Terri Schindler was killed through starvation and dehydration. This is one of the most painful and unpleasant ways to die. At Auschwitz, the Nazis killed inmates in this manner to deter escapes. Is it an act of compassion to kill a conscious person in this way?
“Terri Schindler was killed through starvation and dehydration. This is one of the most painful and unpleasant ways to die”
I am not arguing that the methodology used to do this was absolutely wrong and horrific. I never understood the way the the anti death penalty people who work so hard to get rid of drug concoctions that kill in minutes because they are “inhumane, and maybe painful”, were silent during this. Yes I was horrified that they went about this using starvation and dehydration, and that should have never ever been allowed. My main point though, was that the decision to do it in first place would have been a welcome relief to me (and I think anybody)...imagine yourself completely bandaged head to toe so that you could not move, speak, or communicate in any way. After just a few days you would be going batty, now imagine multiple years in that state. Yes, absolutely, they should have used a method that was quick, and painless, and in that part of the story, that was beyond a tragedy.