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Iain Brassington finds the Resistance Charter of the anti-euthanasia group Not Dead Yet UK to be absurd, "carried by a whole army of straw men and Aunt Sallies." Baroness Campbell of Surbiton is a spokesperson for the group. [See last Thursday's EuthaNEWSia "Britain: 'Right to live' group targets MPs."]

He objects to their position all people should be encouraged to live, and never helped to die: Second, we could say that, irrespective of how a person values his own life, how others value it is also important, and could potentially be a trump consideration. But now we aren't talking about encouraging a person to live, but mandating them to do so; moreover, if that's the attitude we're going to take, it looks as though it might be possible that, if enough people hate you, you'd have an obligation to do away with yourself.

Brassington concludes: Baroness Campbell: we know you're not dead yet. You're missing the point. If services for the disabled, terminally ill, or anyone else are under threat, then that's one thing, and I'll happily go along with a campaign for everyone meriting just consideration irrespective of their health or physical ability. But it's utterly different from allowing someone who has freely decided that they don't want to be alive any more assistance in helping themselves out of the door.

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Brassington, Iain. "Assistance and Force: Different Things". BMJ Medical Ethics blog. 5 Jun, 10. <blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2010/06/05/assistance-and-force-different-things/>. BMJ, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP, UK Copyright 2010 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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