Here's one of the preferred methods of the death with "dignity" (notice the quotes, as in not really) crowd.
So please don't tell me that palliative care is worse.
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.
It’s dignity because of the value of human life, which is being degraded by the liberal mindset that man is just a bunch of chemicals that evolved from pond scum and is nothing more than so much compost.
It dignity because it recognizes the value of life, that man is made in the image of God and is not just some useless eater which has a duty to die so it stops wasting resources for the rest of the purposeless sacks of chemicals to use.
But not guaranteed.
There's a difference between someone fighting for our freedom, who has a chance to live, and doing away with those who someone has deemed unworthy of life.
Human life is valuable and not to be heartlessly discarded like an old shoe.
The problem the right to die advocates fail to see, is that when they propose this for the *terminally ill* which is no guarantee either, the definition becomes more and more mushy, like we see happening over in England and Europe.
There's always the chance for remission, which we don't know whether or not is going to occur to someone, so if we kill them off, we could be depriving them of many more years of life.
Where do we stop in determining who should live and who has a duty to die?
Great point.
Really? Have you ever seen anyone die of ALS? There muscles go, usually their legs and feet first, over a period of years, gradually everything becomes paralyzed and they can't even speak and eventually they stop breathing, in other words they suffocate to death. They face a long period of time when they can't talk or move and they look at you and you know they are in there, but they can't communicate. It is a horrible way to die and if this guy wanted to go that way, fine, that is his business.
Others however, may choose not to suffer that way and decide to die before it gets to that point, it is their right to do so, and no business of anyone else.
Death is NEVER pleasant, but it is a part of life and life (all of it from conception through death) is God's gift to us. He has made it perfectly clear under what circumstances life can be taken and illness is not one of them.
Here's one of the preferred methods of the death with "dignity" (notice the quotes, as in not really) crowd.
So please don't tell me that palliative care is worse.
What is this picture?
Death by starvation/ dehydration.
The way I read the headline he did die of ALS.
That’s the way I read it also, and that is what I said in my comment. He opted to die a horrible death but wanted others not to commit suicide, which to me is an individual choice for people suffering from terminal illness(or for any other reason as far as that goes). If I ever get ALS I will not wait for the end part where you are trapped helpless, unable to speak or communicate with your loved ones. How terrible it was for the people involved in the case that I knew of and watched the poor guy die and the family and friends(including me)suffer.
“He showed us how to live with real dignity and die naturally and comfortably."That's what you had your hissy fit over. Stop pretending it was over something else which was never said.
That's a much better way to go than the one he heroically fought against.
What is it about dying naturally and comfortably that you find so objectionable?
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.Thanks waggs.
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