What a country!! Where else could people let a convicted serial killer of world class free to make money from his deeds and blab it all with impunity?
Amazingly, this friendly cuddly serial killer can switch to rage in an instant. Who could have guessed? Knowing what we do about how Terri was killed, we can see the flaws of his logic with the prism not used by the poor benighted students taking in his words with the eagerness only a simple fool can muster.
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But Kevorkian's seemingly low-key style makes his transformation into a furious and agitated promoter of physician-assisted suicide all the more stunning. And the transformation doesn't take long.
After a few pleasantries, Kevorkian grows visibly angry discussing the Supreme Court's decision to not take the case that sent him to prison for second-degree murder.
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Kevorkian's frustration with the medical establishment is still visceral. That emotion comes through as he discusses Florida's high-profile "right-to-die" case, in which Terri Schiavo was pulled from a feeding tube against the wishes of some of her family. Kevorkian says he agrees in principal with ending Schiavo's life, because that was her expressed wish made to her husband. But the outcome of the Schiavo case highlights the kind of cruelty Kevorkian says could be avoided under legalized euthanasia.
"They just let her die without feeding and water," he said. "Is that humane? If it is then the Nazis did the right thing, didn't they, in the concentration camps. Huh? You don't want to talk about that, do you."
The Schiavo case has left some Florida residents' emotions raw about Kevorkian. Her brother, Bobby Schindler, is among those who has opposed Kevorkian's appearance tonight.
"Why do people oppose me? They don't know what I'm gonna talk about," he said. "If they protest me talking about my rights, they're really crazy."
Angry Kevorkian Denounces Court
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..................I live in the neighborhood I was writing about: the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. I was fascinated with all the changes that were going on in the neighborhood. In Williamsburg [prices for rent have] gone through the roof. There’s a lot of gentrification there. So I think that was really ripe material. And the Terry Schiavo case was going on….I was kind of intrigued about why someone would let a loved one stay alive for so long and how the media was portraying it.....
Get Out Wednesday: Jami Attenberg Reading at Elliott Bay
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