tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post1469290149416856443..comments2021-07-17T06:48:54.033-05:00Comments on yet another never updated blog: No "good death"yanubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16216993058216698199noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post-63491142256472563862008-12-26T05:32:00.000-06:002008-12-26T05:32:00.000-06:00Anna, it is such a common attitude anywhere, that ...Anna, it is such a common attitude anywhere, that life with disability isn't worth living. Do you know who that doctor is?<BR/><BR/>Beth, it is pretty darn scary to know that family can get away with denying basic medical care, regardless of the ill person's wishes, just because of other disability. And it is scary that so many people are more in favor of "helping" folks with disabilities die than in offering the support, fellowship and care that make life worth living.<BR/><BR/>Quick Sketch, I agree that legally guaranteeing immunity from prosecution would open the door to widespread abuses.yanubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16216993058216698199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post-68142730172832558252008-12-17T11:14:00.000-06:002008-12-17T11:14:00.000-06:00I think we have to make a distinction here between...I think we have to make a distinction here between euthanasia and assisted suicide. What ever the labels being bandied around no one in the UK is seriously advocating Nazi style culling of the weakest euthanasia. Rather the issue is to do with the right of the individual to choose when to end their own lives. With certain degenerative conditions (such as MND) there comes a point when some sufferers feel they have come as far as they can and wish to end their own lives. An able-bodied individual might just trot down to the nearest cliff and jump, or plug a hose into the exhaust of their car and breathe deeply. The extremely disabled are denied these options and require assistance to achieve the same end. The issue is, should the person who helps them be prosecuted for murder.<BR/><BR/>My own feeling on the matter is that the law has it just about right as it is. Each case is assessed and judged on its own merits. No one has yet been been prosecuted for assisting a genuinely disabled person who wishes to commit suicide and has made their wishes crystal clear beforehand. Legally guaranteeing immunity from prosecution seems to me to be the first step towards a form of euthanasia. If you are going to help some one die you has better be prepared to face the consequences - a life sentence – and make sure your motives are not in question.<BR/><BR/>I sincerely hope I never have to contemplate ending my life because my disability becomes unbearable, but if I ever get to that point I would like the freedom to take that decision for myself.. And if I needed someone to help me die, I would hope society and the law would be understanding. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and don't stop listening to and watching news from the UK, you never know when it might come in use. A quiz for example.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217547485242037222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post-39644859702868295912008-12-16T04:49:00.000-06:002008-12-16T04:49:00.000-06:00I am sorry but this is a subject I can't really ta...I am sorry but this is a subject I can't really talk about. One the one hand, I have a few days of hell in a bag of skin and I think, "there must, must be the right to let me go when this is ALL that I am. Not just a few days or hours but ALL that I am in unending fear and pain."<BR/><BR/>But then as you point out, there are people who are quite willing to kill off all sorts of people who are far healthier than I am; and considering even in my own family my grandmother was killed instead of given a blood transfusion (And I have anemia as she did), I tend to get a little scared/terrified about the subject. It has ceased being an academic point at which I guess I have to say that I don't know if I am good for debate.Elizabeth McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627373214555333537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post-58014492045594032612008-12-14T05:40:00.000-06:002008-12-14T05:40:00.000-06:00It's the same in sweden.They did a survey where 30...It's the same in sweden.<BR/>They did a survey where 30% of the doctors was positive of a euth...(can't spell it sorry:)<BR/><BR/>There´s a doctor who is against it and who debates that it is not a good thing to treat patients by killing them but better to develop the care for patients and family instead.....and also supporting patients who are dying spiritually. <BR/><BR/>I think I'll support that doctor....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com