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After More Than 8 Years In Prison, Kevorkian Says Assisted Suicide "Should Be Legal"
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- processor2 - if you read all the posts, you'd have read that the only place where euthinasia is forces is Texas, and that was a bill promoted and signed by our conservative, Republican president - George Bush. Liberals aren't pro-death, we're pro-choice - you should be able to choose what happens with your death. Doctors should not be prosecuted for helping you with your rational, reasonable choice.
But if you don't want to die - stay out of Texas! They won't give your family a choice, if circumstances are bad enough. Liberals (and the huge, huge majority of the population who think Kevorkian did not belong in prison - either we're all liberals, or you are misusing the term) just say that if you are aware enough to say so, your choice should be honored. - Reply to this comment
- In all but ONE instance, all the patients involved were given the option of pushing the button or not. They all chose death/suicide. All Dr. K did was provide the means of death- his suicide machines. He has pointed out the hypocrisy of the country which turns a blind eye when a (Terminally ill) patient takes a deliberate overdose provided by their doctor (and pharmacist)as long as it is kept behind closed doors. The only difference is that Dr. K decided to open the door to our current reality. Each and every time he was found not guilty- except for the ONE time in which he actually triggered the means of death. It was a miscarriage of justice that neither the family or evidence of the patient's condition was allowed into evidence. I hope that he does everything he can to carry the message and this country finally legalizes what is already happening in this country so no other bona fide doctor ever gets brought up on charges of assisting in a suicide. Lets bring the issue out of the back alleys and put it squarely on the table.
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- "Assisted suicide can never be legal. Nobody could ever prove whether the patient agreed or not to the assistance." Posted by Uncle_James at 10:55 AM : Jun 04, 2007
Sure they could. The patient, before the stage where they would not be considered in a lucid, rational mental capacity, could spell out "if I get to this stage, then I want this..." - Reply to this comment
- CBS Headline:...Kevorkian Will Not Assist In Any Suicides
No killing at all...This will disappoint the loony-left.
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After reading these posts, liberals are definitely pro-death
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- CBS Headline:...Kevorkian Will Not Assist In Any Suicides
No killing at all...This will disappoint the loony-left.
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After reading these posts, liberals are definitely pro-death
... - Reply to this comment
- Assisted suicide can never be legal. Nobody could ever prove whether the patient agreed or not to the assistance. It makes one wonder how such an educated person couldn't see past his compassionate desire to help people but realize that this could never be legal for obvious reasons stated in this paragraph.
Posted by Uncle_James at 10:55 AM : Jun 04, 2007
Have you ever heard of a living will? These documents give Doctors the right to remove life support for terminal or vegatative patients. Why is it so hard to believe that a "living will" could be the evidence of the desire to die? I know false documents and all that.
Fact remains, a person does not have the right to murder another person, yet people feel they have the right to force someone to live and suffer. Why can't we just accept that the individual has a right to choose? - Reply to this comment
- "Before I make good on my promise, I have one more job to do. I'm looking for a fellow named Bush. Has anybody seen him?"
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- I support Dr Kevorkian 100%. I work in the medical field with terminally ill patients and you would not believe how many of them wish they could die with dignity. Also many of them are suffering so bad, they dont want to live anymore. What he says about Dr's increasing morphine to basically assist in a patients death... is so true... I have seen it. Kudos to you Dr Kevorkian, I hope you will someday get a law passed...
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- ' ... half the people in the world lack a garden to **** in, and the other half are not allowed at restaurants because of lack of money ... and nobody even tries to guess how many on both sides would rather be dead than persecuted ... '
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- hey everyone, processor-nerd boy is going to now repost the same comment over and over all day long.
just think the same kind of chicken hawk is running this country !!!! both poor losers, that dont know when to resign !!! - Reply to this comment
- CBS Headline:...Kevorkian Will Not Assist In Any Suicides
No killing at all...This will disappoint the loony-left.
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After reading these posts, liberals are definitely pro-death
... - Reply to this comment
- CBS Headline:...Kevorkian Will Not Assist In Any Suicides
No killing at all...This will disappoint the loony-left.
...
After reading these posts, liberals are definitely pro-death
... - Reply to this comment
- ===No killing at all...This will disappoint the loony-left===
No, it's the right wing that has the culture of death - righties have never met a war they didn't love. Too bad they aren't as interested in fighting in them as they are in starting them.
Posted by Rafterman1 at 09:19 AM : Jun 04, 2007
YEAH, SEVENTEEN GIS DIE AND ITS NO BIG DEAL TO THE NEOCLOWNS, OFCOURSE 75 IRAQIS DYING DAILY IS ALL IN A DAYS WORK, FOR TEH CHICKEN HAWKS.
BUT THEY WANT TO PLAY THE CHRISTIAN CREEPCARD, WHEN IT COMES TO BEING HUMANE AND DYING WITH DIGNITY. THESE RIGHTWING IDIOTS DONT EVEN READ THE STORIES OR THE COMMENTS BY OTHERS HERE. THEY LIKE KARL ROVE CATCH PHRASES LIKE "doctor death" MINDLESS PRATTLE IS WHAT THEY STRIVE FOR. - Reply to this comment
- We treat our animals more humanely than we treat our dying. For some people who can tolerate the pain and discomfort they have and still live full and happy that's great. But then there are some where their situation is hopeless and they were happy living a full and active life and to them...their perception of life is worse than death.
I applaud the doctor for what he did. He let a man die with "dignity". He had it documented over and over. The gentleman's relatives even were willing to back him up. Law or no law... We're kinder to animals than we are to people.
On the legal side...I can see how something like this can snowball really quickly if not kept in "check". - Reply to this comment
- Assisted suicide can never be legal. Nobody could ever prove whether the patient agreed or not to the assistance. It makes one wonder how such an educated person couldn't see past his compassionate desire to help people but realize that this could never be legal for obvious reasons stated in this paragraph.
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- Only the Nobel prize is good enough for this couragious man. He gave 8 years of his life to help another human being out of his misery. If that is not an act of selflessness and compasion than I don't know what is!
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- Wallace is correct when he states: "Patients who want their death hastened usually by increasing their morphine."
A good friend of mine with leukemia by choice had her death hastened in the hospital with more morphine and so did my mother who was dying of cancer at home under hospice care. It is a known fact that doctors and hospice workers are doing this, so tell me what is the difference when Kevorkian fights for the same right for people who are suffering to die? Is allowing someone to suffer dying slowly in pain for months humane? My mother didn't think the quality of life was nor did my good friend....and chose to end it with an increase of morphine. - Reply to this comment
- Wallace is correct when he states: "Patients who want their death hastened usually by increasing their morphine."
A good friend of mine with leukemia by choice had her death hastened in the hospital with more morphine and so did my mother who was dying of cancer at home under hospice care. It is a known fact that doctors and hospice workers are doing this, so tell me what is the difference when Kevorkian fights for the same right for people who are suffering to die? Is allowing someone to suffer dying slowly in pain for months humane? My mother didn't think the quality of life was nor did my good friend....and chose to end it with an increase of morphine. - Reply to this comment
- Wallace is correct when he states: "Patients who want their death hastened usually by increasing their morphine."
A good friend of mine with leukemia by choice had her death hastened in the hospital with more morphine and so did my mother who was dying of cancer at home under hospice care. It is a known fact that doctors and hospice workers are doing this, so tell me what is the difference when Kevorkian fights for the same right for people who are suffering to die? Is allowing someone to suffer dying slowly in pain for months humane? My mother didn't think the quality of life was nor did my good friend....and chose to end it with an increase of morphine. - Reply to this comment
- Wallace is correct when he states: "Patients who want their death hastened usually by increasing their morphine."
A good friend of mine with leukemia by choice had her death hastened in the hospital with more morphine and so did my mother who was dying of cancer at home under hospice care. It is a known fact that doctors and hospice workers are doing this, so tell me what is the difference when Kevorkian fights for the same right for people who are suffering to die? Is allowing someone to suffer dying slowly in pain for months humane? My mother didn't think the quality of life was nor did my good friend....and chose to end it with an increase of morphine. - Reply to this comment
