This is cool. We need more of this type of thinking here in the United States, especially in the conservative, religious (and hypocritical) South.
Of particular interest to me personally is the legalization of euthanasia. As I write this, there are tens of millions of elderly as well as millions of non-elderly individuals suffering needlessly because of backward, religious dogma that basically follows that God gives life and only God can take it away. It is time that this type of thinking and the brain-dead masses that support it go the way of the steam locomotive, the typewriter and beepers; their time has come and gone.
People long in years or with a terminal disease whose bodies have shut down as a result of their illness as well as those who from birth or through accident are basically just a conglomeration of body parts and nothing more (but with strong hearts) can live years hooked-up to machines that breathe for them – with feeding tubes for nourishment and IVs for hydration. Some who are more “fortunate” can spend days, weeks, or even months living in less than decent conditions in hospitals or homes for the elderly, lying on soiled beds and unable to even drink water without the help of others. This is inhumane. The mere act of breathing does not define living. Quality of life is more important than life itself. Individuals “living” under these conditions who no longer wish to suffer and/or burden their loved-ones deserve the dignity to choose when to end their own lives. Similarly, those whose brains more readily reflect a cauliflower than a human mind and live in a perpetual vegetative state should be put out of their misery. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
MELBOURNE (AFP) – The Australian Sex Party on Tuesday promised to spice up campaigning for next month’s elections with a manifesto “unlike Australia had ever seen before”.
Party chief Fiona Patten launched a risque national campaign at a Melbourne bar, saying her policies “would make (opposition Leader) Tony Abbott’s hair stand on end and would turn (Prime Minister) Julia Gillard’s hair grey”. prospective
“We’ve always been forward and we actually enjoy real action,” Patten said, mocking Gillard and Abbott’s “Moving Australia Forward” and “Stand Up For Real Action” slogans.
The party’s policies include legalising euthanasia, decriminalising all drugs for personal use, and watering down strict anti-pornography laws.
Although sure to attract criticism from church groups and other conservative elements in society, Patten said it was time an Australian political party pushed the boundaries.
Patten said personal freedom issues affect people’s lives more often than tax or immigration, and wanted to break down “nanny state” policies that she said had been built up over several decades by the major parties.
While the party will struggle for mainstream support, Patten remained confident of at least one Sex Party candidate being elected to the country’s Senate.
“In the privacy of the polling booth, anything could happen,” she said.
The Sex Party is running a candidate against Abbott in his Sydney electorate, a comedian who has offered to doorknock voters wearing a “mankini” — a type of bikini designed for men.
