tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post6937099925378389655..comments2007-04-13T20:45:04.853-07:00Wesley J. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087063614354714652wjs@wesleyjsmith.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post-28503326113387692772007-04-13T20:45:00.000-07:002007-04-13T20:45:00.000-07:00But all prohibition does it drive it underground. You won't see too many doctors or nurses volunteering to incriminate themselves.<BR/><BR/>In Australia, Brendan Nelson, the former head of the AMA, said that if family members want to assist a patient's death, it would be easier to do it when it was illegal. All they'd need to do would be to keep it a secret and cremate the body as soon as possible.Tony Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401663718485111273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post-77941407961201967582007-04-13T19:13:00.000-07:002007-04-13T19:13:00.000-07:00No, Tony. We need to see that the concept of guidelines protecting against abuse is just a meaningless slogan. The state would not exercise any control, nor, as in Oregon, would it care to.Wesley J. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087063614354714652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post-73232748729211116632007-04-13T19:00:00.000-07:002007-04-13T19:00:00.000-07:00Well, many elderly people kill themselves rather than go into a nursing home. Should we therefore outlaw nursing homes?Tony Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401663718485111273noreply@blogger.com