Recent comments in /f/massachusetts
homefone t1_jaegtyx wrote
Reply to comment by socialist_frzn_milk in A renewed push to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ by d5dq
>Sentimentalizing human life
...That's supposed to be bad?
>So…you just selectively edited my post and either didn’t read or didn’t bother to address the rest of it
I did address it. What you wrote seems to imply that people who can't remember their own names etc. have lives not worth living. In that case, yeah, I do find it prudent to point out the fairly obvious eugenic implications of that argument. And, whether you think someone in that condition has the faculty to consent to be euthanized.
>Just like every anti-choice activist on Earth.
I'm still waiting on how this is connected to abortion?
dell828 t1_jaegs5b wrote
The Bridgewaters.. East, West, and just plain Bridgewater. Whitman. Nice little towns, that still have a community neighborhood-y feel. There’s a train that stops in Whitman that gets you into Boston so a great place if you need to commute.
Mikes_Movies_ t1_jaegp92 wrote
As long as the state doesn’t start suggesting medical suicide for people who don’t need it Canada, sure
user72230 t1_jaegp7d wrote
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You're the worst kind of undercover narc I have ever seen. Dispensaries are everywhere. Download Leafly or weed maps and GTFO
Edit: OP DMd me, they are 17....underage AF (or so the narc says)
3720-To-One t1_jaegouo wrote
Reply to comment by Lost-Variation768 in A renewed push to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ by d5dq
It is a parasitic relationship.
The host body gains nothing from it.
Meanwhile, something like your gut flora is a symbiotic relationship.
SpaceShipET t1_jaegkws wrote
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r/funnyandsad
3720-To-One t1_jaegea3 wrote
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You realize that recreational weed is legal in Massachusetts and you can buy it in a weed store, right?
AReluctantEssayist t1_jaegbyn wrote
Reply to comment by NoMoLerking in Northampton to use pandemic relief dollars for 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' manhole covers by Boston1_
Cannot help but feel there's a bit of difference.
homefone t1_jaegauh wrote
Reply to comment by socialist_frzn_milk in A renewed push to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ by d5dq
>that is absolutely their right and you have no business taking it from them.
No it isn't.
>Oh, and it turns out you don’t have to poll the terminally ill or dead to know that you’re talking out of your ass, because the NIH already says you’re wrong: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2652799/
This analysis concerns whether racial minorities and other "vulnerable groups" are targeted for euthanasia. That's not I've been talking about.
[deleted] t1_jaeg7no wrote
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[deleted] t1_jaeg7mf wrote
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tbootsbrewing t1_jaeg705 wrote
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majoroutage t1_jaefpw8 wrote
Reply to comment by Personal-Walrus3076 in A renewed push to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ by d5dq
That's not a good enough reason why the government needs to be involved in making that decision.
My biggest concern, though, is the slippery slope where people may start being denied care to stay living because they're deemed not worth saving. (And for those who will inevitably say "that won't happen" there sure has been a lot of "that won't happen" happening for awhile now.)
sadgringopapi t1_jaefknb wrote
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we're all laughing at you
socialist_frzn_milk t1_jaeffc0 wrote
Reply to comment by homefone in A renewed push to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ by d5dq
You argued that the availability of assisted suicide will cause more people to commit suicide while completely ignoring that these are not always the only options. “Dignity” is whatever a terminally ill patient decides it is, and if it’s “put a needle in my arm while I am surrounded by family and friends and let me go to sleep peacefully”, that is absolutely their right and you have no business taking it from them.
Oh, and it turns out you don’t have to poll the terminally ill or dead to know that you’re talking out of your ass, because the NIH already says you’re wrong. This study shows there was absolutely no statistically higher risk of disproportionate effect on “at risk” groups: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2652799/
Seems to me that you’re trying real hard not to say “But it makes me feel icky!”
socialist_frzn_milk t1_jaef276 wrote
Reply to comment by homefone in A renewed push to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ by d5dq
So…you just selectively edited my post and either didn’t read or didn’t bother to address the rest of it. Good work. Just like every anti-choice activist on Earth. Sentimentalizing human life and pretending that medical freedom doesn’t matter if it makes YOU personally uncomfortable.
Also, I’d love to know how allowing terminally ill patients to choose their time and manner of death is some sort of “rabbit hole”.
ArmlessGeodude t1_jaef1ci wrote
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It's about damn time. Thought I was going to have to make a scene at the town hall again.
Cabes86 t1_jaeer8p wrote
I voted for this in 2012, where it seemed to only narrowly lose. I think a mixture of old fashioned people dying and the sheer weight of elder care and long term health issue costs will push this to win handily.
homefone t1_jaeemc0 wrote
Reply to comment by socialist_frzn_milk in A renewed push to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ by d5dq
>“Forcefully snuffing out someone’s life” who often cannot remember their own name
This is borderline eugenics. There are a lot of groups of people who can't remember their own name, and therefore, can't consent to be euthanized.
Whether that's a life worth living to me or anybody else is irrelevant, what matters is if euthanasia for the dying is worth the ethical rabbit holes it creates, and I don't think it is.
suntaug t1_jaeekea wrote
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Ah the good ol Porn in the Corn
homefone t1_jaee5xd wrote
Reply to comment by socialist_frzn_milk in A renewed push to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ by d5dq
> Oh hey, it’s the same argument people use to argue against reproductive choice.
This is a red herring, and anyways, I support abortion rights.
>No one has argued that every terminally ill person wants to die
I didn't argue that either. I argued that the availability of euthanasia to the terminally ill will encourage people to take that choice, regardless of whether they want to or not.
>I’d love to see some statistics on your assertion that assisted suicide will pressure people into killing themselves.
You can't poll the terminally ill or dead.
NocheEtNuit t1_jaedzyx wrote
Reply to Strip Club in Western Mass Wants To Convert Into 'Topless Dispensary,' Purportedly 1st In State by HoldenGambles
This is so gross omg
link0612 t1_jaedwyt wrote
Reply to comment by Alecgator94 in Northampton to use pandemic relief dollars for 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' manhole covers by Boston1_
Manhole covers are pretty tightly regulated in MA ever since a bad one killed somebody. That and the occasional explosions
homefone t1_jaedv73 wrote
Reply to comment by Chippopotanuse in A renewed push to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ by d5dq
>You are as free to hold whatever unpopular opinions on end of life decisions you want.
I'm in the majority, however slight. Do you not remember the ballot question we had about this issue not too long ago? The pro-euthanasia side failed. What is unpopular on this subreddit doesn't reflect the Bay State.
>And we are equally as free to boo you.
And you're as equally free to express your dissent and have a meaningful conversation with me like an adult, as I've done with quite a few people here. The whole point of a state subreddit is to have a sense of community and discuss issues with your neighbors. I guess that's too much.
Menacing_Anus42 t1_jaegzkm wrote
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