tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post3653101606917116402..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Death with Dignity? Maybe, Maybe Not.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-58421490143353810122016-04-14T21:44:31.826-07:002016-04-14T21:44:31.826-07:00@ Alison, or, if I may, Miss "Sunni Ways.&quo...@ Alison, or, if I may, Miss "Sunni Ways." Perhaps you can tell how much I love that.<br /><br />It must have been an ordeal for your father and his family to go through ALS. I can't begin to imagine your ordeal. If memory serves, that was Sue Rodriguez' challenge. <br /><br />You speak powerfully of the essential point that a good many terminally ill don't find that they have to use the end of life drugs. It just relieves them of fear and, sometimes, terror.<br /><br />What human being believes they have some right to deny another, terminally ill, that comfort? I must stop now. I'm getting quite angry.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.<br /><br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-10274761247739010272016-04-14T21:39:53.335-07:002016-04-14T21:39:53.335-07:00@ Ottlib - wait until you start the third period o...@ Ottlib - wait until you start the third period of the great hockey game of life. Trust me, it'll help you focus.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18178159270271339012016-04-14T21:39:03.153-07:002016-04-14T21:39:03.153-07:00@ Anon. Your remarks border on the facetious. As a...@ Anon. Your remarks border on the facetious. As apparent from my remarks I agree about the deficiencies but to suggest that the Trudeau Liberals are no better than the Harper Cons on this inexcusably disingenuous. Anyone reading this blog with any regularity knows I carry no brief for Justin or his administration but I don't believe in being thuggish either. Apparently that's where you and I part company. Give him credit where it's due even if it is half-marks.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-11435433839929609312016-04-14T20:48:52.293-07:002016-04-14T20:48:52.293-07:00It's a start.
When I was staying in Portland ...It's a start. <br />When I was staying in Portland ten years ago I got interested in this because my dad had ALS. I asked a number of medical people - doctors, pharmacists - what proportion of people with the prescription actually use it. They all answered similarly - very few, but that the peace of mind the option provides is of incalculable medical benefit.<br /> Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-17110594143879088352016-04-14T19:15:27.884-07:002016-04-14T19:15:27.884-07:00This is one of those issues where very few people ...This is one of those issues where very few people will agree with what the government has proposed. <br /><br />Many are going to protest that the law does not go far enough while others are going to protest that it goes too far.<br /><br />Personally, I do not know what to think. I have been wrestling with this issue for awhile and I just cannot decide where I stand.ottlibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695135535019042279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-74268576653154436862016-04-14T19:09:19.872-07:002016-04-14T19:09:19.872-07:00Strangely, the Libs are ignoring the recommendatio...Strangely, the Libs are ignoring the recommendations of an all-party committee that looked at the issue in detail. Specifically, Bill C-14 ignores the recommendations that<br />- People diagnosed with conditions like dementia should be able to make advance requests for medical help to die, and<br />- Mature minors should have the right to choose assisted death.<br /><br />I foresee needless and costly court challenges that are likely to succeed because the Bill goes contrary to the considered recommendations of the Parliamentary committee that heard all the evidence. I'd have expected no less from Harper, but Trudeau was supposed to rely on evidence, not faith.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com