Posted on 10/19/2008 11:42:08 AM PDT by wagglebee
The death of Daniel James, the 23-year-old rugby player who visited a Swiss euthanasia clinic last month, is the most appalling burden his parents will ever have to bear, whether or not they are prosecuted, and whether or not they are sent to prison for what they did on his behalf.
They decided to believe him when he said that after he was paralysed in a scrum his life was of no value to him, and that he would prefer death. It was not a sudden decision but one taken over many months, during which he had shown, by attempting suicide, that he was in deadly earnest. They made a deliberate moral choice, and carried it out in what must have been an agonising journey to Switzerland. Their courage has been enormous; but it would be hard to deny that they acted unlawfully.
Not everyone faced with the life that Daniel James foresaw for himself would react in the same way. There are many stories of young people suffering similar injuries who have decided that their lives are still worth living, however limited their physical powers. But there are others who cannot stand the thought of forever being completely dependent on others, however loving. In their eyes, life in itself is not valuable, only the freedom and enjoyment that life gives. Daniel James had time to decide that without such freedom death would be better. It was this decision that his parents respected, allowing him his final freedom to choose
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Did you read the link? It's ALREAY being done in Oregon.
We don’t need this kind of alarmism.
This is EXACTLY what the Germans said in the 1930s.
Understood - partially. I think what’s being forgotten is how insecure and paranoid libs are of being anything close to “intolerant” and they will recoil at anything resembling Nazism. it is this very vanity and decietful self-righteousness that will keep the libs from becoming THAT extreme.
Oh please. This is bleeding-heart libs thinking they are being ‘compassionate,’ not on a real, REAL conquest to replicate the nazi era. Relax.
Thats what everyone thought about contraception leading to things like infanticide, and the polygamists and such are just waiting to see how this turns out. Slippery slopes are just that, slippery. If no one would do it, why are there so many porn sites that make so much money promoting it? That is just like the gay porn movies/magazines from the 70’s and now its mainstream and ok for Heather to have two mommies
Nonsense, the left simply introduces new words to make it more palatable, like "choice," "dignity," "quality" and "mercy."
When my daughter was in 5th grade, her school was taking up a collection to purchase an RIP headstone in memory of aborted babies.
She did not know what an abortion was. I told her it is when a woman does not want to have a baby, she has an operation that takes the baby out of her womb and it dies.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE LOOK ON HER FACE. Her eyes flew open in abject horror, as though such a thing were the gruesome, unthinkable act that it is. It made her literally sick.
She did not need to see graphic photos of bloody, dismembered children. She is an adult now and marches with me every year in the walk for life.
The little chilldren shall lead them.
“Everything is incremental.”
Respectfully, I must disagree.
If, as citizens in this Republic are responsible for their own lives, then they have also the right to end their life if they so decide.
The argument against one’s right to suicide is based upon hte concept that the citizen is only the property of the King - and therefore suicide destroys the King’s property.
As a free citizen, one must have the right to suicide.
Having said that, I agree that allowing goobers in any gooberment agency to intrude on such a decision ,must never be allowed.
Fine, be that paranoid if it works for you. I know society is crumbling largely because of lib ideals, but I don’t forsee tanks on the streets anytime soon.
And what of the hypocritical pederasts in our own political stables and churches? We’ve been embarrassed by them of late and they cost us dearly in 2006. We have to purge our own ranks as well.
I'm sure the same thing was said after Roe v. Wade, and that was 50 MILLION dead babies ago.
I agree. I think it’s STUPID to have trucks driving around with abortion images that will traumatise children more than educate-by-shock (hell, the “cutter” type of self-mutilator teenager might even LIKE the images). It’s the same thing as aggressive fags sucking on penis shaped lollipops in front of familiies to flaunt their “equality.”
No, Roe vs Wade was an obvious tipping point with immediate implications, none of which I’d argue with. I’m not arguing with you on abortion (which you automatically tie to any conversation you engage in however tangentially related, it looks like). Self/assisted suicide is a wholly different matter to me.
What of those who can't speak for themselves? Teri Schaivo, Baby Doe, etc.
You did not spare your daughter the grisly details of abortion, you just did it age appropriately. Those ARE grisly details, for a 12 year old. Just putting it to words for a child is grisly enough. Most parents abdicate that responsibility, thankfully you did not. I have never shown my children a picture of an abortion-words sufficed. I was referring to the pro abortion public in showing those photos. We tend to keep things a bit too clean and politically correct, much as 9/11 images disappeared due to the fact the images were causing outrage. I work with the youth at my church. They are extremely pro life because we have spoken to them about abortion. People of the Roe v Wade age overlooked one great thing we have on our side as pro lifers now. They forgot to think about what the implications would be when that whole first generation of children grew up knowing they were never safe, even in their mothers womb. These kids feel betrayed by that. They do not feel the sense of security those born before 1973 have inherently felt. They know they survived because their parent chose not to kill them. The psychological ramifications of this alone goes a long way toward understanding the absolute anger and violence in this generation, along with the absolute search they have for unconditional love, and searching for it in all the wrong places. Bravo to you for loving your daughter enough to tell her the truth and keep fighting the good fight! God Bless you both for your faithfulness!
“As a free citizen, one must have the right to suicide.
Having said that, I agree that allowing goobers in any gooberment agency to intrude on such a decision ,must never be allowed.”
Some docs will only allow two weeks on a respirator. I’ve seen people who are otherwise conscious and alert and responding to the staff taken off after two weeks and die. Wean off or die. No choice. A lot of it is due to Medicare reimbursements or insurance matters.
Under Universal (Rationed) Healthcare, you won’t get a choice.
Paragraphs are our FRiends. Spell-check is on our side, too.
My opinion, yes, because whether or not that person wanted to died, they still killed them.
Pro lifers brought a knife to a gunfight most of these years.
The last couple of years, the vitriol of the pro baby killers has risen substantially. We have now brought a gun to a missile fight. I am sorry, but this thing has come to a head now, and I believe it is the Lord our God who has done it.
Here's why.
During my lifetime, I have never seen 2 sides having a candidate who so clearly illustrate the scripture “I put before you both death, and life; CHOOSE LIFE”. I believe this is Gods ‘calling to account” moment in History for our country. By this election He will either remove his Providence from a nation who clearly does not want him here, or he will pour out his spirit for those who have correctly chosen life.
We have fought, but not with all our being these thirty years. We have not informed the public to the horrors because people found it too objectionable. Our youth has been “spared” the grisly details by well meaning parents and clergy, with only the very few “extremists” showing and telling the truth.
We ALL must become right to life extremists! If Humane Vitae taught us nothing, it showed us prophetically the decline of morality ahead of time. We did not stop it, we called it “progress”. 50% of catholics divorce, think some form of abortion is OK, and will VOTE for obama!
Wake UP America, the next defenseless “infirmity” may be your OWN- elderly, mentally or physically challenged etc... We already have an African American genocide, and a rush to eliminate the poor among us (abortion clinics 2 main targets on a grand scale since already 90% of medically deficient babies are already aborted!)
Wake up and fight! This message IS objectionable, so BE objectionable! You can try coating Sh*t with sugar, but IT DOESN”T WORK! We need to stop letting them lick the SUGAR and EAT THE SH*T!
We will all meet our maker one day, how will YOU answer the question- What did you do with the free will I gave you? Did you fight for the least among you or did you worry about the economy, gas prices, etc... FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT with all you HAVE!
That’s an improvement.
Thank you, and I will try my best to continue in the future.
The article itself refers to the burden on the parents, whether they are criminally prosecuted or not. If it's not immoral, what's the burden?
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