French President Emmanuel Macron has launched a national debate that will explore the possibility of legalising euthanasia. The debate aims to broaden end-of-life options and potentially amend French law by the end of next year. It comes after the country’s National Consultative Ethics Committee (CCNE) ruled that “active assistance in dying” could be applied in France “under certain strict conditions”. […]
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Portugal’s president vetoes law legalising euthanasia
Portugal’s president has refused to sign a second draft bill legalising euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said the wording of the proposed law was too imprecise and vetoed the law. President Rebelo de Sousa – a staunch Catholic – had previously expressed reservations about the first draft bill to legalise euthanasia. […]
Is Italy set for a referendum on legalising euthanasia?
Italy could be edging closer to legalising euthanasia. A petition calling for the partial revocation of Article 579 of the Italian Criminal Code — which de facto outlaws active euthanasia — has garnered over a million signatures, passing the 500,000 threshold needed to trigger a referendum on the matter. As a country deeply entrenched in […]
List of Withheld JFK Assassination Documents
First published by WhoWhatWhy Exciting news: WhoWhatWhy has obtained the complete list of 3,603 secret documents on the Kennedy assassination still being held by the US government. (Or, to be precise, what it admits to still holding.) Now we can at least get a peek at what they have been hiding. The list was obtained […]
Comments about legalising gambling in Japan
Comments about Legalising Gambling in Japan 日本でカジノを作ってもうまく行かないでしょうという意見もありますが、私自信は日本経済にとっては良いことしか考えられないと思います。ギャンブル依存症のことを心配してる人も多いが、今までの日本はカジノという場所はないが、パチンコ屋は全国どこにでもあります。だから日本人今までがギャンブル出来なかった訳ではありません。パチンコだけではなく、オンライン カジノも日本で多くの人たちがプレイしています。インターネットさえあればとこでもオンラインキャンブルできるので、ゲームみたいに誰でもできます。そこで日本がカジノ法案成立しても、日本人にはそこまで影響を及ぼさないなのではないでしょうか。その一方、外国の観光者はカジノがメインの理由で、香港やシンカポールに行かないで日本に来るのではないでしょうか。- 政治経済学部卒業者 Translation: There are many opinion saying that casino in Japan will not go well. However, in my personal opinion, this can only has good effect to Japanese economy. People are concerned about gambling addiction of Japanese citizen. Although there were no casino in […]