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Post by bear on Dec 14, 2006 2:29:38 GMT -5
Kevorkian to be paroled in June By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN, Associated Press Writer
Wed Dec 13, 6:49 PM ET
LANSING, Mich. - After more than eight years behind bars for murder, an ailing Dr. Jack Kevorkian will be paroled in June on a promise not to help anyone else commit suicide, prison officials said Wednesday.
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Post by Koinonia on Dec 14, 2006 6:55:38 GMT -5
This jackass killed several people just 3 miles from where we used to live. He's old and ready for the scrap heap now and the sooner he gets there the better off society will be. I hope he doesn't go back to his evil ways. They should have just kept him in prison til death. If he's serving 10 - 25 years, why release him after 8? His release can only bring more attention to him and his warped ideology.
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Post by mrsp on Dec 14, 2006 19:19:06 GMT -5
I don't think he should have been convicted in the first place.
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Post by shyone on Dec 14, 2006 19:29:59 GMT -5
I don't think he should have been convicted in the first place. same here. I know if I had a fatal disease and there was NO hope for a cure then I do not want to live in agony or be a financial burden to my family. That is why I have a living will.
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Post by Rusty on Dec 14, 2006 21:46:22 GMT -5
I don't think he should have been convicted in the first place. same here. I know if I had a fatal disease and there was NO hope for a cure then I do not want to live in agony or be a financial burden to my family. That is why I have a living will. Maybe he can change his agenda to something more sane like living wills,but I doubt it,this guy gets off demonstrating his murder machines.
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Post by heathenesque on Dec 15, 2006 4:32:27 GMT -5
We consider euthanasia a benevolent act when it's our pets who are suffering. Why is it different when the one suffering is a human being? Are we somehow deserving of a long, painful illness? Are we LESS worthy of a death with dignity than our pets are?
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Post by Koinonia on Dec 15, 2006 7:29:50 GMT -5
We consider euthanasia a benevolent act when it's our pets who are suffering. Why is it different when the one suffering is a human being? Are we somehow deserving of a long, painful illness? Are we LESS worthy of a death with dignity than our pets are? Because we ARE human beings and pets are animals. If someone is not feeling well or lives in pain, you don't take advantage of their misery and kill them. This guy was a psychopath. He was attention starved. He was a mentally sick individual. I saw the little dip at a store once and was almost ready to punch his face in. The criminal system did it for me.
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Post by mrsp on Dec 15, 2006 10:35:53 GMT -5
[If someone is not feeling well or lives in pain, you don't take advantage of their misery and kill them. I agree no one should kill someone just because someone is terminal. But, as in all the cases Kavorkian was involved in, an individual wants to die and asks for assistance, I do not think the person providing the means should be charged as a criminal. It is doing the terminal person's wishes.
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Post by bizzalou on Dec 15, 2006 10:59:24 GMT -5
I've always been in a quandry over how I feel about his incarceration. He never killed anyone who didn't wish for his assistance in dying. But....While what he did might not should have been considered "illegal", I do believe it was immoral, and I will say that it is due to my religious beliefs. The way I feel about it is...if I were suffering long from a terminal illness, and that illness, and the way in which I accepted it were God's test for my salvation, what am I doing by ending my own life before he would? I hope that I would be strong enough in my faith, even in that kind of pain, to continue to let his will be done. Again...that is my belief, based on my faith. Others feel differently, and I respect that. While I can see the parallel that some try to draw with how we euthanize our pets who suffer...I offer this...again, based on my faith, we were made in God's image - animals were not. Animals were given to man, and placed in charge of them by God. I believe that because of this, the decision to end the suffering of an animal is not immoral - because it was left to man by God to decide. Just my perspective on the subject....
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Post by shyone on Dec 15, 2006 11:17:16 GMT -5
We consider euthanasia a benevolent act when it's our pets who are suffering. Why is it different when the one suffering is a human being? Are we somehow deserving of a long, painful illness? Are we LESS worthy of a death with dignity than our pets are? Because we ARE human beings and pets are animals. If someone is not feeling well or lives in pain, you don't take advantage of their misery and kill them. This guy was a psychopath. He was attention starved. He was a mentally sick individual. I saw the little dip at a store once and was almost ready to punch his face in. The criminal system did it for me. we are animals too and I don't see the difference in what a persons wishes are. If they are terminal and there is NO chance for recovery then I do not see anything wrong with it. By saying that pets or such is different then human I don't see a difference, we are both breathing living creatures with souls.
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Post by Sauerkraut on Dec 15, 2006 11:19:23 GMT -5
I've always been in a quandry over how I feel about his incarceration. He never killed anyone who didn't wish for his assistance in dying. But....While what he did might not should have been considered "illegal", I do believe it was immoral, and I will say that it is due to my religious beliefs. The way I feel about it is...if I were suffering long from a terminal illness, and that illness, and the way in which I accepted it were God's test for my salvation, what am I doing by ending my own life before he would? I hope that I would be strong enough in my faith, even in that kind of pain, to continue to let his will be done. Again...that is my belief, based on my faith. Others feel differently, and I respect that. While I can see the parallel that some try to draw with how we euthanize our pets who suffer...I offer this...again, based on my faith, we were made in God's image - animals were not. Animals were given to man, and placed in charge of them by God. I believe that because of this, the decision to end the suffering of an animal is not immoral - because it was left to man by God to decide. Just my perspective on the subject.... Very good points Bizz, it's just like when a terminal ill person uses pot to help control the pain it's a felony. We have very goofy laws. I think the killing of Terry Schervo was very wrong they pulled her feeding tube and let her starve to death and then they said "it's a peaceful way to die you just fade away" That was unreal. If starving is good and wonderful why do we send aid to poor starving nations?
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Post by Sauerkraut on Dec 15, 2006 11:22:23 GMT -5
Because we ARE human beings and pets are animals. If someone is not feeling well or lives in pain, you don't take advantage of their misery and kill them. This guy was a psychopath. He was attention starved. He was a mentally sick individual. I saw the little dip at a store once and was almost ready to punch his face in. The criminal system did it for me. we are animals too and I don't see the difference in what a persons wishes are. If they are terminal and there is NO chance for recovery then I do not see anything wrong with it. By saying that pets or such is different then human I don't see a difference, we are both breathing living creatures with souls. Animals are NOT people. They do not have souls, they cannot think & reason. An animal does not know that one day it will die, people do know that, they know that they will be no more one day. An animal just takes one day at a time as lives according to it's instint. They cannot think or reason. I find it insulting to place people and animals on the same level. Even the bible sez we are above all creatures of the earth.
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Post by heathenesque on Dec 15, 2006 11:22:53 GMT -5
We consider euthanasia a benevolent act when it's our pets who are suffering. Why is it different when the one suffering is a human being? Are we somehow deserving of a long, painful illness? Are we LESS worthy of a death with dignity than our pets are? Because we ARE human beings and pets are animals. If someone is not feeling well or lives in pain, you don't take advantage of their misery and kill them. This guy was a psychopath. He was attention starved. He was a mentally sick individual. I saw the little dip at a store once and was almost ready to punch his face in. The criminal system did it for me. Every last one of the people he helped to die were the ones requesting the assistance. Where do you get the right to take THAT decision away from someone? I pray to whatever diety is watching over me that if I am ever in that position, that NO ONE comes along and take that choice away from me. Contrary to those who have condemned me to Hell, I am NOT an evil person, and do not deserve that kind of torture.
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Post by bizzalou on Dec 15, 2006 11:26:44 GMT -5
we are animals too and I don't see the difference in what a persons wishes are. If they are terminal and there is NO chance for recovery then I do not see anything wrong with it. By saying that pets or such is different then human I don't see a difference, we are both breathing living creatures with souls. Animals are NOT people. They do not have souls, they cannot think & reason. An animal does not know that one day it will die, people do know that, they know that they will be no more one day. An animal just takes one day at a time as lives according to it's instint. They cannot think or reason. I find it insulting to place people and animals on the same level. Even the bible sez we are above all creatures of the earth. Lord is it possible that I actually agree with a whole posts of yours? I'm marking my calendar! ;D
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Post by heathenesque on Dec 15, 2006 11:32:50 GMT -5
Animals are NOT people. They do not have souls, they cannot think & reason. An animal does not know that one day it will die, people do know that, they know that they will be no more one day. An animal just takes one day at a time as lives according to it's instint. They cannot think or reason. I find it insulting to place people and animals on the same level. Even the bible sez we are above all creatures of the earth. No, animals are not people, but how do we define what is the soul? How do we know animals don't have souls? How do we know that we DO?
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