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The Jesus wrote...
The Jesus wrote...
Time and time again our civilized society has created new ways to cheat death or attempt to play god and there's a point where we put an end to it. I'm fine with nature killing people off at its own pace, but the fact that we have technology to thwart nature's attempts means that there has to be a level of human influence to lend a hand.What is so wrong with choosing to extend your life for a while longer if you can? You can cheat death, but you cannot cheat death forever. We all die eventually and the cycle continues. I see nothing wrong with paying some doctors to hook you up to a bunch of machines or to get medication that will extend your life and keep you alive.
Why do you see that as wrong?
It may seem like something you want, but when you're laying on your deathbed with a tube down your throat being pumped full of drugs, who's to say you won't be begging to die. All these drugs and shit that have been developed to keep people alive just prolong their suffering. There aren't all many people who live longer than nature intended and actually enjoy that time. I understand the fact that people would want to spend a little more time with their loved ones, but is it fair to them? Have you ever seen a person who is being kept alive with machines, its incredibly disturbing and I don't see how anyone would want to put someone they love through that. They're basically dead, but still out of selfishness and attachment, a family will fight tooth and nail to keep them hooked up to machines with all kinds of tubes and shit in them because they are no longer able to eat or breath for themselves.
-Jack Kevorkian
I agree heavily with this. I thought his prison sentence was absurd. I don't think that people do it out of selfishness. But do it because most people i guess like to have false hope. Either that or they really are selfish and they are unable to let go. Which is also unhealthy. They just don't realize that instead of letting they're loved ones die because there's nothing else they can do, they make them suffer until the end.