Blogs for June 2016

Posted on Sunday 26th June 2016 at 2:05am

Alex Scadenberg and Paul Russell publish desperate nonsense about medical neutrality toward assisted dying. I set things straight.

Last week, Alex Schadenberg wrote—and Paul Russell republished—another nonsense article, this time about medical associations going neutral on assisted dying. They opine that there is no such thing as neutrality. And start out by getting their facts wrong... again.

Got the facts wrong yet again, lads


Keywords: Bull | Fearmonger | Flapdoodle | Australian Medical Association (AMA) | Paul Russell | Alex Schadenberg | Rhetoric: Suicide

 

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Posted on Tuesday 14th June 2016 at 10:22pm

Inga Peulich's minority report to the Victorian Parliament LSI Committee's end-of-life choices report reveals an incoherent and entenched hostility toward assisted dying. I challenge Mrs Peulich to furnish verifiable evidence to support her claims.

Mrs Inga Peulich is MLC for the Victorian state region of South-Eastern Metropolitan and is Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs and for Scrutiny of Government. She is a member of the Parliament's Legal and Social Issues Committee, which recently recommended assisted dying law reform.

Mrs Inga Peulich is MLC for the Victorian state region of South-Eastern Metropolitan and is Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs and for Scrutiny of Government. She is a member of the Parliament's Legal and Social Issues Committee, which recently recommended assisted dying law reform.

Keywords: Australia | Victoria | Rhetoric | Rhetoric: Slippery slope

 

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