Amy
from the Ice Age to the dole age
Jesus, that's grim. Hearing loss fgs!uh you should see what they're doing in canada with MAID (medical assistance in dying). there was the case of this one man who was put into a psych ward for depression/not looking after himself, and when he first got there he was really angry about being put in there and wanted to go home. after a while of being there he opted for medical assisted suicide. the reason stated on the forms? hearing loss. his brother, who tried to talk him out of suicide, believes that the reason he chose it was because he was being petulant or something or other about being put into the psych ward. why hearing loss should be a reason why someone shouldnt live is beyond me. if i were hard of hearing i would feel really bad about that. i would wonder, does the canadian government think that i also shouldnt live? is my life worth less that those who can hear? there have been other reasons cited for people choosing MAID including not being able to afford their medical bills and bullshit reasons like that. makes me absolutely sick. apparently being depressed or having anxiety is a good reason to die as well. i just think that for people who are depressed and wanting to take their life, to hear someone confirming that yes, maybe death is a good option for you, would make them want to kill themselves even more. NOBODY can say whether someone elses life has value or not. and to say that a life that is unhappy or has challenges has less value than a happy life is disgusting and shows how far we've gone wrong as a society.
as far as i know, terminal dehydration has always been an option both for medical patients as well as for prison inmates. in such a case, where force feeding a person against their will would be wrong, the only thing doctors can do is make them as comfortable as possible. i have no problem with that. that seems natural to me. when the will to live shuts down, no longer eating or drinking seems a natural conclusion, the body in sync with the spirit. it is, again, the sterile expedient application of death through euthanasia that does not and will never sit well with me or seem natural to me.
anyway, good to hear your thoughts. sorry for not giving you the benefit of the doubt and just being a jerk!
There will now be an inquiry in the UK to look at the experiences of other countries which have made assisted dying legal, including Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, etc - link here.
Thank you for this post.
lol @ being a jerk - no harm done.