The culture of death cannot accept that ALL life is "worth living" because it is a gift from God.
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"A little spitfire," agreed another.
This is really sick.
A step-by-step guide on how to rationalize euthenasia.
One might ask, "why is so much effort going in to promoting this practice; into brainwashing acceptance of it?"
Above average — that’s Lovelle
That is kind of a weird thing to say. Above Average??? Her life was above average. I never heard anyone say that before. Sure work performance perhaps, but life????
They sure made it sound beautiful that is for sure. It sure made it easy on the family because they were able to say goodbye and not have any regrets (last fight, etc). What I find strange is that if she has six months left to live, why so early??? Couldn’t she wait until after Christmas at least. I mean I don’t agree with this, but if people are going to do it than at least plan better. lol.
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Was this line supposed to highlight her crowning achievement in life? Sounds sort of sad to me.
This whole article just seemed to try to raise up and glorify what seemed like such a mediocre life. Her suicide is painted as a noble and fitting end to what seems, essentially, such an unremarkable life.
But I guess that's what the left is trying to do. Give the meaningless meaning and further convince the sheeple that their nehilism is acceptable and noble, even a bit mythological in scope.
"She's such a spitfire..." spare me. Spitfires fight till the bitter end, they don't swallow pills and duck out early.
For some reason I’m angry with her.
So what was this woman’s alternative?To die a slow painful death,unable to eat or drink and be numbed out of any feeling from morphine doses?
As long as there is hope for life,you should try to hang on.I think this woman had exhusted her hope,however.I don’t think she did the “right”thing since only God can take a life.
But I am not going to smugly sit up here and judge this woman.And can you honestly look yourself in the mirror and say you would not make the same choice if that were you?.
If this “spitfire” was able to get so much done, why was she so near death’s door that she had to die?
Not being one of you other-peoples-suffering-is-noble types, this sounds to me like a pretty fair way to go.
A damn sight fairer than wasting away blind, incoherent, and hopefully too doped up to feel the pain in a hospital bed in a couple more weeks, which was the alternative.
She was 62?
You have got to be kidding...
I’ll be 62 in 2010...
My life is still in the teenage state...
She was stuborn? in control?...hardly...
Stuborn is not wanting to miss out on anything...
I want to know who my granddaughters marry and what color the bridesmaids dresses are..
My oldest grandchild is 12 but I intend to dance at their weddings..
This woman was a loser...a failer.. and a coward..
She gave up and gave in and didnt bother to fight...
Life is a gift from God...nobody is to take it..
Its too late for her..but dont you fail to have gumption..
God satisfies with long life...I wont be satisfied till at least 88..
And then some more years...should Jesus tarry..
My mother died of uterine cancer and having spent the final days with her, there was no dignity in the way she died. She suffered greatly.
Lovelle fits the mold of many FReepers. Her life belongs to her... and not the church, the state or the courts. It certainly doesn't belong to the zealots here who would have her suffer in great pain so that their agenda can be fulfilled. It's Lovelle call.
Opponents say assisted suicide violates the Hippocratic tradition of "First, do no harm" and undermines the doctor-patient relationship by turning physicians from healers into accomplices of death.
Some drs. have no problem with abortions. Where's their Hippocratic oath on that.
It is her right to commit suicide. However, those who don’t value death would quickly impose this ethos on those who do not want to die. It is, after all, an easy way to empty expensive nursing homes and save money in socialized medicine.
Personally, I think the better solution for this woman would have been far better pain medication. If it hurts too much to live, then we should do more so it doesn’t hurt too much.
When my husband passed away a couple of months ago, God gave him all the dignity in the world. He wanted me to hold him, told me that he loved me and slipped into a coma for the next 6 days. We had time to get used to the fact that he was gone while still alive. It was perfect for him and our family.
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Let’s think about the meaning of dignity. Does the publication of this article by her family detract from the dignity?
I once had a much different view of this, until I realized that I must face it. I visit friends in nursing homes, hear them beg, “get me out of here”, and have no power to do so. I know what they want, it is the dignity they are no longer allowed. I know, ahead of time, that I do not want to be trapped that way. I still function, to some degree. I can get out a few times a week, can still handle the basic life functions, reasonably well, but they get harder with each day.
I don’t dwell on dying, but some of the ways to do it sound better than others.
Don’t anyone panic, LOL, the seasons are changing, and the Red Shouldered Hawks will soon be hunting the hay fields, and I need a few more memories and pictures. I’ll be around for a while. Next year? I don’t have a clue. Don’t say what you will do, or not do, until you get there.
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