You are entirely right, BykrBayb. Death is not the worst thing, as it is already assured for everyone who is born. But to hasten it in the name of “mercy” or “compassion” is ghoulish and evil Doublespeak at its worst.
These death worshippers do not see themselves clearly; they are amazingly self-deluded. And aggressive about it.
Let them (pappyone) be in a position like Terri or someone else....where you can't speak, but your mind is totally there. You can hear, but people treat you as if you are stupid because you can't respond. They suddenly decide they are tired of visiting you in the hospital, seeing you in what they perceive as misery, and declaring your life of no value and choosing to snuff it out. Or maybe it is that you, like the unborn, have become an inconvenience! You might be silently screaming from inside your body, "I can see you! I can hear you! What do you mean, starve me? What did I do to deserve this? Remember all I have done for you and I meant to you not so long ago?" NOTHING LIKE THE SILENT SCREAM! Whose misery are they putting them out of?? How can they suddenly decide they are GOD to determine a person's life is no value and time to be over? So...then...what makes pappyone and people like pappy any different than Hitler, determining who should live and who should not...sending people to the gas chamber because Hitler determined they were a misery to him, they were less, their life was of no value... what a corrupt society!! What a corrupt mindset!! what a narrow perspective on life!! GOD has moved and awakened people who were in comas for years! GOD is GOD and not man. GOD should be the only one to hold the keys to life and death. perhaps it is a twisted mindset and belief that they are now, themselves "god" with that right and privilege to determine life and death. God spoke about that and addressed it. "THOU SHALT NOT KILL" I don't see any ifs, ands,buts or maybes there.GOD doesn't say, well, its ok for you to choose your personal preference for your life, either! He stated it plain as day in 4 words.
Stepping off my soapbox. Deeply saddened. Continuing to pray for the horrible turn our country leadership has taken, and the direction other countries in Europe are headed. Forgive me, LJ for ranting.
“You are entirely right, BykrBayb. Death is not the worst thing, as it is already assured for everyone who is born. But to hasten it in the name of “mercy” or “compassion” is ghoulish and evil Doublespeak at its worst”
I suppose letting a shell of a person lie there for 17 years in a vegetative state is “mercy” and “compassion”, right? Wrong. That is what is truly evil and ghoulish.