tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post3847481171409801795..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: Terry PratchettNeal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-32711260716962185522010-02-03T23:05:49.755+00:002010-02-03T23:05:49.755+00:00This is one of the things that make me happy that ...This is one of the things that make me happy that I live in the Netherlands. Plenty wrong here, but it's a comforting thought that if I ever get to the point where I would want to bail out, the option to do it with medical supervision is there.Frisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798831687037479293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-50639317550355841632010-02-03T09:49:29.623+00:002010-02-03T09:49:29.623+00:00Of course I agree with what everyone's said bu...Of course I agree with what everyone's said but what I can't get my head round is the fact that we might be losing Mr Pratchett in the near future! Its always the good guys that get the shitty end of the stick!LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-37351778479171215392010-02-03T09:09:30.851+00:002010-02-03T09:09:30.851+00:00Agreed. There is an argument for living fast and l...Agreed. There is an argument for living fast and loose and leaving a beautiful corpse. But Ian's point above is also correct about "a Duty to die". It needs stringent controls, or your dystopia will be upon us in two shakes of cats tail.<br /><br />There comes a point where maintaining a life is just a total farce, just a way of keeping some carehome shareholders in pocket. <br /><br />My Proviso is, that as long as I am in control of my marbles, not in everlasting pain etc I'll carry on absorbing information to the end.Grim's Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141927678427787365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-29385895485522382932010-02-03T02:47:07.812+00:002010-02-03T02:47:07.812+00:00if i get alzheimers, seeing it coming, i'll ha...if i get alzheimers, seeing it coming, i'll have a few tattoos done on my arm, checkered lines following the viens with the words really big "OPTION HERE!" so i dont forget. people often mess this part up even with full faculty of brain use.<br /><br />however, pissing my pants in public sounds like an interesting option, or excuse. in the event of odd, or bad behavior i'll have to make sure i do it in the company of the folks i despise.vaudeviewgalor raandisisraisinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045187732283895410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-23535265097001057922010-02-02T22:43:15.076+00:002010-02-02T22:43:15.076+00:00I am fortunate to live in Oregon in the US. I bel...I am fortunate to live in Oregon in the US. I believe Oregon and Washington remain the only states in the US which have legally sanctioned doctor assisted suicide. <br /><br />Both acts are called, appropriately, the Death with Dignity law. Oregon's was passed in 1997. There were several attempts to remove the in Oregon by ballot initiatives. All of them failed. As you can imagine, the usual suspects opposed it. "Only God....." crap. <br /><br />Between 1998 and 2005 264 people took advantage of the law. For other stats, here's a website that tracks both Oregon and Washington's acts:<br />http://www.deathwithdignity.org/resources/<br /><br />Note that in both states there are more people requesting to use the law than those who actually use it.<br /><br />At 65, the Death with Dignity Law is one reason I live here. It really is the sense of control this law gives me that matters. Not the act itself.RFYorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370379965788526986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1879881892047924772010-02-02T22:12:48.757+00:002010-02-02T22:12:48.757+00:00I'm sympathetic to the view that every individ...I'm sympathetic to the view that every individual has a sovereign <br />right to die by his(her) own hand <br />under circumstances that make any<br />kind of dignified existence impossible to continue. My one <br />reservation comes from a fear <br />that, should euthanasia (self administered or otherwise) become accepted practice, a 'right to die' could all too easily become 'a duty to die'; I do not think <br />it far fetched to suppose that, <br />due either to external social <br />pressures and expectations<br />or to an inner sense of moral obligation, an individual may <br />feel compelled to exercise a supposedly freely chosen option <br />to 'head for the exit', relieving both his intimate circle and society at large of the burden he may see him(her)self as having become.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503046957179233903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-3162917794480714162010-02-02T22:11:25.863+00:002010-02-02T22:11:25.863+00:00What Michael said.
We don't need laws to prot...What Michael said.<br /><br />We don't need laws to protect us from ourselves. There's no such thing, anyway. It's just another way of establishing overreaching control into our personal affairs.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747602025018996211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-18887778078011148782010-02-02T20:50:46.590+00:002010-02-02T20:50:46.590+00:00I couldn't agree more, Neal. While there is of...I couldn't agree more, Neal. While there is of course some need to make sure the individual actually WANTS to suicide, in the end everyone should be able to decide himself and not some stupid law or church. And the means to do so should be made available.Martin Sommerfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559130347913157032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-45846232786889174612010-02-02T19:56:00.770+00:002010-02-02T19:56:00.770+00:00It's funny how we'll have our pets put to ...It's funny how we'll have our pets put to sleep as an act of kindness, but consider it ethical to keep our fellow human beings alive come what may.Michael Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362324064346137974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-47163277363725871282010-02-02T19:45:36.309+00:002010-02-02T19:45:36.309+00:00i cannot possibly agree more. self destruction, re...i cannot possibly agree more. self destruction, regardless of medical condition, i'll go so far to say, is utterly and completely the right of the individual.<br /><br />everybody is going to die. pretending that if one lives a certain lifestyle one is not is delusional.<br /><br />eeking out an extra decade or so smelling funny and forgetting your own name, in my opinion, is not a betterment of the situation. <br /><br />quality of life goes, i say it is my call if i opt to follow it out.Kirby Uberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874606287336491866noreply@blogger.com