Euthanasia, (from Greek: åõèáíáóßá -åõ, eu, "good", èÜíáôïò, thanatos, death),is the practice of terminating the life of a person or animal in a painless or minimally painful way in order to stop suffering or other undesired conditions in life.
So in fact it's just ending someone's misery.
So in fact it's just ending someone's misery.
The man could have lived for another month, but the cancer had gone too far. They performed euthanasia to end his life withoug further pain.
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Many people wrongly label the global depopulation movement as eugenics, but in reality it is euthenics, because the intent is to produce a better environment not a better gene pool.
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Don't let yourself be fooled by Jeff. He seems such a nice guy but he's eleutheromania keeps knocking. He'll be out the door in less than a month.
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Get the eleutheromania mug.When someone is messing around something they shouldn’t be involved in and they’ll end up hurt in the end. Does not have to be death but can be physical pain, mental pain, or emotional pain.
Those guys over there are messing around in our hood? They better watch themselves before they get themselves euthanized
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Get the Euthimis mug.basically it's assisted suicide for those that can't do it themselves. Usually because they are suffering from a terminal illness. Commonly associated with Jack Kevorkian.
Stan: is it ok to kill somebody if they ask you to? Because they're in a lot of pain, you know, like assisted suicide? Is that OK?
Jesus: My son, I'm not touching that with a 60-ft pole. Next caller!
Jesus: My son, I'm not touching that with a 60-ft pole. Next caller!
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