What are your thoughts on the idea of legalising assisted dying for terminally ill people? Do you believe it provides a compassionate choice, or do you have concerns about the risks?
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00:00Who knows better what someone wants than their own family members?
00:03So a doctor can have a call on it from a health perspective,
00:07but they'll never have the emotion behind it.
00:08They'll never have that person's, you know, true feelings at heart.
00:11And that's fine, that's human nature.
00:13They're just going to do their job at the end of the day.
00:15But I think the best people, especially if that person is expressing
00:18to their close family and friends that, you know,
00:20I'm no longer wanting to be here.
00:22I mean, I personally, if I was at a point in life
00:25where I had to be fully looked after, I couldn't even use the toilet.
00:27I couldn't even move.
00:28I couldn't even enjoy the things that I like to enjoy in life in any capacity.
00:32Then I think that person then has the right to decide
00:35whether they want to be here anymore.
00:37I've experienced someone who actually wanted to end their life
00:39because they were in pain that much.
00:41If it depends, it actually really depends.
00:44If it's like a terminal illness and you're actually really that much in pain,
00:46you should get the choice whether you want to live and carry on or not.
00:49But if it's just someone depending on their life,
00:52they're just depressed, I want to die.
00:53I don't think you should get the choice to do that
00:55because every life should be cherished.