Monday, March 7, 2011

SC disallows 'active euthanasia' of India's most irritating criminals

In response to a petition filed by an undisclosed social activist, the Supreme Court today ruled that active 'euthanasia' of some of India's worst people cannot be allowed because 'we aren't that sort of country'. The activist's plea was that he be allowed to kill some people who 'riled him up to no end' and didn't deserve to live. He said only rapists, scamsters and terrorists seemed to be in the news, smiling at the cameras and enjoying all the attention and needed to be taught a lesson. In order to not put undue pressure on India's medical services, he said the SC could have some qualifying criteria such as 'scams above 10000 cr only' so that the small timers could be weeded out. His argument that these people were "mentally sick" and needed to be released did not find favour with the judges. "The best I can do is this, if you can convince these messed up folk to somehow commit suicide, I will turn a blind eye' the judge said.

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