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     Euthanasia . This act "of painlessly putting to death persons suffering from painful and incurable disease or incapacitating physical disorder or allowing them to die by withholding treatment or withdrawing artificial life-support measures", according to the Britannica Dictionary, is also called 'mercy killing' in some countries. Well, judging solely based on its definition, euthanasia sounds like a perfect, merciful, angel-like thing: helping a patient who have suffered from endless pain for a very long time by removing artificial medical assistance and stopping further life-support measures. Today, I would like to invite you to my stream of thoughts regarding the topic 'euthanasia'.     1. I am an enthusiastic advocate of euthanasia. Though I am still young to plan my death ahead, I personally aim to sign a will that states my intention to go through euthanasia when I am under certain medical condition. My reasoning is simple: I do not want to go throug...

     Close your eyes and try imagining the following situation. Think of a school cafeteria packed with strangers. It is your first day in the school so you are standing alone in front of the entrance with your lunch box in one hand, looking for a table you want to join and have lunch together. You begin taking a look at the nearest four tables: in table one, you see a girl wearing hijab and having hummus; in table two, four caucasian girls are holding their hands together while saying “Lord God, Heavenly Father, bless us and..”; in table three, bunch of Asian-looking students are chatting with a language you have never heard of; and in table four, three African-American boys with box T-shirts and baseball caps are having a meal while listening to hip-hop music. Now, if you have to join one of them and have lunch together, which table would you like to choose?      Let me make a guess. If you are Christian or caucasian, you are most likely to go to table tw...