Interesting! I've worked in govt departments, in my experience reporting errors are often due to small things and can be corrected - shouldn't influence policy. That said, I agree with you Simon, fully funded palliative care is worth fighting for. It is the humane thing in my mind. Keep euthanasia as an option but don't expand it until palliative care is properly resourced.
I suppose part of my thinking is that in this space, even small errors have serious consequences. In many ways, when it comes to the state euthanising people, there is no room for error. This has also happened now to many times.
This must then bring into question anything the MOH reports, states, claims!
Therefore, this begs the question, are they incompetent, or covering up something?
Again, transparency & accountability is always the issue! That being, why was euthanasia administered to 'this person'!
When we circumvent democratic practices including 'transparency & justice', then that means we have 'totalitarianism creep' & cover ups taking place!
In America they call that 'National Security' when they don't want to be upfront, transparent & accountable!
Democracy is a tool in which to create a just society! Clearly it is failing when you can't legislate the hearts of people, especially when they are in positions of power! The 'House' is rigged in their favour!
I am not anti-euthanasia per se, there will always be situations & circumstances, which may also include combat zones, where it is justified on the grounds of compassion & even necessity, but those reasons must be robust & justified!
Here is a different sort of comment, yet still it intrinsically covers all these issues we are dealing with:
At the end of the day, 'ideology & beliefs' drive people to achieve a certain result!
Ultimately, if people don't know God, or have NO moral compass, when in power they can do anything they like as under Nazism & Communism.
However, we don't necessarily need such extreme ideological views to still 'wreak havoc'! A complacent apathetic people will also bring that about, slowly, as a frog being gradually boiled in water! Mt 25:24-30
The Left have a worldview which is to ultimately 'Communise' the world, it's simply another 'power grab' with a fancy name, & the Right, equally godless, will in turn bring in their own form of Totalitarianism in the name of fighting Communism but still no one will be truly 'free'! How can we be, when we don't know the 'truth' as in living it! Dan 11:32, Jn 14:21-24, Jn 7:17
Imperfect fallen man will still control this earth!
That is why Jesus said to us, not himself, "Seek FIRST God's Kingdom & His Righteousness", Mt 6:33, 9-10, and "Disciple (govern) nations & teach the people to obey his commandments"! Mt 28:18-20
We haven't DONE that! As with Adam & Eve, Christians are in rebellion against Jesus, disobeying their Lord & Saviour! Heb 5:8-9, Heb 10:26-31. Largely due to ignorance! Hosea 4:6, Mt 7:21-23
Democracy is just a 'stepping stone' to God's Kingdom due to the previous corruption of the 'monarchy/kingdoms!
Christians must NOW resurrect themselves, Ezekiel 37:7-10, come together forming an 'exceedingly great host/army' & ACCOMPLISH God's Will!
As in Hag 1:12-15 we must re-build God's House, His Kingdom as the 'responsible servants' who knew their master's will & invested their talents to increase & multiply them as with Mt 25:19-21, Mt 13:18-23
This is the Biblical Template & Commandment we must implement today:
Mt 6:33, Mt 6:9-10, Mt 28:18-20, Jn 17:20-23, Ezek 37:7-10 => Is 9:6-7, Dan 7:27 => Ezra 1, Hag 1:12-15 => Gen 1:27-28 = God's Kingdom!
If NOT, be prepared to be 'laid waste' by today's Assyrians, Babylonians, & be cast into the outer darkness for 'faithlessness & cowardice'! Mt 8:10-12, Rev 21:8, Mt 7:21-23
Claiming to be a Christian but not picking up our cross & following Jesus, Mt 10:38-39 will just earn us a greater beating than those who didn't know! Lk 12:47-48, 2 Chron 20:19-22
The key is to unite, & with one voice fight back! Jn 14:21-24, Mt 12:25
None of these 'political parties' will achieve that or come close to it! How can they when the seed Jesus sowed has fallen on 'rocky & thorny ground'!
Rev 3:1 ..“I know your WORKS; you have the 'name of being alive', and you are DEAD. 2 Awake, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your WORKS perfect in the sight of my God. 3 Remember then what you received and heard; KEEP that, and REPENT. If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you".
As with the ten bridesmaids, not all had prepared properly, so they missed the Bridegroom's coming! Mt 25:1-13
Salvation is 'Faith + Works'! James 2:14-26
2 Cor 3:17 “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom”.
Rom 8:15 “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then HEIRS, heirs of God and FELLOW HEIRS with Christ, provided we 'suffer' with him in order that we may also be 'glorified' with him”.
Now the Body of Christ, as with the remnant in Hag 1:12-15, must all work together to accomplish God’s Will, re-building God’s House which is the NATION! Mt 6:33
Interesting! I've worked in govt departments, in my experience reporting errors are often due to small things and can be corrected - shouldn't influence policy. That said, I agree with you Simon, fully funded palliative care is worth fighting for. It is the humane thing in my mind. Keep euthanasia as an option but don't expand it until palliative care is properly resourced.
I suppose part of my thinking is that in this space, even small errors have serious consequences. In many ways, when it comes to the state euthanising people, there is no room for error. This has also happened now to many times.
This must then bring into question anything the MOH reports, states, claims!
Therefore, this begs the question, are they incompetent, or covering up something?
Again, transparency & accountability is always the issue! That being, why was euthanasia administered to 'this person'!
When we circumvent democratic practices including 'transparency & justice', then that means we have 'totalitarianism creep' & cover ups taking place!
In America they call that 'National Security' when they don't want to be upfront, transparent & accountable!
Democracy is a tool in which to create a just society! Clearly it is failing when you can't legislate the hearts of people, especially when they are in positions of power! The 'House' is rigged in their favour!
I am not anti-euthanasia per se, there will always be situations & circumstances, which may also include combat zones, where it is justified on the grounds of compassion & even necessity, but those reasons must be robust & justified!
Here is a different sort of comment, yet still it intrinsically covers all these issues we are dealing with:
At the end of the day, 'ideology & beliefs' drive people to achieve a certain result!
Ultimately, if people don't know God, or have NO moral compass, when in power they can do anything they like as under Nazism & Communism.
However, we don't necessarily need such extreme ideological views to still 'wreak havoc'! A complacent apathetic people will also bring that about, slowly, as a frog being gradually boiled in water! Mt 25:24-30
The Left have a worldview which is to ultimately 'Communise' the world, it's simply another 'power grab' with a fancy name, & the Right, equally godless, will in turn bring in their own form of Totalitarianism in the name of fighting Communism but still no one will be truly 'free'! How can we be, when we don't know the 'truth' as in living it! Dan 11:32, Jn 14:21-24, Jn 7:17
Imperfect fallen man will still control this earth!
That is why Jesus said to us, not himself, "Seek FIRST God's Kingdom & His Righteousness", Mt 6:33, 9-10, and "Disciple (govern) nations & teach the people to obey his commandments"! Mt 28:18-20
We haven't DONE that! As with Adam & Eve, Christians are in rebellion against Jesus, disobeying their Lord & Saviour! Heb 5:8-9, Heb 10:26-31. Largely due to ignorance! Hosea 4:6, Mt 7:21-23
Democracy is just a 'stepping stone' to God's Kingdom due to the previous corruption of the 'monarchy/kingdoms!
Christians must NOW resurrect themselves, Ezekiel 37:7-10, come together forming an 'exceedingly great host/army' & ACCOMPLISH God's Will!
As in Hag 1:12-15 we must re-build God's House, His Kingdom as the 'responsible servants' who knew their master's will & invested their talents to increase & multiply them as with Mt 25:19-21, Mt 13:18-23
This is the Biblical Template & Commandment we must implement today:
Mt 6:33, Mt 6:9-10, Mt 28:18-20, Jn 17:20-23, Ezek 37:7-10 => Is 9:6-7, Dan 7:27 => Ezra 1, Hag 1:12-15 => Gen 1:27-28 = God's Kingdom!
If NOT, be prepared to be 'laid waste' by today's Assyrians, Babylonians, & be cast into the outer darkness for 'faithlessness & cowardice'! Mt 8:10-12, Rev 21:8, Mt 7:21-23
Claiming to be a Christian but not picking up our cross & following Jesus, Mt 10:38-39 will just earn us a greater beating than those who didn't know! Lk 12:47-48, 2 Chron 20:19-22
The key is to unite, & with one voice fight back! Jn 14:21-24, Mt 12:25
None of these 'political parties' will achieve that or come close to it! How can they when the seed Jesus sowed has fallen on 'rocky & thorny ground'!
Rev 3:1 ..“I know your WORKS; you have the 'name of being alive', and you are DEAD. 2 Awake, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your WORKS perfect in the sight of my God. 3 Remember then what you received and heard; KEEP that, and REPENT. If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you".
As with the ten bridesmaids, not all had prepared properly, so they missed the Bridegroom's coming! Mt 25:1-13
Salvation is 'Faith + Works'! James 2:14-26
2 Cor 3:17 “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom”.
Rom 8:15 “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then HEIRS, heirs of God and FELLOW HEIRS with Christ, provided we 'suffer' with him in order that we may also be 'glorified' with him”.
Now the Body of Christ, as with the remnant in Hag 1:12-15, must all work together to accomplish God’s Will, re-building God’s House which is the NATION! Mt 6:33