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Terry Pratchett begins formal process to end his life
Blastr ^
| June 13, 2011
| Carol Pinchefsky
Posted on 06/15/2011 6:58:15 AM PDT by Abin Sur
Three and a half years ago, Terry Pratchett, the beloved author of the Discworld series, announced that he has early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Now he's made an even more startling announcement.
Pratchett, who has campaigned in his native United Kingdom for the right of assisted suicide, has begun the formal process of assisted suicide in Switzerland, one of the few countries in the world to legalize euthanasia. Specifically, this would take place at Dignitas, a clinic that provides qualified doctors and nurses to assist with the patients' suicides.
Dignitas has sent Pratchett the paperwork he needs to sign to begin the assisted suicide process—but he has yet to sign it.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: assistedsuicide; discworld; euthanasia; homicide; moralabsolutes; napl; pratchett; prolife; pterry; pterrydont; sad; terrypratchett; tragic; zot
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To: Arrowhead1952; Old Sarge
OldSarge, can I recruit you to get me IBTZ once in a while? LOL!
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posted on
06/16/2011 1:19:58 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
To: wagglebee; stephenjohnbanker; trisham; BykrBayb
I'm thinking more along the lines of the Darth Vader music.Oooooh! Me too! Definitely.
242
posted on
06/16/2011 1:21:57 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: wagglebee; BykrBayb; TheOldLady; stephenjohnbanker
243
posted on
06/16/2011 1:23:01 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: wagglebee
244
posted on
06/16/2011 1:23:24 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady
Oooooh!*****************************
Can you believe we even spelled it the same? :)
245
posted on
06/16/2011 1:25:09 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: TheOldLady; wagglebee
” I’m thinking more along the lines of the Darth Vader music.
Oooooh! Me too! Definitely. “
OK, you two win ;-)
246
posted on
06/16/2011 1:25:21 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: trisham; wagglebee; BykrBayb; stephenjohnbanker
Excellent! We have to save that link and post it each time wagglebee shoots down another troll.
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posted on
06/16/2011 1:27:18 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady; trisham; wagglebee; BykrBayb
By all means! Ping me to all “Grand Inquisitor” ZOTS
248
posted on
06/16/2011 1:29:48 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: trisham
249
posted on
06/16/2011 1:30:01 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
To: TheOldLady
250
posted on
06/16/2011 1:32:30 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: TheOldLady
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posted on
06/16/2011 1:34:29 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: stephenjohnbanker; trisham; wagglebee; BykrBayb
Okay, I’ll double ping you for the Grand Inquisitor ZOTs. LOL!
252
posted on
06/16/2011 1:35:42 PM PDT
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TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady
I’ve bookmarked it as “wagglebee’s theme”. :)
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posted on
06/16/2011 1:35:47 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: DJ MacWoW
Sometimes all we can do is plant seeds.
I wish someone would have shared either of those books with me, a long time ago.
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posted on
06/16/2011 1:36:04 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: trisham
Me too. It’ll be the “colored font” of the Grand Inquisitor’s threads. Multiple posts of the link [giggle]!!
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posted on
06/16/2011 1:37:29 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
To: TheOldLady
256
posted on
06/16/2011 1:42:21 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: trisham
LMAO!
257
posted on
06/16/2011 1:45:30 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee; TheOldLady
Your trident, Grand Inquisitor Wagglebee, sir.
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posted on
06/16/2011 1:48:30 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: TheOldLady
Hmm. Zots resemble assisted suicide, don’t they?
Bwahahaha!!
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posted on
06/16/2011 1:49:22 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
("Obama has put the wrong gas in the tank of our economy."-Herman Cain)
To: trisham; TheOldLady
It just doesn't look sinister enough.
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posted on
06/16/2011 1:49:44 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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