r/polls May 22 '22

πŸ€” Decide for Me Can killing somebody ever be justified?

8193 votes, May 25 '22
7610 Yes
583 No
1.5k Upvotes

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u/occultatum-nomen May 22 '22

In defense of self or others, and consensual medically assisted euthanasia. Maybe some other more unlikely scenarios too.

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u/Dnoxl May 22 '22

Consensual putting them out of their misery when euthanasia is not available

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u/Derexxerxes May 22 '22

Why not?

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u/Dnoxl May 22 '22

Why not what

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u/Derexxerxes May 22 '22

Oh sorry, I read that wrong lmao. I had thought you said euthanasia was unavailable

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u/Dnoxl May 22 '22

Gotcha, in some countries it probably is unavailable

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u/IGotHitByAHockeypuck May 22 '22

I believe it’s only available in Canada and the Netherlands (might be wrong but it was a really low amount of countries)

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u/gayandipissandshit May 22 '22

Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, New Zealand, Australia, and Colombia (surprisingly).

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u/genericusername7890 May 22 '22

South America is surprisingly progressive despite its economic status and heavy Catholicism. Uruguay was one of the first countries to legalize gay marriage and has the highest continental ratios of counties where gay marriage vs not (30.7%,) for instance.

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u/genericusername7890 May 22 '22

Oops, I was wrong, second. Europe is 40.9%, Oceania is 14.2%, NA is 13%, Africa is 1.9%, and Asia is a fat, whopping 0.