Posted on 02/15/2017 2:55:38 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Left has an obsession with death and seems to think its OK to harangue the heck out of everybody else for not being compassionate enough to embrace beliefs they find questionable and decline to support.
The end game is the same anyway, some of us just want to stick around to watch the credits roll by.. again and again. ;-)
A conundrum, the DC city Council. They can't stop muggings on their city streets, nor deaths of homeless, nor crimes committed by elected officials in the Capitol building, but they ARE able to change the definitions of common English words. Amazing.
That’s one thing that the secular left shares with the Islamic left. As Proverbs 8:36 says, “[A]ll they that hate me love death.”
I would argue they almost have a duty to do so.
Not really. Unless you consider absence of morals a moral view.
There may be competing dogmas and executions of moral views, but this country was founded on one set of written and unwritten moral values, and everyone but the revisionists and deniers knows what it is.
An approved candidate must ingest the poison himself — and may not do so “in a public place.” The council apparently has keen sensibilities about what should not happen on city streets. …
Yes, if you kill yourself on a public street, you’re gonna be in real trouble.
If this congressman wants to kill himself, nobody is stopping him. If he tries and fails, he should be charged with attempted murder.
But why does a person planning suicide need to involve anyone else. It should be a very personal act... not an occupation.
+1.
You can't have it both ways.
Show us how it’s done, Gerry. Have a friend post it on Youtube so I can laugh at you.
No one’s stopping him from killing himself now. He just wants the force of law to drag the medical profession into it so he feels better about doing it.
You'll have to enroll on a Death Offender Registry.
For some of them, I’d say it was a duty!
I want Connelly the prime Fascist of Congress to off himself as an example of what he is talking about.
I’ve known some pretty nutty congressmen during my years covering the Hill but Connelly is the meanest, nastiest, most fascist of them all.
If he were born in the early part of the 20th century, he would have ended up as one of Hitler’s top men along with Himmler, Heydrich, and Eichmann.
he’s that kind of person, a George Soros on steroids with a Hitlerian mind and personality.
Oh, I forgot. He’s a top Democrat Party voice. Figures!
I am a medical care professional, retired clinical pharmacist. I have seen end of life care often.
The absolute most important thing about of end of life care is it must reflect the wishes of the patient with no exceptions. That is why it is very important each and every one of us to write down their wishes for end of life care. I have.
In short my end of life care instructions are if there is any chance of quality life left, do everything they can to preserve my life. If there is no chance of a quality life I must be kept pain free even if the pain medications stop my respiration and I thus die. No heroic measures are to be done to preserve my life if I am terminal.
One must also discuss this with his or her spouse in detail. Nothing you write about end of life care is valid if your spouse or loved one does not want this once you are no longer competent due to your illness. He or she must be in agreement with your wishes, otherwise your wishes are meaningless.
Years ago I worked with a home care hospice service. All my clients were terminal. Oddly enough it was a very satisfying work. We provided parental iv nutrition, antibiotics and pain therapy for these people. All of this was under the supervision of their physician but we were the ones in their house every day. It was a team effort of physician, nurse, and pharmacist. By doing this we allowed them to die with dignity in their homes surrounded by those that loved them. It was good work.
Most of us die in a hospital. It is a cold sterile place to die. I would much rather die at home with my dogs, cats, and wife. I might even be able to sit on my back porch and watch the deer and animals. I like watching them and the deer are most tasty. I am a country boy living not in a city nor town.
It really is better to die at home and a hell of lot cheaper than a hospital if you have a long term terminal illness.
Death should have dignity!
The hardest part of the job was collecting our medical equipment after they had passed. You are not supposed to get close to your patients but that is hard not to do. They know they are dying and want to talk to you about things, mostly trivial and sometimes heart breaking.
Without exception the loved ones of the patient would hug me and thank me and there were many tears, some of them mine.
It was damn good work! I liked what I was doing for them.
There is a time to die. Make sure it is on your terms and instructions.
You do not have the right to involve anyone else in the process.
Not sure what is so complicated about that.
I don’t believe God granted me any such right. “Thou shalt not murder” in Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17 (never mind Mark 10:19 and Luke 18:20) are quite clear, and they do extend to self-murder since you didn’t give yourself your own life.
Suicide does involve others and it’s not a fun involvement. I’ve seen families suffer unbearable grief. Suicide is the most selfish act there is.
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