Posted by kazoo on August 7, 2001, at 1:39:07
In reply to Re: suicides-Netherlands assisted?, posted by dreamer on August 6, 2001, at 23:52:00
> Read that some doctors [was old web page]in Netherlands were helping to assist patients who were treatment resistant and severely depressed to die.
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And I'm sure those so-called "doctors" have been locked up and put away where they belong, away from the "severely depressed" who are too depressed to make a rational decision. Any doctor that does this sort of thing is contrary to all medical practices that promote LIFE over DEATH. That's the purpose of a doctor; i.e., to treat the living to stay ALIVE.If, however, the case may be one of a terminal "organic" disease, such as AIDs or CANCER, with pain too horrible to bear and with death imminent, then perhaps (and I said PERHAPS), there may be a need for this kind of euthanasia. But the Boolean I used is AND meaning both conditions must be true to validate the statement's merit.
> I often wished that my doc would end it all when in a certain state but surely this can't be true.
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Will you PLEASE stop promoting this sort of thing! It's a downer and, quite frankly, I'm sick of hearing over and over again the "thrill" of seeking the ultimate reality as a means of escapism. It is not. It's a dead end (no pun intended) that does more damage to the LIVING who must, day-after-day, relive the tragedy inflicted upon them by one who is too SELFISH to consider an alternative, any alternative. I am not picking on you exclusively. Others have dwelled on this subject time and time again, and I'm sure the subject will come up, time and time again. This fascination with death says something about our JADED society/culture.Live LIFE while you have it, good or bad, it's better than the alternative, which is unknown.
I am not going to say anymore on this dreadful subject. It sickens me to do so.
kazoo
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