We have now reached the
impossible position where the elderly and infirm in some countries* are being
advised to visit a local, friendly and trusted vet if they are seeking to end
their interminable suffering with dignity. ****** ** ********* ********* *** **** * ******** ********* ** *** ****** ***** ******** *********** ** **** ***** **** ** ***** *********** ** ***** ***************** ** **** ***** ****** ******** ******** ****** *** *********** **** *** ******** ************ ********** **** *********** ***** *** ***** ** ***** ** ********* **************** **** ****** ********** *********** *********** *** ************ ** ** ******** **** ** **************** ************** *** **** ***** **** *********** ** ******* ** ****** ******* ** ***** *******
A failing and unrecoverable
health causes a person to quickly become trapped in a body which ** ** **** **** ************* *** * ****** ***** ** **** *** ********** ********** *** ** **** ****** ** **** ************ ******* ******** **** *** ********** ********* ** ***** ********* **** **** ****** * ****** *** ** ************** ********* **** ****** ** ****** **** ** ***** ********** *************** **** ********** *** ***** ***** ********* ****** ************ **** ******* ** ***** **** *** ********** ** ********* ********* ***** ******** *** **** ****** ***** ***** **** ** ****** ********* ******** *******
The teachings of many religions
place life above all other values.
Fundamentally, we can quite fairly ****** **** **** ** * **** ********** ****** *** ********* ****** ** *** ******** ** *********** ********** ***** **** **** ********* ********* ********** ** * **** ** **** ** ******* ********* ** ****** ****** ********** *** ******** ** ** ************
Herein resides the conflict. What weighting should one place on the
sacrosanct nature of life as ******* *** ***** ********** ** ******* ****** **** ********* *** **** **** **************** ** **** ****** ** **** ****** ***** ** *** ******** ** ***** *** ************* ** **** ****** **** ******* ********* ** **************** *** ***** ** *** ********** *** **** ******** ******** **** ************** *** *** ** *** ******* ***** **** *** **** ** *** ******** *********** **** *** ***** *** ** *** ******** *** **** *** *** ************ ****** ****** **** ************* *** ** *********** *** ** **** ** **** ************** *** *** ******* *** ***** *** **************** ** *** ***** ** *** ********************* **** ***** ** **** ****** **** ** *** ***
Let’s then pose the question -
what is the quality of life in these tragic circumstances? **** *** ** ******* *** **** *** ** ******************* ********** **** ** * *********** ******* ** *** ******** ********** *** ********* **** **** ************** ************** ****** **** **** ** ****** ******** ** *** ****** ** **** **************** ** **** **** ******* *** ****** ** *** **** ******* ** ** ***** **** ********* ****** *** ***** * ******** ** **** *** ***** ********** ** ******* *******
The tormented sufferer does not
care too much about theological argument.
As bodily functions close down *** ***** ******* *** ********** ** *** ****** *** ********** ****** **** * *********** ******** ********* ********* *** ******** ** *** **** ****** ******* ********
But where is the thin red line
between extinguishment and euthanasia?
Who executes the act, administers *** ****** ** ********** *** ************** **** ********* ********** ***** ***** ***** ** ** *** **** ***** ** ****** **** **** ** ********* *** **** **** ********* ***** ******* ******* **** ******** *** ***************** ********** **** ***** **** ** *** ****** *** ** *********** ** **** ** ******** **** ******** ********** *** ********** **** ** ********* ** *** ************
No congressman, legislator, judge
or person of the cloth has the right to preserve and prolong ******** ****************** ** ****** *** *** ***** **** **** ******* ** ********* ******** *** ******** ** *** *********** ******* ***** ******* **** **** * **** ** ****** **** *** ****** ** *** ******* *** *************** ******* ** ** ** ** ************ ** ******** * ******** ** ***** ********* *** **** ****** ***** ***** ******************
We have a responsibility to
agitate in this debate to ensure adequate protection of the rights *** ****** ** ******* ** *** ********* *** *** **************** ********* ** ** ** ****** ** ** ** ******* ******** ******** ** ***** *** ****** *************** ********* *** ******* ** *** ****************
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