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Maria Mhic Meanmain writes an interesting blog today on RTÉ's decision to give a platform to assisted suicide promoter, Philip Nitschke.

She writes: "Philip Nitschke is an incurable attention-seeker - traversing the globe with an array of bizarre machinery, attracting more media than members to his grisly workshops and making increasingly dreadful pronouncements promoting suicide.

But there is nothing eccentric or fatuous about Nitschke's cause, and his crusade is both dangerous and misleading. The Australian is an enthusiastic proponent of legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide, and this was his second visit to Ireland within twelve months."

The pro-life commentator notes that Nitschke's visit was short with a tiny audience at his 'workshop'.

"But within two weeks he was back - his flight and expenses paid for by you, via RTÉ, so that he could avail of a huge platform on the Late Late Show," she then points out. "There, he was treated with kid gloves by Ryan Tubridy, who had no opposing guest on the panel when dealing with the issue. A few pro-life people were allowed to make some short remarks from the audience, but most of the section was given over to Nitschke and his promotion of suicide."

Read the full blog at http://www.thelifeinstitute.net/opinion-blog/comment-why-did-rte-give-nitschke-a-platform-to-promote-suicide-/