tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post8825840765973148452..comments2024-03-20T21:06:34.109-04:00Comments on That Crazy Crippled Chick: Matters of Life and Death: Exploring Assisted SuicideCara Liebowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860032209178249016noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-41443120917737702052013-01-19T13:33:02.605-05:002013-01-19T13:33:02.605-05:00I totally agree. There is a disregard for life bas...I totally agree. There is a disregard for life based on what people can and can't do and it really bothers me because like you say where is the line drawn? Are people being forced to make decisions they don't want to by people who have no understanding of a situation whatsoever. Who is to say a person should or should not live because on age, abilities, disabilities or anything else? Good job Cara! <br /><br />Margot Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-58673518001595178122013-01-18T01:37:14.743-05:002013-01-18T01:37:14.743-05:00i feel really strongly that the key is the will of...i feel really strongly that the key is the will of the person at the centre: if my will, expressed in a "living will" is that in a certain set of circumstances i wish to be released from what me,myself,i (and i only!) consider to be unbearable, then surely that can be honoured without threatening the rights of those who have never expressed a wish to be released, because they enjoy a quality of life i wouldn't. i really need to get round to writing my living will! for myself as a survivor of repeated physical, sexual and mental abuse, now living with agoraphobia for over 20 years, the thought of being made to live in an assisted care situation where i would be bathed and dressed by others who would never understand my horror of being touched by strangers is terrifying. i also have a horror of being made to undergo chemotherapy, as gagging and vomiting for me triggers waves of panic as i struggle with the body memories of abuse. these issues are rarely discussed, when i mention what it was like giving my husband cpr, people recoil...i broke my collarbone and 2 ribs trying to save him, because i had to push open a door against his dead weight. he died of a 'healthy man heart attack' and would definitely have wanted to be brought round, but if it was a case of turning the machine off he would have wanted that, and i would have done my best to see it happen. it comes down to the clearly expressed will...<br />my husband had bi-polar and i have PTSD, agoraphobia and fibromyalgia and my brother has cerebral palsy and acute OCD, so i have thought about what makes the difference between eugenics, euthanasia and assisted suicide a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-28867189516574253552013-01-14T12:32:21.036-05:002013-01-14T12:32:21.036-05:00Thank you for writing this. When I was working on ...Thank you for writing this. When I was working on the assisted suicide referendum in Mass., I wrote this post: http://aftergadget.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/why-im-voting-no-on-massachusetts-question-2/<br />It was my most controversial post, I think, and had emotional conversations with friends and family about it. People have very strong feelings on this topic.Sharon Wachslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03962059672610138178noreply@blogger.com