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Should O.J. Simpson be Killed in an Assisted Suicide?
Life News ^ | Wesley J. Smith

Posted on 02/13/2014 11:55:15 AM PST by Morgana

O.J. Simpson, jailed for robbery after being found not guilty of murder, says he wants to die “his way.”

From the Daily Mail story:

OJ Simpson has gone on hunger strike in prison, saying, ‘I used to live my way, and now I’m going to die my way,’ sources have claimed.

ojsimpsonSo, how about it, assisted suicide advocates: Rather than forcing him to engage in what euthanasia advocates tout as VSED (voluntarily stop eating and drinking), why not give him an overdose?

After all, he does not have a quality of life he finds acceptable–the actual basis for advocating assisted suicide. He wants to “die my way.” Why not?

I’ll answer: Because a truly compassionate society doesn’t accede to suicidal desires of our brothers and sisters. We try to help them past the darkness–whether caused by illness, grief, tired of living, or imprisonment.

By the way: This isn’t a product of my paranoid imagination: Some “right to die” advocates have already endorsed allowing assisted suicide for prisoners who would rather end it all than remain incarcerated.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: oj; ojsimpson; prolife
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To: GeronL

Blind fold him and many times each day for several months hold a cold steel machete to his neck and let him think today may be his last


41 posted on 02/13/2014 4:11:36 PM PST by ronnie raygun (zippy the a##clown sez..............................)
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To: ronnie raygun

how about a little nick daily?


42 posted on 02/13/2014 4:16:57 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: upsdriver

You, sir, are a genius!


43 posted on 02/13/2014 4:39:00 PM PST by Doctor 2Brains
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To: Morgana

Based on how big he was last time we saw him on TV - it’s even odds of him making parole before starving to death


44 posted on 02/13/2014 4:44:15 PM PST by tahoeblue
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