Jack Kevorkian free-your opinion?

Question

Yes, Dr. Death is a free man. Our wonderful system of government here in Michigan is working well. And then there's the extra added value of the local news reporters trying to put the next feather in their cap by getting in his face. I have my opinions of his past deeds, but yesterday he looked very tired. Perhaps some compassion is warranted even though I am thouroughly against what he stands for. (killed 'em in the back of a van for chrissake!)
Opinions? Bring it on...

Fred T. not nice brah! I've also reported you... Get some self dignity and try again.

Answer 1

I come from a Christian background, my uncle is often a guest preacher, and I have always been taught suicide is the only one wat ticket to he//. I understand the teachings, but I have to wonder what I would do. If I had something terminal and very painful, well some people "put down" horses for broken legs... I think it should be a legal process. If somebody has no hope for surviving and the pain meds aren't helping them to be comfortable, then they should be able to make that choice themselves. If it's legal to kill your unborn child, then how can killing yourself with help be different? I have a chronic condition that causes pain often, and knowing that will not go away untill I'm old enough to have the hysterectomy (spg?) makes me feel sympathy for these people. I think the process should include councelling and meetings with a religious leader of their choosing. If a spouse or parent can "pull the plug" on someone in a coma, then people should be able to pull their own. So my point is if a doctor can assist you in killing your baby, why not yourself. But it should be done in a facility and only as the very last option!

Is it the where and how that bothers you, or the fact that it was done?

Pro-choice should not be limited to unborn people with no voice!

I hope I was able to help...
Brandy

Answer 2

He never should have been in prison to begin with. I work in a nursing home, and often see people slowly and painfully die. Those who Dr. Kevorkian helped had no possibility for recovery, but simply wanted to be spared a lot of pain and suffering.

You say compassion may be warranted. I agree, as compassion is what Dr. Kevorkian stood for.

Answer 3

i think of it somewhat is critical to no longer confuse Jack Kevorkian with assisted suicide. Jack Kevorkian believed in assisted suicide. Hitler believed in a vegetarian eating ordinary. Jack Kevorkian have been given a becoming style of strange and ethically questionable contained in the top. He wasn't only assisting terminal maximum cancers sufferers anymore. He helped depressed and senile people who weren't terminally ill. could desire to those human beings quite have given recommended consent? in case you at the instant are not mentally powerful, does it nevertheless actually matter style as suicide? He additionally tried to talk human beings into dealing with with it if that they had final minute chilly ft. He committed many, many assisted suicides, and sympathetic juries acquitted him many cases. He saved doing it, and finally a jury got here upon him in charge. absolutely everyone who opts for assisted suicide is rather selfish. You divulge the guy you ask for help to the danger of criminal prosecution and lifetime guilt. law enforcement officers and infantrymen who kill human beings contained in the line of duty robotically require counseling. There are a million the thank you to end a human existence. There could desire to be 1000's of goods at your close by drugstore that is utilized to commit suicide. For that count, handguns paintings properly. there's a appropriate to die regulation, this is called the 2d modification. in case you are able to desire to end your person existence, do it your self, and don't contain others. And fill out an organ donor card first. human beings desire help because of the fact they could't deliver themselves to do it.

Answer 4

I believe that he should have never been imprisoned. He is a humanitarian, who recognized that human life, after a certain point, can be unbearable.

The one's who harrumphed so loudly at his assisted suicide did not live with chronic pain and its dehumanizing effect. He brought dignity to people whose bodies had been broken, but were being kept alive by the lucrative American medical establishment with its exorbitant fees. Such suffering means $$ in this country.

History will judge him in a favorable light, as he isn't an evil or wretched man. You could see that on his face when he left the prison and greeted the media.

Answer 5

Personally i don't have any problems at all with what he was doing. All those people were "terminal" and should have had the right to die with some dignity and no suffering. It was inevitable that they were going to pass. Why should someone have to suffer longer just because of what someone else happens to believe in. While it may not be right for some people it should be a personal choice. "In the back of a van" would not have been necessary if it had been a legal, personal descision made without the interferance of the law.

Answer 6

Have you ever watched someone you love lay in a bed and slowly, slowly die? Have you watched someone trapped in an unresponsive or painful body? We are more compassionate with our animals than with ourselves. I watched my mother lay in a hospital bed for over a week, unable to eat, unable to drink, doped up until she passed. She was in horrible pain and all the dope did was knock her out until she came to again. Every breath was pain for her. How humane is this? Don't you realize how many doctors or family members just pull the plug? At one point the doctors told me I would be paralized from the neck down so I have put some heavy thought into living and dying on my own terms. I don't think anyone has the right to say I have to live and trust me I want to live-but on my terms and my choice. And if I ask someone to help me die, it's not your business. Nothing worse than someone that has no idea dictating morals.

Answer 7

Fred, you've been reported. Too bad you can't be removed from the Web forever.
Let Kevorkian alone. He tried to help people end their pain. He was trying to do a good thing, albeit in a strange way.

Answer 8

I'm still having a hard time understanding what purpose, sending him to prison in the first place, was served?

Answer 9

What a better World it would be if a similar fuss could be made regarding the death toll from killing in the name of God.

Answer 10

I don't think he should have ever been in jail. The people asked for his help and while it is a crime to commit murder I see people involuntarily get killed by drunk drivers. Drunk drivers seem to get a pass for what they do by our good ole' dandy government. Congrats to Dr. RIP for his release. I think it is a crime that the goverment would force people to live in agony, now that's the real crime.