Suicide watch

Jewish World Review ^ | 1-24-06 | Rabbi Avi Shafran

[SJackson]

In ancient cultures that celebrated paganism and immorality, our ancestors stood up and apart. In the midst of a culture that devalues human life, we should be doing no less

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law was really about whether a federal drug-control law provided a U.S. Attorney General the authority to punish a state's doctors for acting in accordance with a state statute. But by contending that physician-assisted suicide is a "legitimate medical purpose" for the prescription of a drug, there can be little doubt that the ruling helped bring the idea of abetting suicide a bit closer to mainstream thinking. That's a deeply unfortunate thing.

As it happened, the decision came exactly seven days after a New Jersey nurse who has confessed to killing 29 people decided to stop cooperating with investigators. Charles Cullen maintains that he has killed up to 40 people, many of them old and ailing hospital patients whom he injected with lethal doses of drugs — like those that Oregon doctors have used to end the lives of more than 200 people.

And that was less than two weeks after CNN reported that several medical professionals are under scrutiny in an investigation by Louisiana's attorney general into allegations that hospital workers resorted to unauthorized euthanasia in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. One doctor was reported to have gone from patient to patient with a handful of syringes, telling them that "I'm going to give you something to make you feel better."

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>>>>One doctor was reported to have gone from patient to patient with a handful of syringes, telling them that "I'm going to give you something to make you feel better."

Was his name Jim Jones?

[Alouette]

Was his name Jim Jones?

Jack Kevorkian.

[Alouette]

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[Alexander Rubin]

Disgusting.

[unionblue83]

Was his name Jim Jones? Jack Kevorkian. I was thinking Muhammed....

[Zionist Conspirator]

G-d bless Rabbi Shafran. In a world where Jews--even Orthodox rabbis--have long defaulted the teaching of Truth to everyone else, he is truly doing the L-rd's work. May the world listen.

[dangus]

More descriptive titles, please. Suicide watch... supreme court... Natch, I thought it was about the threatened Alito filibuster :^D

[syriacus]

I read the title and thought the author was speaking about a suicide watch on the Dems in the Senate, who can't stop Alito.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Another aspect of standing against the culture of death - ping!

[hosepipe]

[ In ancient cultures that celebrated paganism and immorality, our ancestors stood up and apart. In the midst of a culture that devalues human life, we should be doing no less ]

I see Rabbi.. (filing fingernails)
So why are you a democrat?.. A FUNDING issue mainly?...

[SJackson]

I see Rabbi.. (filing fingernails) So why are you a democrat?.. A FUNDING issue mainly?...

Are you sure he is?

[null and void]

mohammad would use a knife.

[hosepipe]

[ Are you sure he is? ]

Actually no.. but the odds are hugely in favor of that..
Most Rabbis are not christian and very democrat.. as is/are their congregations.. A Rabbi NOT being a democrat socialist could lose most of his funding..

[unionblue83]

Ah, yes, you are correct, good sir. A scimitar, maybe?

[SJackson]

[ Are you sure he is? ]...Actually no.. but the odds are hugely in favor of that.. Most Rabbis are not christian and very democrat.. as is/are their congregations.. A Rabbi NOT being a democrat socialist could lose most of his funding..

He's an Orthodox Rabbi, spokesman for a Hasidic group, so no, the odds aren't in favor of that. He writes mostly on moral issues, but since he's occasionally accused of being a Bush shill, he's probably not a dem. Not that it's relevant to the article.

[NYer]

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[NYer]

In a world where Jews--even Orthodox rabbis--have long defaulted the teaching of Truth to everyone else, he is truly doing the L-rd's work. May the world listen.

[Bahbah]

Most Rabbis are not christian....

LOL. While that is certainly true (Rabbis are, after all, Jews), I don't hold it against them as it is not possible to be both.

[hosepipe]

[ He's an Orthodox Rabbi, spokesman for a Hasidic group, so no, the odds aren't in favor of that. He writes mostly on moral issues, but since he's occasionally accused of being a Bush shill, he's probably not a dem. Not that it's relevant to the article. ]

Noted.. However not Hassidim are conservatives.. A conservative democrat still supports the same felonius structure.. the democrat party..