A community for discussing events around the World
Rule 1: posts have the following requirements:
Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post. The key points in 1-2 paragraphs is allowed (even encouraged!), but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. If you have to stop and think "Is this fair use?", it probably isn't. Archive links, especially the ones created on link submission, are absolutely allowed but those that avoid paywalls are not.
Rule 3: Opinions articles, or Articles based on misinformation/propaganda may be removed.
Rule 4: Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, anti-religious, or ableist will be removed. “Ironic” prejudice is just prejudiced.
Posts and comments must abide by the lemmy.world terms of service UPDATED AS OF OCTOBER 19 2025
Rule 5: Keep it civil. It's OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It's NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
Rule 6: Memes, spam, other low effort posting, reposts, misinformation, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed at any time.
Rule 7: We didn't USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you're posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
News !news@lemmy.world
Politics !politics@lemmy.world
World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world
For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/
This wasn’t a doctor helping terminal cancer patients.
It was just some asshole making $$$ selling poison to vulnerable people.
This man is a hero, he helped so many people die.
Life sucks for a lot of people. Access to euthinasia should be a human right for all adults.
Idgaf if you believe suffering is noble and suicide is a sin, this doesn't in anyway give you validity or mean your point of view is right, it just means you're a shitty person who is forcing suffering on others to appease your 'morals'.
Like I said i another comment, the hints from the article make it seem like the substance he sold i a quite common and cheap one. If he really wanted to give people access to euthanasia, he would simple guide them on how to do and what to obtain, not sell them a very probably probably overpriced "kit". That man was just exploiting vulnerable people
I'd agree with you that euthanasia must be a right, but there should never be a business around it
Selling to 16 year olds is a bit questionable, teenagers tend to make impulsive decisions.
You should read the article.
I'm not sure if I can feel the same way when one of my family members kill themselves.
I'm pro suicide. However, a lot of times suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
There should definitely be at least a couple of doctors in the loop for an assisted suicide. There also needs to be a lot more in the way of support for people in that hole. Both the emotional support, and more practical guidance (it's hard to break out of the cycle when your life is objectively shit and all you can get is "there there, it will get better").
Send the rest of it to the White House, labelled "smart" pills.
I get your criminal practicality, but this was probably more about reliable business opportunities.
Anyone that can go through all the steps to search the darknet and purchase Monero probably has enough knowledge to just acquire poison for themselves.
just acquire poison for themselves
... which they may well do on the darknet, to some vendor who at least will keep the transaction private.
Seriously bad OpSec just bothers me. "We sell hot sauce (and booze, ask for 'Mr Fields')" sort of barely worked at physical speakeasies in the 1920s. Not on the 2020's Internet FFS.
Reminds me of the gang bangas who hold up a liquor store... then post themselves on Facebook with the booze and money.
I don't want people to commit shade-tree suicide. I want social systems with mental and physical health care that people can really trust even about end-of-life decisions and that will respect rational consistent level-headed choices.
But absent such a system or in the cases where it breaks down, there is a utility in these markets. People should at least be aware the privacy technology exists.
Judging by the hints in the article, the lethal substance isn't something that one needs to go to the darknet to find, but a quite common substance
I don't see these hints. It says he sold other culinary things but not in a way that suggests the substance was a culinary thing or anything. Sure it gives some symptoms and sounds like a depressent of some kind.
That worked during prohibition because the bootleggers had bought the police.
I’ll do you one better. (Well, worse…)
He had $296k CAD in his Shopify/PayPal accounts and sent out these pills to 1,200 people. That’s about $250 CAD / $180 USD / 155 Euro per transaction - minimum, assuming he had not withdrawn funds from those accounts.
Anyone with a welding/industrial supply store nearby could beat him on price without having to ingest anything. Painlessly, too.