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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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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Compared to pre industrial humans, we live better than kings

people still starve and die

Your entire argument is a false comparison between "we live better than medieval peasants" and "but people are still homeless"?

You've heard the saying that "perfection is the enemy of progress", right?

[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

“perfection is the enemy of progress”, right?

Isn't there a difference between people starving when there isn't enough food and having more than enough food you allow to rot so a small percentage of people can live as kings?

You get how that is different, right?

How many people dying while there are resources to prevent their dying is too many?
Are unhoused people an acceptable sacrifice to Mammon in your view?