[sneakypete]

stopped taking food, water or medication in early April after being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. He died Thursday night in his sleep at home in Colla Michari, Italy,

I'm surprised nobody else commented on this. Here we have a case of a great man who is 87 years old,having to die a painful death from starvation because of archaic religious laws that prevented him from getting a doctor to show him the same courtesy we show dogs and cats.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Nothing prevented Heyerdahl from killing himself sooner. Holland, not too far from Norway, legalized euthanasia in November of 2000 and I'm certain had he wanted to he could have found a pharmaceutical cocktail to do the job sooner if he had wanted. He made his decision to refuse medication, food and water on April 9th, slipped into a coma on April 16th and died on the 18th. No one and or no law forced him to do what he chose to do.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I'm surprised nobody else commented on this. Here we have a case of a great man who is 87 years old,having to die a painful death from starvation because of archaic religious laws that prevented him from getting a doctor to show him the same courtesy we show dogs and cats.

I wonder, do you support assisted suicide?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I'm surprised nobody else commented on this.

Nobody commented because Mr. Hyerdahl was not a dog or a cat. He probably wouldn't have taken the easy way out anyway. Why would he want to wimp out at 87 when he never did during the rest of his life?