why isn't it ok to put a person to sleep. lets say they are both suffering and there is no cure, but without being put the sleep, they could survive years in unending pain. lets also say that drugs do not help at all. is that still murder?

Not unless its terminal

I think it is ok to put a person to sleep, but only if that is actually what they want of course

its a grey issue. If the dog or human cant be fixed it would be best. if someone is euthanizing because they can, then its wrong.

I actually think it's okay for both.

well if we wish to say that God gave us the brains to be surgeons and doctors to save liveswouldn't it also suggest that the same brains we are given can and should be used to end life in certain circumstances ?

begins a slippery slope that eventually leads to the rationalization of eliminating people for other reasons...handicaps, poverty, age, etc.

I say put them both to sleep. No one deserves to suffer just to live. Euthanasia should be legal. I wouldn't want to suffer enending pain. eh humans though in extreme situations. since just killing people because they want to end their pain sometimes is not a good idea.

I have asked the same for years....Euthanasia, should be legal....

"People are not animals. Humans are greater."I hate those shitty responses.

I agree with euthanasia... we should have the same right to painless end to suffering as our pets.

I agree that animals and humans should not suffer. I just last november put our Copper (poodle) to sleep. He was 9 and we had him since he was 5 weeks old. We really miss him, but we feel that we did the right thing. He was very sick and we did not want him to suffer.
As for humans....well, that is a different story. I have been disabled now for over 6 years. I am in constant pain, yet do not wish to die right now. I think that people should have the right to make this decision for themselves.
If you want to be able to stop the suffering than you should have the right to make it stop yourself, but not ask someone else to help you.

lets start with the FUNDIES !

The Bible Teaches us that the same thing happens to all creatures, man and animal. But at death, the aimals spirit returns to the ground from which it came, and the Spirit of man goes up to judgment. If the animal is suffering, put it to sleep.

It's all because religion is stupid. Christians have no problem dropping a bomb that murders and maims millions of innocent civilians including children, but they don't have the guts to show mercy to someone who is begging for death to end the agony with the excuse that God will decide when to take life. I guess God dropped the bombs on Japan. And I guess God gave Republicans the right to use capital punishment - executing someone who is already locked up in a cell and can do no harm to anyone!

Animals are just as important as humans. I believe in euthanasia and i also think it is stupid for someone to think they are better than any other life on this planet. We are all living beings. If we can pull the plug on humans to end suffering than I think a person has the right to end there own suffering with dignity.

I think it depends on how much pain the animal is in. I have seen owners put their dogs to sleep prematurely, in my opinion. For example if they were told of a certain ailment in their pet but the dog was not in pain as of yet.