revolution and maybe WWII. But everything else was largely unnecessary.

Mexican-American war?

kinda shitty situation, but we came out BIG winnars

Scrum · 10-02-2006, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by Phantom

Mexican-American war?

kinda shitty situation, but we came out BIG winnars

I missed that big special the History channel was doing on it last weekend.

Phantom · 10-02-2006, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by Scrumtralecent

I missed that big special the History channel was doing on it last weekend.

I didn't know there was one. I bet it was just a propoganda piece comparing the old war to Iraq

Scrum · 10-02-2006, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by Phantom

I didn't know there was one. I bet it was just a propoganda piece comparing the old war to Iraq

Yeah, those nasty liberals at the History channel.

DosEquis · 10-02-2006, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by Scrumtralecent

I missed that big special the History channel was doing on it last weekend.

There was a really interesting thing on History last night about Iraq-Iran. Apparently in 1988 one of our ships hit one of the Iranian mines in the persian gulf so we sank half their navy. Then we gave Saddam some stuff to make his SCUD missles more accurate and photo recon stuff. He launched more than 600 missiles at Tehran and other places. With their navy sunk, army decimated, and cities bombed on, they eventually surrendered.

I bet if he never invaded Kuwait he would still be our buddy today.

IminWonderland · 10-02-2006, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by DosEquis

I am pro-death across the board. Assisted suicide, capital punishment, and abortions. I know some people who should sign up for that hat trick.

I am with you.

Diesel66 · 10-02-2006, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by SpicyMcVoodoo

Why should it be okay to slowly and painfully kill yourself by giving yourself a terminal disease, but it shouldn't be okay to kill yourself quickly and painlessly when you're terminally ill to begin with?

Because I see what has happened in the Netherlands, Belgium, UK etc... when they passed euthanasia.

People sueing the hospitals to keep them alive. Patients being killed because the doctor thinks their life isnt important enough and then the worst part, the country refuses to persecute those murderers.

If you want to kill yourself fine, but dont get doctors involved in it.

Originally Posted by DosEquis

I bet if he never invaded Kuwait he would still be our buddy today.

Of course for a while at least. Same reason why we were allies with Stalin, Diem, etc....

SpicyMcVoodoo · 10-02-2006, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by Diesel66

If you want to kill yourself fine, but dont get doctors involved in it.

Why? So you can wind up like this?

NWS Ogrish.com - Attempted firearm suicide

Diesel66 · 10-02-2006, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by SpicyMcVoodoo

Why? So you can wind up like this?

NWS Ogrish.com - Attempted firearm suicide

Botched killings look the same no matter who does them.

SpicyMcVoodoo · 10-02-2006, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by Diesel66

Botched killings look the same no matter who does them.

And who do you think is more likely to botch a killing? An MD or some guy with a gun?

IminWonderland · 10-02-2006, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by SpicyMcVoodoo

And who do you think is more likely to botch a killing? An MD or some guy with a gun?

The MD would probably have less mess....so I'd consider that...