[Askel5]

my glib perspective assuages my pain, but the ill Qaeda exists nonetheless and waits patiently.

For what ... the Good Death?

At least this poor fellow will be spared the pain of knowing how he's putting his kids (if he has any) through the agony of watching him get old and die from a suitable distance from the Institution that provides fulltime Family Services.

Euthanasia (and assisted suicide) will be in place well before it's his turn to take some "individual responsibility" and off himself instead of shuffling along to a natural death every bit as unplanned and unexpected as his conception.

[P.S. I did think the Ill Quaeda thing was funny and do understand where he's coming from. Also think he's definitely spot on where the behemoth of Socialized Managed Care is concerned. I just see no reason to lobby, however obliquely, for the inevitable, that's all.]

[general_re]

Typical. Rooting for the elderly, their dignity, and their right to live to the fullest extent they can. I'll have you two know that some of us like Soylent Green...

:^)

[kms61]

"Euthanasia (and assisted suicide) will be in place well before it's his turn to take some "individual responsibility" and off himself instead of shuffling along to a natural death every bit as unplanned and unexpected as his conception."

I know it's an unpopular view here, and I expect to get flamed, but I hope you're right on this. I've seen one relative survive a stroke for three years, bedridden, unable to communicate or even move...A fate so horrible I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I witnessed another relative die a long drawn out death from ALS, and I have an elderly relative going through Alzheimer's right now.

I don't fear death. I do fear a fate such as the ones outlined above. If that's in the cards, I hope when the times come there's a method that will allow me to exit with a little dignity and autonomy intact. So fire away folks, you won't change my mind on this.

[weikel]

Ill take care of my own parents I don't give a damn about the other future Boomer geriatrics they were a bad generation anyway.