DYING TOGETHER: Why a happily married couple decided to stop living

BBC ^ | June 29 | BBC

[RandFan]

Jan and Els were married for almost five decades. In early June, they died together after being given lethal medication by two doctors. In the Netherlands, this is known as duo-euthanasia. It’s legal, and it’s rare - but every year, more Dutch couples choose to end their lives this way.

Some people might find this article upsetting ... .

[mewzilla]

Hard to tell.

The Beeb leaves a lot if info out of this article.

Gee, I wonder why...

SNORT.

[Trailerpark Badass]

This was my post:

Sickening. They had friends to gather round as they murdered themselves, but no one to help them continue living?

But I guess when you live in a culture that doesn't value having children, old people become more of a burden.

Obviously, they didn't want to burden their one child, or minor grandchildren, with the job of caring for them, and no one else was apparently willing to do more than "support" them in their state-sponsored murder

And you thoroughly mis-read my post but still feel compelled to try and correct me.

I've been on internet forums since CompuServe, and you are far and away the most stupidly malignant poster I've ever seen.

I'd consider you a troll, if it weren't so obvious you're too stupid to troll, and your inanities are a perfect expression of your stunted intellect.

Lol, "mfer." How sad.

[Trailerpark Badass]

I’m sad that you are so dumb and can’t read a very legible post.

First, legible refers to handwriting, or print. It does not refer to style or meaning. Glad I could help you out with that one.

Second, I could discern your meaning well enough to correct you on the proper form of the expression, Mrs. Malaprop.

Finally, I read the article. Nothing in my initial post expressed not knowing they had one child.

But again, thanks for trying to help.

[napscoordinator]

You wear your name brilliantly. I’d add trash though.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Really? How so?

You're the only one to bring gutter profanity into this exchange.

I make a relatively innocuous first post, you stupidly misread it, and feel compelled to correct me by calling me a liar and too stupid/lazy to read and understand the article.

You've been wrong about everything you've posted in this exchange, and all you got is the flaccid flailing of condemning my screen name.

Lol, do you think I care?