२२ जानेवारी, २०१२

"In those final seconds before his patients lose consciousness and die, the words they utter sound like Donald Duck..."

"... he says, imitating the high-pitched, nasally squeak familiar to any child who has sucked a gulp from a helium balloon. So, this is how a human being can leave this Earth?"

३१ टिप्पण्या:

cliff claven म्हणाले...

Allow me to give a plug for a book by Albert Brooks, 2030. It deals w/ this subject w/ humor and poignantly, in that order.

Mary Beth म्हणाले...

Death with dignity.

Phil 314 म्हणाले...

who formerly served as a campus Unitarian Universalist minister

hmmmm

edutcher म्हणाले...

These Lefties are so quick to call anybody else baby killers and Hitler, but they're the ones who can't wait to push everybody else over the edge.

David म्हणाले...

I have been with two people for the hours up to and including their death--my wife and my mother (in that chronological order.) Dying was a struggle for breath, mercifully eased by morphine.

Neither sounded remotely like Donald Duck at any time of their dying.

My wife could do a spot on Bugs Bunny. Knowing her, she would have been delighted to give it one last shot, if only she had been able.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Robert Cook म्हणाले...

"Neither sounded remotely like Donald Duck at any time of their dying."

This man's--clients? patients?--sounded like Donald Duck because they were breathing in helium, not because they were dying or struggling for breath.

ricpic म्हणाले...

We come in a burden
And go out a joke
And in between bend
To else pathetic folk.

madAsHell म्हणाले...

All those helium balloons that I inhaled, and my mother was worried about the reefers!?!?

अनामित म्हणाले...

Neocons are holding the keys to the medicine cabinet and holding terminal patients in unimaginable pain in the name of a senseless drug war. Contemplate for a moment the prospect of relentless severe pain that leaves you screaming until you die. Are you sweating yet? Your imagination is inadequate. Try again. Now consider that relief is in the hands of a doctor who is afraid of the police state. Angry yet? If you're not angry on behalf of people in this exact situation then you're dead inside and suicide holds no surprises for you. Finally, consider that final relief is not totally a matter out of your control but that you know where the exit is and can take it any time. Do you suppose you might be comforted by this last measure of self determination? In fact, people who have the option easily available choose suicide less often. May you never face such a choice, or even see anyone else facing it as I and countless others have seen it.

tiger म्हणाले...

Iuconnu?

You actually think this? That 'neocons' want to keep people in pain while they die?

What a close-minded, knee-jerk response.

If you're really this stupid someone needs to put you under observation before you hurt yourself and others.

FWIW: the Obama Justice Department is prosecuting doctors they accuse of 'over prescribing' pain meds to terminally ill people; there is a major case going on in Kansas.

Charlie Eklund म्हणाले...

Murdering the ill and infirm in the guise of compassion?

If only the Führer knew...

ricpic म्हणाले...

Neocons are holding the keys...

Those darn zionist neocons are responsible for all the pain and suffering in this world! What could the solution be? What could it be?....

अनामित म्हणाले...

Not just neocons. The only thing neocons and their nominal opponents can agree on in this area is that spending trillions on prohibition in the last 40 years has been good for the country.

In my view there's little difference between the president and a neocon.

I'm not stupid. You are. Nya nya.

Alex म्हणाले...

Was there a "Death rattle" for those human beings who got incinerated on 9/11? There are a million different ways to die.

Alex म्हणाले...

Charlie - how is it murder if the dying person requested the "Death bag"? This is death with dignity man! We should all be so damn lucky.

Chef Mojo म्हणाले...

After watching my father die of pancreatic cancer, I'll not judge this man.

ark म्हणाले...

@Tiger: Prosecuting doctors over "overprescribing" narcotics is bipartisan insanity that has been going on for quite some time.

Automatic_Wing म्हणाले...

Neocons: Is there anything they can't do?

Chip Ahoy म्हणाले...

Why are people still talking right up to the end of the end of the end? Honestly, at that point could anything be worth saying?

In Donald Duck-speak the final words worth uttering, but not understood but not understood by anyone listening, are:

"I changed my mind."

"I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay _____"

"I thought this was a nitrous party."

"This is odd, before I always got a bib with the lobster."

"I forgot the puppies are in the trunk."

Freeman Hunt म्हणाले...

According to the article, he is also willing to "help" the chronically depressed.

Monstrous.

ricpic म्हणाले...

That's the way you'll go out Chip. But there are serious folk in this world....just give me a sec...I'm thinking I'm thinking...no...no one.

ricpic म्हणाले...

There are a million ways to die in the nekkid city,
A million ways to bite the dust;
So come and feast and drink for more's the pity,
You're either bust a gut or but a gust.

Palladian म्हणाले...

I'm with Freeman Hunt: this man is a murderer.

Depression is a treatable illness.

edutcher म्हणाले...

Charlie Eklund said...

Murdering the ill and infirm in the guise of compassion?

If only the Führer knew...


Who do you think that is, laughing in the background?

And, if you listen closely, you'll hear his buds, Heinrich and Reinhard, too.

dandean म्हणाले...

So why isn't this method used in prisons to execute prisoners? There's always some sort of hoopla about cruel and unusual methods that cause painful, protracted deaths. Well, what about helium hoods?

अनामित म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Greg Hlatky म्हणाले...

I'm not stupid. You are. Nya nya.

Jeremy?

Dante म्हणाले...

From Wit;
"And Death, Capital D, shall be no more, semi-colon. Death, Capital D comma, thou shalt die, exclamation mark!"

Death, though shalt die!

The comma is meant to be the last breath, and as one dies, so to does death die.

That having been said, it seems to me buying some heroin might be a bit better. Too bad the doctors have made it illegal to run around with a lethal dose of Heroin. Instead, if I have a massive coronary, I will have to die in insufferable pain due to their greed.

Rusty म्हणाले...

Why are people still talking right up to the end of the end of the end? Honestly, at that point could anything be worth saying?



Take this fucking hood off?

Amartel म्हणाले...

Must these people be so fucking creepy? Kevordian and Replacement Kevordian, that is. I don't trust this guy to kill anyone with compassion much less dignity.