tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post689473340405143130..comments2023-05-30T05:54:48.988-04:00Comments on kingston progressive: DEATH WITH DIGNITYMike Madsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14527557594630435730noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-90268742061246808822009-03-03T22:47:00.000-05:002009-03-03T22:47:00.000-05:006:18 - A cure doesn't happen in a day...it takes y...6:18 - A cure doesn't happen in a day...it takes years of research (much of which was quashed under the Bush Administration) and patient studies. If your loved one was dying and a cure was that close to being approved by the FDA (a very political process), you'd probably know about it. Whether it's ALS, cancer, MS...whatever, there is still a lot of research to be done to "cure" a lengthy and terminal illness. If a patient has less than six months to live, it's not likely that the cure will reverse someone whose disease has progressed to that point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-1426545284382050132009-03-03T01:24:00.000-05:002009-03-03T01:24:00.000-05:006:18...That's it? That's all you have as a deterre...6:18...That's it? That's all you have as a deterrent to the right to chose to end it? You're to the point where the morphine is in such a dose that you're slipping away from consciousness. You've got 3 months of excruciating pain to look forward to, and you come back with this empty question? <BR/><BR/>I think each case is strictly up to the patient and their loved ones. Don't give us this dribble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-40410410371542036222009-03-02T18:18:00.000-05:002009-03-02T18:18:00.000-05:00How would you feel if the day after you put someon...How would you feel if the day after you put someone to death they found a cure?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-60966410120612778452009-03-02T09:56:00.000-05:002009-03-02T09:56:00.000-05:00"Rampant death squads"? An example of ridiculing ..."Rampant death squads"? An example of ridiculing an opposing view point rather then discussing it in a reasonable manner.<BR/><BR/>I believe that people who have the capacity to make such decisions should be allowed death with dignity to avoid pain and suffering at the end of their lives. <BR/><BR/>My concern with the law is more subtle then "rampant death squads". I worry that as the trend continues, the right to death with dignity is going to morph into a feeling on the parts of the ill to having a responsibility to die, to avoid becoming a burden. I worry that those who are not at the end of their lives, but rather are feeling useless and burdensome are going feel they need to get out of the way.<BR/><BR/>I don't know that my concerns can be quelled by adjusting the legislation that allows doctor assisted suicide. I might feel better if while these laws are being passed, I did not have a sinking feeling about the loss of regard for life in general. However, with discussions by academics of the notion of "personhood", a slow return of some of the notions of eugenics and a number of other movements that display a lack of regard for life, I can't help but be concerned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com