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The Sunday Debate: Assisted Dying Should Be Legalised

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Why Is It Illegal to Rob a Bank?

Sister diing is not about the right to do anything i want, but about the right not to have to suffer anyway. Itr illegal to rob a bank, and therefore illegal to help somebody do it. But suicide is not illegal. And antibioptics is simply the wrong treatment for a cold most of the time. So how can it be but it's against the law to help somebody to do something that is not against the law? The answer is unassisted suicide. Right to die will become duty to die.

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