Death with dignity

I tend to agree. The dog was cute too so it drew in the animal lovers as
well.

 

Fully agree. If she were, um, not a "6" and, instead 5'7" and 210, people would say, "well, she probably ate too many Ding Dongs anyway".

That being said, I think this woman did go out on her terms, doing those final experiences before she goes. It's one thing to fight. But, when your time is short (and I can't speak from experience) and your fate is determined, I'd much rather go experience everything on "my list" for two months rather than fight and put up a good front for everyone else.

I'd rather have them say "Ex was a fun-loving man who may have been a bit irrational about sending Gordon home and chiding Peyton Manning but, damn, he lived in full his last six weeks."

 

Personally torn on the ethics of it but it would seem a physician's actions would contravene the Hippocratic oath.

 

Most doctors don't take it.

 

I suppose a DNR in a living will is no different.

 

I actually asked the same question as you about the oath in a class one time. Can't remember the exact topic. That's when I was told by a doctor that doctors don't actually take the oath.

 

Well, I am surprised by that. It's one of the most enduring traditions of western culture.

 

Makes me wonder what would be on my list of things to do if I knew I was going to die in a month, a year, etc.
Pull of a heist?
Use Make A Wish to nail a C-level celebrity?
Epic orgy?

I know I would be the one to write my obit, and that would be fun.

 

Would you include ColdCat and your wife?

 

Terribly sad and who really can know how one would react until put in that position.

Thought it was unfortunate, though, that the doomed gal branded as "evil" those who might oppose the practice of assisted suicide (her quote in "People"). There are plenty of truly evil things in this world that don't get labeled as such by one side or the other. Some of them that ought to be consensus picks, too, but the culture is way too partisan for that.

People who for reasons of faith or belief in the sanctity of life or having slippery-slope concerns or whatever don't agree with expediting one's own departure from this life hardly qualify as "evil." Too many on both sides go too far in these strident opinions, sapping them of their strength. If these folks are evil, what is ISIS? Pedophiles?

 

Hookers and blow.

 

Good thing Brittany didn't want to play a little college basketball.

The backlash would be horrible.