In Tony Nicklinson's heroic suffering, I can't help but see the case for life

[ljtaylor]

It is harrowing to watch the anguish of a man who wants to end his life but cannot - yet his message somehow backfires

Comments

[arisma]

Yeah. In my last attempt to discuss this I got a bunch of people telling me that it's interfering with god's plan and that when the time is right he'll bring the poor souls home. Incredibly comforting care plan for an atheist, can I say.

[darth_eldritch]

There is no fucking beauty in suffering. This man is not an object of art for others to watch.

[jettakd]

Locked-In Syndrome is absolutely horrifying, and it disgusts me that they would force a perfectly lucid man wanting to make this decision into living in a way he finds miserable.

[intrikate88]

What the actual fuck. This writer would condemn an innocent man to life imprisonment in his own body because he cries prettily.

[the_gabih]

'Heroic suffering' heck. It's not heroism to be trapped inside your body because you're not allowed to go, it's degradation.

[kyra_neko_rei]

THIS. If he had chosen to stay alive and suffering with the stipulation that one new starving child be provided for until adulthood for each day he remains alive, that would be "heroic suffering."

This isn't.