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The life of a physically sick person is worth as much as a physically healthy person. Importantly, the person in question gains happiness from experiencing that truth.

Amen!

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[NorthMountain]

The life of a physically sick person is worth as much as a physically healthy person.

Here is a truth that utilitarians of all political stripes CANNOT comprehend.

[Vigilanteman]

Our long experience with Liberal Fascism has taught us that what is voluntary now will soon become mandatory as long as their ilk remains in control.

[wbarmy]

In addition, his child got a thorough education in how someone REALLY loves and sacrifices for another. This is what will get them through life when their significant other or spouse gets cancer, when a child lays in a hospital bed needing your love, and when their own parents need that kind of support. Anything else is purest selfishness.

[IronJack]

Since life itself is a terminal condition, at what point do we draw the line? Inoperable brain cancer? Tuberculosis? Dysentery? A headcold? Sure, you may recover from some of them, but all you’re doing is sending the Reaper round the block. Why fight Nature? Why have Medicine at all?

[Objective Scrutator]

People who prey on the physically and mentally weak and try to manipulate them into killing themselves deserve the death penalty. It’s a disgrace that Philip Nitschke and his ilk are allowed to roam the land murdering the weak.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

What you learn through these experiences is to celebrate ALL life. A person who is dying, a person with severe handicaps, has a life worth celebrating as much as a physically healthy person.

It is truly a liberating experience to see the joy in the life of someone who is terminally ill or has other conditions that limit their lives. And you also see that death is part of life. Something to be faced squarely and without maudlin sentiment but as part of a daily routine. That also is truly liberating; to deal with a dying person as a human being without some childlike hope that God is going to miraculously cure them.

These experiences make everyone involved stronger, more mature and more appreciative of life. Indeed, the person who wants to terminate a life because they aren't healthy and 100% fit is a limited, sorry spectacle.

[Mercat]

Wonderful. Thank you for posting this.

[trisham]

Well, that made me cry like a baby. Excellent article, wonderful son.

[wintertime]

The right to die will soon become the duty to die. Then...Hello, Soylent Green!

[cyn]

Yes, thanks for posting.