Posted on 05/30/2009 11:54:33 AM PDT by wagglebee
A man who was featured in ads and on TV opposing Washington state’s assisted suicide Iniative 1000 died of ALS last week.
The group True Compassion Advocates says John Peyton died at home on Thursday, the same day Linda Fleming of Sequim woman became the first person to die under the "Death with Dignity" law.
Eileen Geller, president of True Compassion Advocates, a group that was against the law, called Peyton a hero in life and in death.
“He showed us how to live with real dignity and die naturally and comfortably. He literally gave his last breaths to advocate for those at risk for assisted suicide. John Peyton demonstrates what I have seen in thousands of dying patients over 25 years working as a hospice nurse - that no one needs to die in pain or uncomfortably, and that people with life-limiting illnesses need competent, supportive care, not lethal drugs."
Voters approved the assisted suicide law in November by a nearly 60 percent vote, making Washington the second state to have a voter-approved assisted suicide law. It is based on a law adopted by Oregon voters in 1997.
Include Alzheimer’s and MS (which I have) in my post.
What could be more noble than fighting to protect innocent life
from the vultures who seek to destroy?
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
John 10:10
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”
John 15:13
I’m afraid many a fool will misinterpret that second passage to mean that people should commit suicide to avoid being a burden to their families.
RIP.
I guess I should have read further down the thread before replying.
You act surprised.
At the beginning of your life, you were helpless, and a burden to everyone, yet you didn’t feel ashamed of it. Babies feel pretty good about themselves, and well they should. As someone who has loved and cared for a dying person, I feel grateful that she and our family had a chance to transition gradually. The people you do not want to be a burden to may, in the big picture, consider it an honor and a blessing to be able to love you and care for you.
I thought I was supposed to act surprised.
I can’t imagine having to explain to the rest of the family that one of our relatives committed suicide. Talk about a burden!
No, we are only supposed to act surprised when we are called Nazis for OPPOSING an agenda that is identical to Hitler’s.
Identical? I thought Hitler required more doctors to sign off on it than we do. Didn’t we streamline the process a bit more than Hitler?
You might be right. Are there any cases when Nazi doctors actually refused to kill someone?
I don’t personally know of such cases, but I have read that there were plenty of doctors who declined to get involved in the killing, and they were not penalized.
Interesting, Zero will certainly seek to circumvent this flaw.
I don't think I've ever read it put more poignantly than this. I wonder if people who feel they may be a burden somewhere down the line have actually asked those who would be relied on for the care if THEY feel it a burden?
I hope you don't think you're being original.
Indeed, from the time of Jost, war had been invoked by advocates of direct medical killing. The argument went that the best young men died in war, causing a loss to the Volk (or to any society) of the best available genes. The genes of those who did not fight (the worst genes) then proliferated freely, accelerating biological and cultural degeneration. ~ THE NAZI DOCTORS: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide ~ Robert J. Lifton
Judge not that ye be not judged. Matthew 7:1
As the father of someone who chose to take her own life I am dealing with the after-effects of her decision. Do I wish she had made a different choice? Only every waking moment of every single day. Do I think she took the “easy way out”? No, but I do believe that the choice was slightly less horrible to her than the demons that tortured her. Do I think less of her or believe she died without dignity. Absolutely not.
Is it my place to judge her, you, or the ones who would look down their noses at you? No, it isn’t my place.
You know that actions have consequences, and that those consequences often manifest themselves in unanticipated ways. Choose wisely and go with God.
I hope you intend not to take the medical profession down with you.
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