THIS is One of the Reasons Why I'm So Opposed to Euthanasia!

Suicide pods in Switzerland. Oh, how convenient and easy! No mess, no fuss. Absolutely disgusting.

There's no such thing as "dying with dignity", because it's always undignified, but now they're trying to encourage people to accept this option.

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cherokeepatti · 70-79, F

It is a slippery slope. And this example is near the bottom of the slope. People in Switzerland can use this suicide pod to off themselves if they don’t have enough money for money expenses. So much for human compassion and helping others through a rough patch eh?

ffony · M

@cherokeepatti Straw man.

Do you actually know of people in Switzerland who 'used this suicide pod to off themselves' because 'they don’t have enough money?'

If not, you just set up an imaginary scenario that you would disapprove of, if it existed in reality.

Typical social media.

cherokeepatti · 70-79, F

@ffony I didn’t set it up. They did. They are encouraging it.

ffony · M

@cherokeepatti Your statistics and sources? (And who are 'they'?)

Bel6EQUJ5

@ffony Oh dear. Someone who isn't familiar with his fallacies. A 'straw man' argument is when you try to challenge a position that your opponent isn't actually making. That is, you deliberately misrepresent their position in order to defeat an easier claim, because the actual claim that is being made you don't have an answer for.
Maybe you meant 'slippery slope'.

ffony · M

@Bel6EQUJ5 Slope? Nope. My understanding - and/or use of the phrase 'straw man' is less persnickety, but I suppose you do know what I was getting at?

ffony · M

@Bel6EQUJ5 Just for fun I 'looked it up' ...

An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related thing or idea.

Sounds like pretty much what I was seeing.