I think that article is a bit disengenuous. The people polled aren’t saying that homeless people should be killed. They are saying that homeless people should be allowed to commit suicide (with medical assistance).
I don’t neccesarily agree, I personally think that the ‘assisted’ part of assisted suicide should only be used in incredibly rare and exceptional circumstances.
But it’s not fair to claim that the people polled think homeless people SPECIFICALLY should have this option due to to their homelessness. I would imagine that a significant portion of people who responded this way believe that EVERYBODY should have this right, regardless of their circumstances, and that includes the homeless.
Actually, I just read the article a little more closely, and it says that 27% support assisted suicide where the only affliction is poverty, while 20% support assisted suicide for ALL people regardless of circumstance.
So once you factor out the people that believe assisted suicide should be available to everybody, that leaves 7% of respondents who don’t support assited suicide for ANYONE who wants it, but do think that those afflicted by severe poverty should have the option available to them.
7% is a lot less than 1/3. And even then, there may be other factors at play. For example that 7% may include people who support the right to assisted suicide for the VAST majority of people, but with exceptions like for children, or those mentally unfit to make such a decision.
Seems like everything I look at, there’s a good 1/3 that have shit positions. Any real progress toward a better world will have to account for 1/3 willing to let others die for an extra twinkie.
1/3rd are assholes it seems