Personally, I'm in favor of letting someone who is terminally ill and/or suffering debilitating pain die, if they want to.
But Jacko crossed some lines, including videotaping it. Don't wory, eventually someone will take his place. Hopefully someone who isn't such an attention-hound.
Oh, and to the people who say that chronic pain sufferers can be treated with medication. You know what? They can't always. I know. See, my gf suffers from chronic pain from three sources: cervical rib resectioning collateral damage, interstitial cystitis, and chronic severe migraines. (if you want, ask and I'll explain those things). She's also allergic to most forms of pain medication (because they're all in the same two or so "families" of drug, the bases of which she's allergic to) except Demerol. Since Demerol is classified as a narcotic, it's extremely dificult to find a primary-care physician who is willing to prescribe such medicine to a patient on a regular basis. Because of the crackdown on addicts, and doctors who prescribe narcodics, an innocent person suffers. (&^%$ing HMO's!)
posted April 15, 1999 07:51 AM
First of Two, are so correct. My mother has Cerebral palsey, and she deals with so much pain and migranes, its hard to get the right medications. She had to go to a special clinic in order to get a doctor to prescribe what she needed.
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posted April 15, 1999 08:47 AM
definition of HMO: Shortened from the original"Hey,Moe", named for Dr. Moe Howard, who discovered that a person would forget about the pain in there feet if poked sharply in the eyes.
posted April 15, 1999 09:15 AM
I did a paper on this...
He isn't murdering anyone ... he is providing relief to the patients that need him. And it's not like he goes out there and advertises... "Want to Die? Call 1-800-kill-me-now" ..
He doesn't do that ... so what's the other people's beef? .. I just don't see it.
------------------ There are people who one loves immediatly and forever. Just to know that you exist in the same world together is sufficient. Till I loved, I never lived - enough.
posted April 16, 1999 08:07 AM
What he did was illegal. He had been aquitted several times, but video taped this one to force the issue. He created the evidence that sent him to jail. He lost in court.
Do I agree with what he did. I don't know. I've never known anyone who was so sick that they wanted to die.
posted April 16, 1999 08:25 AM
I may eventually be that ill, as my disease progresses. *shrugs* But I still don't know if I would want to take my life because of that.
However, it is not whether or not we would do something like that, or whether or not WE PERSONALLY think it is right. It is a simple matter of who has the right to do something, and who doesn't.
------------------ There are people who one loves immediatly and forever. Just to know that you exist in the same world together is sufficient. Till I loved, I never lived - enough.
If that doesn't sound like a sci-fi alien race I don't know what does.
Dominion Forces Take Kevorkia
Dominion battleships and Cardassian warships launched an all attack against Kevorkia, taking the planets in a matter of hours. Thousands of Kevorkians fled their home planet, but many were captured in orbit and millions remain on the surface. "It was horrible. They have destroyed our quality of life. We could just die," reflected one Kevorkian. The concensus was mutual among all survivors. The Kevorkians where last reported to be heading towards Heaven's Gate.
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posted April 16, 1999 10:53 PM
I saw a documentary about a doctor in the Netherlands performing euthanasia. It was one of the most upsetting things I've ever seen on TV.
------------------ "I am greater than the stars for I know that they are up there and they do not know that I am down here." - William Temple
posted April 16, 1999 11:36 PM
If you are really very ill and going to die in a short time anyway and don't want the pain anymore.
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