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Oliver 2022-03-22 09:02:35
A fledgling elementary law student's thoughts on euthanasia
Euthanasia is an old topic not only for medical students, but also for law students. In the past few years, the impression of this movie has only left the doctor's insistence on the freedom of people to choose death and the loneliness of fighting against the world but being sentenced. When putting...
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Andrew 2022-04-24 07:01:20
Euthanasia Judicial and Religious Forces
Watching this film, in addition to admiring the wonderful performance of the old opera bones. All I think about is how to define euthanasia; the definition of murder, suicide, and assisted suicide by American judiciary, and the influence of religious forces on American society.
Let’s first discuss...
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Lynn Mills: Have you no religion? Have you no God?
Jack Kevorkian: Oh, I do, lady, I have a religion, his name is Bach. Johann Sebastian Bach. And at least my God isn't an invented one.
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Dick Thompson: [Jack Kevorkian takes the stand, Thompson is the prosecutor] Can we all presume just for the hell of it that we are really in a courtroom, okay? That there is a judge and a jury and real witnesses?
Jack Kevorkian: No, I will not presume. I refuse to presume.
Dick Thompson: Can we presume that this is a real trial here?
Jack Kevorkian: No, we can't. Because there's no law here. Am I wrong?
Dick Thompson: You're wrong!
Jack Kevorkian: Prove it. Cite to me one common law case of assisted suicide. One.
Dick Thompson: I will ask the questions...
Jack Kevorkian: Go ahead. I'm listening. We're all waiting.