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Calgary judge rules 27-year-old can go ahead with MAID death despite father's concerns (www.cbc.ca)
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But W.V. believes his daughter "is vulnerable and is not competent to make the decision to take her own life," according to Feasby's summary of the father's position.

"He says that she is generally healthy and believes that her physical symptoms, to the extent that she has any, result from undiagnosed psychological conditions."

Her only known diagnoses described in court earlier this month are autism and ADHD.

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[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I never said anybody was lazy. It's the difference between somebody being depressed at home and somebody being depressed being given a gun. It makes the choice of suicide that much easier.

[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Based on this comment, I suspect that your real intention was to argue for the appropriate supports rather than applying sufficient effort. Fair enough, but let's more closely examine what you actually said:

... with some effort they could...

You did not say "with the right supports..." you said "with some effort..."

Further, "with some effort" implies that there had been no effort to date.

I appreciate that none of us perfectly express our true thoughts when speaking or writing off the cuff as we do here. If you are now saying that you meant "with the right support", I accept that without question. But if you actually meant that a suffering person must be expected to make efforts that would challenge the strongest of us, then I stand by my contention that you called them lazy.