Twitter locks out Irish Bishop after he criticized euthanasia
&gt; And even if euthanasia is just that – and Twitter is very proud to toot its horn as the sensitive and sensible, woke platform that clamps down on promotion and encouragement of self-harm, including its ultimate form, suicide – the tweet, even though it opposed it, got banned.<p>This is such an interesting topic, because while euthanasia <i>can</i> be considered a way of suicide, advocating against it can also be considered advocating for painful suicide (since some patients will still suicide, just in a much worse way).<p>Note that the bar for euthanasia is incredibly difficult - and it should be - in most countries that allow it. A draft to make it legal was approved recently in my home country, Spain, and to apply it you need to do:<p>Prequisite: have a severe incurable illness.<p>1. Day 0. First written application.<p>2. Day 2. Doctor discusses with patient the diagnosis, treatments and their results, and other kind of alternatives.<p>3. Day 15. Second written application.<p>4. Day 17. Same as 2, Doctor discusses with patient the diagnosis, treatments and their results, and other kind of alternatives.<p>5. Day 17. Ask if the patient wants to follow up.<p>6. Day 27. Doctor consults with a different kind of doctor to approve situation.<p>7. Day 30. The president of &quot;guarantee and evaluation&quot; of the &quot;state&quot; has to be made aware of this.<p>8. Day 32. The president designates a doctor and lawyer to verify everything is okay.<p>9. Day 39. These new doctor + layer present their report.<p>10. Day 39. The patient signs and chooses modality of death (they can self-administer the substance or have it administer by a nurse).<p>Note: days here point some times the shortest possible dates, e.g. Day 15 is actually &quot;from 15 days since Day 0&quot; and some times to the longest available &quot;up to 2 days since Day 0&quot;.