Well, okay, maybe part of that is a medication side-effect, but - in 1998, I spoke at an undergraduate bioethics conference in Boston for the express purpose of revealing this demon for what he really is: VILE.
Good for you! Me, I have only been able to post a few caustic remarks on the internet where only my friends can read them. Although I recently found out that some Dutch site or other had read my denunciation of Dutch euthanasia and related matter, and been suitably infuriated. Which is nice - there are people whose hatred is a badge of honour, and supporters of the murder of the old and sick are to my mind foremost among those
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I've been a reader of your journal for about a year, btw. I printed out your articles on Dutch euthanasia for my parents and grandparents, and they loved them.
Perhaps it's paranoia, but I am seriously afraid of the elite classes in the wealthy parts of the world coming to nigh-unanimous agreement on Kervorkian/Singer/Holland-style ethics and shoving it down everyone's throat. If that happens I might end up spending my late years in a third-world country or somesuch - I'd rather die of a disease than a "doctor"'s needle.
Note to self: head to Italy if it gets really awful.
I remember reading those posts last summer, I probably had them in the back of my mind when I made that post. It boils my blood that those things go on.
That attitude that one's life is worth however much wealth it produces for "society" seems to be increasingly pervasive. I came across an instance of it earlier today: http://www.marymeetsdolly.com/blog/index.php?/archives/558-No-room-for-disagreement-in-scientific-circles.html "Mr. Gunn" apparently thinks "value to society" should be the sole factor in deciding policy - also note that he invokes magic after spending most of his efforts on dismissing the blog's author's arguments as too religious.
Well, okay, maybe part of that is a medication side-effect, but - in 1998, I spoke at an undergraduate bioethics conference in Boston for the express purpose of revealing this demon for what he really is: VILE.
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I've been a reader of your journal for about a year, btw. I printed out your articles on Dutch euthanasia for my parents and grandparents, and they loved them.
Perhaps it's paranoia, but I am seriously afraid of the elite classes in the wealthy parts of the world coming to nigh-unanimous agreement on Kervorkian/Singer/Holland-style ethics and shoving it down everyone's throat. If that happens I might end up spending my late years in a third-world country or somesuch - I'd rather die of a disease than a "doctor"'s needle.
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I remember reading those posts last summer, I probably had them in the back of my mind when I made that post. It boils my blood that those things go on.
That attitude that one's life is worth however much wealth it produces for "society" seems to be increasingly pervasive. I came across an instance of it earlier today: http://www.marymeetsdolly.com/blog/index.php?/archives/558-No-room-for-disagreement-in-scientific-circles.html
"Mr. Gunn" apparently thinks "value to society" should be the sole factor in deciding policy - also note that he invokes magic after spending most of his efforts on dismissing the blog's author's arguments as too religious.
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