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Donald Ian Rankin

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69. ...says the person who just compared it.

Sat May 9, 2015, 09:24 AM

May 2015

"This is the mentality behind physician-assisted suicide (now legal in Canada): that life with a painful, disabling medical condition is not worth living. "

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Dad confesses to murdering family on Facebook to save daughter from migraines [View all] KamaAina May 2015 OP

She's beautiful LeftInTX May 2015 #1

I find it disturbing that you use this article Cal Carpenter May 2015 #2

Ditto. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #7

Wholeheartedly agree DeadLetterOffice May 2015 #12

Same here. NO comparison. MoonRiver May 2015 #14

So do I, and I suffered from horrific migraines for many years. winter is coming May 2015 #16

^^^ Absolutely! Duppers May 2015 #60

Agree. Cheap and exploitive REP May 2015 #25

Jury results for the OP: 3-4 Electric Monk May 2015 #36

Yeah, that's some bullshit. nt Codeine May 2015 #42

Completely agree! NutmegYankee May 2015 #70

+1 gollygee May 2015 #72

Whenever I start to feel sorry for myself, I just thank God I'm still alive. Fla Dem May 2015 #86

imo this is not the mentality if physician assisted Suicide elehhhhna May 2015 #3

Exactly . . . markpkessinger May 2015 #38

Well at least there was a crime actually confessed on FB nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #4

wtf? what does this psychotic piece of shit have to do with cali May 2015 #5

The all-too-common idea that life with pain and/or disability is not worth living KamaAina May 2015 #13

Bullshit DeadLetterOffice May 2015 #19

But he didn't. KamaAina May 2015 #21

No, your point is to create a false equivalence, to lie, to attempt to spread FUD... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #28

Which is a spectacularly poor way to convince people that physician-assisted suicide winter is coming May 2015 #34

Yeah, I know, it would be more convincing to use truly equivalent scenarios... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #35

And that also has nothing at all to do with physician cali May 2015 #23

The murderer is clearly mentally ill. Barking mad. yardwork May 2015 #39

It seems the OP considers physician assisted suicide a type or mental illness. morningfog May 2015 #49

The OP considers PAS dangerous to people with disabilities. KamaAina May 2015 #51

Fine. That's you're opinion. I disagree, but there is still morningfog May 2015 #52

It is all about the underlying mentality KamaAina May 2015 #55

The underlying mentality here was mental illness. morningfog May 2015 #56

The underlying mentality in this case is no mt what you say, though. yardwork May 2015 #66

It's amazing that went over so many heads. nt bananas May 2015 #40

This has nothing to do with migraines or disability. Feron May 2015 #71

What did he kill his wife and sister for? LisaL May 2015 #6

"then I shot laurel because no mother elehhhhna May 2015 #8

He is just a Prince, isn't he? LisaL May 2015 #11

benevolent, in his mind elehhhhna May 2015 #62

You are fearmongering. Lars39 May 2015 #9

Then why did he pick her migraines as his excuse? KamaAina May 2015 #15

Because it's a way of distancing himself from the act. winter is coming May 2015 #17

You said it yourself... Lars39 May 2015 #29

Why would he pick anything as his Excuse? Because it was an excuse to murder. uppityperson May 2015 #33

Wow wheniwasincongress May 2015 #85

Could you dip any lower into the bowels of depravity? What an atrocious exploitative use of this... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #10

Also, you're wrong about Latimer's prison sentence. DeadLetterOffice May 2015 #18

Edited. KamaAina May 2015 #20

Thank you. DeadLetterOffice May 2015 #22

You didn't complete the editing. IMO Lochloosa May 2015 #24

Please document a physician prescribing family annihilation for anything REP May 2015 #26

Typical Pro-Lie tactics: when the facts aren't there, just make shit up REP May 2015 #27

"Pro-Lie"? KamaAina May 2015 #46

You lose that bet. REP May 2015 #80

Cool! Then you'll understand this KamaAina May 2015 #81

This has zero to do with assisted suicide ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2015 #30

But look at what defense he made KamaAina May 2015 #47

The man is a psychopath ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2015 #77

This has absolutely nothing to do with physician assisted suicide Warpy May 2015 #31

'Farcebook' FTW! KamaAina May 2015 #45

This is in no way any way comparable to "physician-assisted suicide". It is murder and uppityperson May 2015 #32

It is not at all comparable KamaAina May 2015 #44

Do you really believe the words of a murderer using it as an excuse? polly7 May 2015 #48

A cancer patient in Oregon got told that her chemo wouldn't be covered KamaAina May 2015 #53

Well that's horrible. polly7 May 2015 #57

That's an indictment of US healthcare, but it's got nothing to do with PAS. winter is coming May 2015 #59

That is disgraceful but still not an argument against making a choice legal. yardwork May 2015 #67

Which still doesn't support your contention Godhumor May 2015 #73

Death with Dignity neither devalues disability nor has anything to do with disability uppityperson May 2015 #54

...says the person who just compared it. Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #69

Re: "Not The Onion!!" 951-Riverside May 2015 #37

I found the headline to be rather Onion-like KamaAina May 2015 #43

It is preposterous. Good you recognize it has nothing morningfog May 2015 #50

This has NOTHING to do with being allowed to die with dignity, and it's pretty damned polly7 May 2015 #41

Maybe if his religion didn't teach him Mariana May 2015 #58

My first reaction as well Egnever May 2015 #61

He murdered her so she'd be in heaven. This is more of an argument against religion than Marr May 2015 #63

Physician assisted suicide is the choice of the person who Lint Head May 2015 #64

But that choice can be influenced by family, doctors, etc. KamaAina May 2015 #76

Do you believe in humane ending of life for your pet? I hope so. polly7 May 2015 #78

Comparing people to pets? KamaAina May 2015 #82

No, polly7 May 2015 #83

That case had *nothing* to do with physician-assisted suicide. winter is coming May 2015 #79

Physician assisted suicide is assisted because the person Lint Head May 2015 #84

He was an evil psychopath, nothing else n2doc May 2015 #65

Shameful, morally repugnant bullshit. Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #68

No, unlike us, he decided the person should die. KamaAina May 2015 #75

You should a stuck with the instrumentality of the deaths. Eleanors38 May 2015 #74

Actually the OP and the murderer shares the philosophy... Springslips May 2015 #87

This is a crazy person. Migraines are not a terminal illness. Oneironaut May 2015 #88