I am glad that the High Court has denied another depressed disabled person (Tony Nicklinson) a special right to be killed.
Know what it isn't easy for some of us crips. To sympathise, I mean - Tony's attitude is quite offensive.
I am tired of the pitiful debates. I am exasperated with this dishonest man who admits denying himself a better life but blames it on his body. I agree Tony needs to see his doctor - not for a lethal injection, for some anti depression support and a kick up the proverbial about how life can get much better if he puts down his fear and self loathing and lets it.
Come on Tony! Give life a go - almost all of the rest of us manage without suicide. Try living before you throw your life away dude!
I've been asked today again to explain my position on 'assisted death' and 'assisted suicide', so here's the short version:
Nobody needs *assisting* to die - we die when our time's up.
Anyone 'assisting' someone to die (except where it is a welcome side effect of genuine medical treatment) - is helping kill someone - is breaking the law - whether the suicidal person is disabled or not.
I support the campaign against having one law permitting the killing / assisted suicides of disabled people and another law criminalizing it for everyone else. This would be an unfair and unrepresentative valuation of our lives - making us legally of much less value than anyone else. Anyone else who is suicidal gets HELP from their doctors, not a lethal injection! How would that be 'more equal'?
I respect that some people (a tiny minority of humans, mostly non-disabled) choose to end it all. Almost anyone can have a suicide if they have their independent living needs met. Almost all disabled people choose not to, although the newer ones may need to get over some grief and many of us have lived with depression. More of us are fighting for our lives than have ever killed ourselves.
The reasons for 'helping' disabled people to kill themselves are flawed and rooted in prejudice, internalised oppression, lack of independent living and scare mongering / fear about the future.
I don't want the state to sanction, action, permit or ignore the killing of disabled people, (including those experiencing mental distress and dissent) more than they already do.
For more on what I believe and why read the article here in The Independent.
And for a much more detailed piece, see here on Heresy Corner.
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He's not terminal.. he's well. That's part of what's irking him. He is deeply depressed and hates himself, and the rest of us.
Still absolutely no sympathy here (he's got bucket loads already, done nuthin for him except justify his deathly self pity which keeps him in misery).
A serious change to law would put many other disabled people in danger. Let him sort his own murderous stuff without involving the rest of us, like everyone else has to.
And yup family members do what you suggest and get away with it, some don't. It's still illegal and it's still killing someone. It's not suddenly ok if it's severely disabled people.
Thousands of disabled people fight every day for life and we get the occasional person feeling differently who thinks the entire world should change for them, despite the dangers to everyone else. If he wants to die -fine by me, but no thanks to the hateful murderous legacy he wants to leave for us. That's real nasty.
If This dude stopped resisting rehab and support he'd be able to go off and top himself without selfishly bringing someone else into it to do his dirty work. Nobody else gets that, why should he. If neat tidy self terminating is to be brought in - bring it for everyone.
Funny how unbearable and nasty the reflected disgust seems to the onlooker who thinks killing is a kindness(!) Theres been a glut of hideous offensive reports and commentary and debates from people who think disabled people's lives are worth less than everyone else's and love the opportunity to spread such hatred. It's directly harmful to our lives.
Not enough people are opposing with their views because the whole world thinks everyone is as pitiful and hopeless as this poor dude they know they will be attacked.
There has been not enough robust opposition from anyone other than religious campaigners. Some has to be seen because a lot of us feel it ferociously. And for speaking up for the right of severely disabled people - ourselves in many cases - we get told we're mean! We're speaking up for our right to preserve our own lives later on.
Irony!
Quality of life cannot get better by being dead :(
Hope to see more people speaking up about it. Or blinking up, down, wherever required.
Disabled people don't have the exclusive on suffering so why should legalising killing disabled people in particular be acceptable? (by family member? by the State? By private service providers?)
Though wabout WWII.... Having special rules that severely disabled people can be euthanised ... families sending their disabled people away to their death...... is how the Nazi holocaust started. See first bit of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfswOExe
But I think if he allows himself some independent living support when he is over the shock ofbeing in his position he probably could find a way to kill himself.
Also it makes me laugh that people call his existence a "life sentence". Like Stephen Downing and the Guildford Four got to have their wives/girlfriends and kids around them while they served theirs.
http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.p
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19
http://badcripple.blogspot.co.uk/2012/0
http://badcripple.blogspot.com/2012/0
I was supportive anonymous above Aug. 22, 11:28pm
Keep up the good fight.
I am disgusted at the way the press in general deals with this issue - also self righteous and judgemental, just in a different way, a prejudiced,deathly discriminatory way.
it is important other points of view are aired. this blog is supposed to be blunt and unappreciative. so thanks for reading and confirming it's on message and upsetting the bigots who are think some of us are lives unworthy of life.
GOOD!
Edited at 2012-08-25 03:50 pm (UTC)