The daughter couldn't walk or talk and I'm pretty sure she was blind. She couldn't eat or drink unassisted. She was in pain constantly, sometimes to the point of screaming uncontrollably. I wouldn't dare judge the mother for her decision. Additionally, if I was the daughter I doubt I would want to continue my life of excruciating pain where I can't see, speak, walk, eat or drink. Although withdrawing food and fluids was a cruel way to do it, another way should have been used
Well I just read back..and if euthanized isn't legal then withdrawing food and fluids was their only choice. Are you really going to judge the mother for that? Maybe the conversation should be less about saying she's a terrible and cruel mother, and more about why euthanasia in extreme circumstances isn't legal.
She was wrong, killing in general is wrong. So regardless of what points people make, it was a wrong thing to do to steal someone's life. Deuces
If killing is wrong, then why is there war? But I would have to go with the mother on this one, watching someone go through pain, day in day out, is absolute ****. I had to watch someone's health go from healthy to bed ridden everyday for six years, got a chance to hear they're views on it, and I'm never going to repeat what they said, but they did say that there was no quality of life left near the end...
I dunno spit. That is not how I'd want to live. I think I would ask for someone to end it. Very easy to pass judgment, very hard to actually understand what people are going through
That's soooooo sad but it just doesn't ad up how can she do that to her own daughter unless it wasn't actually her
Oh my gosh.? I think starvation/dehydration probably wasn't the best choice… she should have used a quick and painless way.
The problem with this story is not that the little girl was blind, deaf, or couldn't speak, Etc. The problem lies that she could feel. She felt, and that's the worst thing to have left - in my opinion. It's like a teeter totter, one end she could feel pain, and the other she could feel love. I don't think there was a balance of the two. I think dying a slow death is cruel, and couldn't want that. But I do think the way she went was right. She was slowly dying, painlessly, with the help of meds, and at the same time was surrounded with love until her very final stages. She ended with the feeling of love. Yes, she got dehydration side effects, but that's normal. Every pill you down will give you some kind of complication. No one wants to be a veggie, and I think she communicated fairly well with what disabilities that she had, that she no longer wanted to be in pain.
WOW judge let girl live and let her die a slow death rather then a quick and less painful No doubt why Britain is Great Britain :roll:
I like these discussions. It should be legal for a quick and painless death IMO. if the patient requests it, can it be used at all?
I agree jopo. And no, even if the patient requests it, the person who helps them can be charged with murder
ITS GONNA BE A LONG REPLY FROM ME TOO. All these are just in my opinion so...? you don't have to agree There are positives and negatives to this being legal. However, I am more inclined to lean towards it being illigal, that it should be allowed on a case by case basis. The reasons for wanting to put a particular person to sleep/wanting to die out of your own free will should be very clear and big enough to substantiate a warrant for death. Positives of it being legal include stopping suffering of a person, knowing that through the suffering, he/she won't get any better and all he/she wants is to die. Wish granted, suffering ends. Negatives is that parents may take advantage of the new law to kill their children over little things, and although it is very rare, it is known that there are parents who really dont want/dont like their child and would do anything to rid them off the world. With this law in place, it would be very easy for these parents to do as they wish without being charged as they should have. It makes children's lives seem less valuable than that of an adult. I feel that it's cruel to allow such a slow and painful death because even in the final stages of a person's life, he/she will still have the ability to feel pain being caused to him/her. The subject on Euthanasia, just my opinion, I feel it should be made legal not to everybody, but as mentioned above, on a case by case basis. If the person has been granted permission to die, euthanasia should be allowed for that particular case, so that he/she can die a painless death and put an end to everybody's suffering.
I think the way they went about killing her was wrong... "End her suffering" but let her suffer for 2 weeks?