tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post4157636089426076325..comments2024-03-27T11:49:41.376-04:00Comments on Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Quebec medical student explains why he opposes euthanasia.Alex Schadenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-57031089158896652982013-07-05T10:24:05.826-04:002013-07-05T10:24:05.826-04:00It was implied, Alex. Tony Nicklinson could only b...It was implied, Alex. Tony Nicklinson could only be (legally) released from his prison by starving himself to death.<br /><br />If he was "lucky" enough to have kidney failure, he could have committed suicide more humanely by having his dialysis ceased.Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029187310122412297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-65442751263863231172013-07-04T11:56:11.885-04:002013-07-04T11:56:11.885-04:00Winston, it doesn't say that at all and you kn...Winston, it doesn't say that at all and you know it.<br /><br />Nobody is trying to force anyone to live in pain.Alex Schadenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-56855932658416693062013-07-03T19:03:28.166-04:002013-07-03T19:03:28.166-04:00"Viktor Frankl In my opinion, our society has..."Viktor Frankl In my opinion, our society has become preoccupied with pain and suffering and preventing it at all costs. It is of course logical and just to prevent and ease pain and suffering when we can, and to develop and use medications and technologies that can do this. But is death preferable to pain? In a video shown to us in class that was not directly related to euthanasia, Viktor Frankl — philosopher, neurologist, psychiatrist and Auschwitz survivor — spoke of the extreme suffering he and his fellow inmates were subject to in the concentration camp, and of how, even in the midst of all this suffering, he was able to find meaning in choosing his own attitude to his situation, and in thinking of the love he bore his wife, who had been sent to another camp. He is not the only example of a person who, through extreme suffering such as that caused by the Holocaust, was able to create and find meaning."<br /><br />That's no different from saying "he dealt with it, he fought destiny until the bitter end, <b>therefore everyone else should be forced to.</b><br /><br />That's unbelievably cruel and totalitarian.Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029187310122412297noreply@blogger.com