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Lord Walton, Chairman, House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics looking into euthanasia, 1993 This is called the slippery slope argument.

The measure of punishment in a given case must depend upon the atrocity of the crime, the conduct of the criminal and the defenceless and unprotected state of the victim. Imposition of appropriate ...

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