Assisted Suicide, Widows & Orphans (fwd)

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>I think 4 million dollars against an assisted-suicide initiative was

>money very well spent. What I find tragic is that the Catholic Church

>lost this one. I dread the future if assisted suicide becomes

>commonplace. The ones who will be expected to commit suicide will most

>likely be the poor who cannot afford good insurance. Also, I would guess

>that women would be more likely to feel pressure to commit suicide, so

>they won't be a "burden" to anyone. Most of the good Dr. Kevorkian's

>"patients" have been women.

>


RICHARD:

Sorry to confront your fears with the cold light of reality, but Australia
had in place legislated euthanasia laws which were used on three occasions
before the Armies of the Night (ie the christian churches) successfully
lobbied to repeal them.

The act of euthanasia was initiated by the patient by following instructions
on a computer. At all times the patient could abort the procedure. Before
the procedure could occur, the patient's own doctor had to certify the
patient's condition was imminently terminal (ie a matter of weeks), the
patient was in agony, and the agony could no longer be treated by palliative
methods. A specialist in the patients disease had to independently confirm
this diagnosis. Finally an independent psychiatrist had to certify that the
patient was sane, was not suffering from treatable depression, and was not
being pressured by family to euth himself.

The controls were so strict most patients died in agony from their terminal
disease before the necessary euthanasia paperwork could be completed. But
one thing which the active use of these laws did NOT show was their
avoidance by wealthy males to make room for their use by poor females. Sorry.

Thanks to the wealthy tax exempt churches, these people now die in agony the
way the churches demand - their intravenous lines are removed and they are
allowed to dehydrate and starve to death over a period which can last
anything up to 10 days. And your church considers THAT to be preferable to a
quick and painless end. Shame on you. Shame on you.

Why are christians so terrified of death?

RJV 11/9
Why are christians so terrified of death?  That's easy.  Read the Bible
and see the God that they get to face.  I'd be scared shitless too.

-- R Jason Valentine                          ..ooOO miracle@procyon.com

Chemical Engineer as of March 21, 1997
Med Student, August 1997, University of South Alabama

"What Is Success"  by Ralph Waldo Emerson

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the
affection of children; To earn the approbation of honest critics and
endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the
best in others; To give of one's self; To leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social
condition; To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with
exultation; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have
lived - This is to have succeeded. 

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