World Federation of Right to Die Societies: Free the Final Exit Network "Georgia Four"
I knew the assisted suicide crowd would try to make the four defendants in the assisted suicide of a man who had been treated successfully of cancer, but was undergoing difficult reconstruction surgery and needed a hip replacement, into some kind of civil rights-type heroes. Toward this end, some assisted suicide promoters have labeled them, "The Georgia Four." Meanwhile, the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies has issued the following statement, demonstrating that the movement does not want to limit assisted suicide to the terminally ill:The Board of the World Federation of Right-to-Die Societies is very concerned by the recent arrest in Georgia of its Vice Chairman, Ted Goodwin, and others. Many of us have known Ted for several years and regard him as a most compassionate individual.
Oh, can the fake nobility. The "Georgia Four" weren't "challenging" the law, which is what is done in civil disobedience when one publicly disobeys a law considered to be unjust--and then takes the consequences. Whether they committed a crime or not, the "Georgia Four" skirted the law and then carefully covered their own tracks wherever they went. Nelson Mandella and Martin Luther King they are not.
Regarding the possible reasons for his arrest, we want to stress that desperate terminally-ill individuals and those suffering greatly from incurable chronic illnesses often look for a peaceful death when their suffering is more than they can bear.
This is already legally possible in Oregon and Washington State, in the USA; and in Europe, in Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and soon in Luxembourg. In the absence of rational laws, organizations such as Final Exit Network sometimes may get close to the line in challenging the law, as perceived by opponents of the right to choose.
The Board of the World Federation of Right-to-Die Societies supports legal change so that those who are terminally-ill, or suffering greatly from incurable chronic illnesses, can obtain a legitimate way to achieve a dignified, humane death.
Labels: Assisted Suicide. Final Exit Network. "The Georgia Four." Ted Goodwin.
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 4:18 PM
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15 Comments:
I'd say if they held down the hands of the people trying to take the bags off their head, they went even farther than skirting the law--holding somebody's hands down and a plastic bag over his head must be homicide at least in every state of the union.
If they merely skirted the law they wouldn't have been arrested.
In Europe it's the "Low Countries" and Switzerland -- all places where the topography and/or climate are not those of sunny climes with open air. England, Scandinavia, Scotland -- not the cheeriest climes either. That makes the recent murder of Eluana in Italy even more scary.
And re Eluana, if a person can't say what they want NOW, no one has any business removing any form of life support from them. Or if someone's loved ones can tell that they want to live. Even that they are still living has to mean, to the medical personnel and the hospital, that they still want to.
They always get called "a most compassionate individual." It's cookie-cutter and nauseating.
"[C]ompassionate", my fat tushie.. Murdering the victim by the assister's hand is anything but.
"we want to stress that desperate terminally-ill individuals and those suffering greatly from incurable chronic illnesses"
Somewhere along the way, I've seen mental illness described as "chronic illness" so there you go.. Their excuse to drive eugenics beyond terminal illness right smack into that particular population..
"Whether they committed a crime or not, the "Georgia Four" skirted the law and then carefully covered their 0wn tracks wherever they went."
As much Law and Order as I watch, not coming up with the right terminology.. But, for some reason, "malice of forethought" is coming to Mind.. They came prepared to cover their tracks each and every time so they knew what they were doing was wrong..
Saw something a little bit ago that Cumming may get the trial, as they very well should.. Going to have to thumb a ride from somebody.. Just too freaking close not to.
Cyber hugs from Talking Rock..
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It's absolutely disgusting. Even more dispariting is the continued misrepresention/ one sided presentation of the issue. Today I was disgusted by how Geraldo presented the issue. He interviewed the VP of the FC network and had NO CONTRASTING viewpoint. It just sucked. I was particularly disapointed in Geraldo, who has done great things for the disabled community in the past.
SAFEpres: I am noting the media only present one side of many of the issues we deal with here. I used to receive countless calls from MSM on assisted suicide. These days, very few. Although Rita Marker has been busy as of late.
That's because not enough noise is being made. Still, every time I've come back to look at SHS today, there have been hundreds more new visitors. Something is definitely afoot.
Wesley-yes. Even outlets that say they are different than the MSM, such as Fox, are doing this. Up until now, I had been watching fox because I felt that the channel was one of the few that didn't cheer lead assisted suicide, but I'm re-thinking that position.
It would help turn things around if Obama were impeached right away and those who voted for him, who roughly = the death culture proponents, were too busy trying to survive the havoc he's wreaking with the economy to be involved in politics. Maybe give them the jobs "nobody wants to do" that illegal immigrants have been doing.
The whole argument about jobs no one wants to do and illegal immigrants makes me angry. It's demeaning to those immigrants-"come on over so that we can exploit your desperation," and to American citizens who do those jobs-"you are a bottom feeder if you clean toilets-no American in his right mind would do that work." Just another form of elitism within various political constituents that claim to be looking at for everyone.
SAFEpres: Exactly. That's why I'd like to see them have to do them. Well actually I wouldn't want to have to watch; they're a bunch of incompetents who aren't even good enough to do real work. But anything to divert them and shut them up so that the mess they've made can have a chance in Hades of getting straightened out.
[moaning softly]
Binding and Hoche...Aktion T-4...
Likening today's practices of euthanasia and eugenics to those used with such enthusiasm by the national socialists has become, rightly or wrongly, a weak point of argument; it's too much like mere name-calling.
I wonder whether it would be any more useful to trace the promotion of eugenics and euthanasia even further back, to the 19th century and to certain alliances of medical thought and social philosophy. (In fact, to some groups within the United States, among other places.)
I fear it would not; Dr. Leo Alexander may seem as remote as Galen* and no more to be heeded by the rising medical professionals.
I almost wrote 'rising generation' instead. But that would have been grossly untrue and unfair to my own younger kinfolk and to their own generation.
* 'Primum non nocere', y'all, usually misattributed to Hippocrates.
SusieC: I think it would be very useful, and I'd like to hear and know more about it. If it seems too remote and not to be heeded by the new generation/professionals (nor are they the first to have thought that way), well, that's part of what I think Wesley is talking about re everything being considered ok, everybody doing what they want, loss of values, loss of discipline and good social order, etc. As for Galen, whether it's currently recognized or not, his influence is still with us, and not in the best of ways, either. We can't fix what's wrong if we don't understand what's wrong, and we can't understand it completely without knowing how it started. I'm not sure what you meant about Hippocrates and primum non nocere but would like to know. Thanks.
First of all holding someones hand in an affectionate manner is totally different from holding someone down..and i feel an affectionate jesture is being turned into something it is not...second these people have made strong statements about their belief system and their feelings about their right to die by joining final exit..non-members do not get final exit's services..third it is hard for me to understand living in a society that the state via the death penalty will take a person's life and a woman is allowed to get an abortion but an adult suffering with an incurable condition is not allowed to get help ending their life if they so chose...God help us from the so called good people.
Sorry Ianthe.
The phrase "First do no harm" is frequently quoted and said to be part of the Hippocratic oath. While certainly in the spirit of the oath, the maxim is more properly attributed to Galen.
I am a reformed research librarian. It is an unpopular habit, this itch to correct misquotations and misattributions; a terrible job, but somebody's got to do it.
;-)
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