Oh Lord... RIP
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blaw, do you really think I am lacking in compassion? Have I not said this is an awful situation and that I am truly saddened by this woman's plight?
Could it be that we have diametrically opposed ideas of what love in action really looks like? Could it be that I think the loving thing to do is to never give up on a person, to prevent them committing suicide at all costs? Giving up on said person and saying it's their life, their choice, their moral prerogative to end their life is not loving. It is lazy and selfish. It is the insincere friend who does not fight with all their might to save the lives of friends and loved ones. A true friend does not give up.
Miracles do not happen often, but nevertheless they do happen. I have witnessed them first hand, such as in the example of my own mother. One day she is undergoing chemo and looks 20 years older, the next week she is moving around, exercising, being her old busy self – for no apparent reason.
Even if the miracles do not happen, as is most often the case, I simply believe that it is NOT our right to take the life of another, except only in the case of justified way (read: WW2, NOT the recent travesty in Iraq). People who have lost the will to live should not be given the choice to act out of desperation. That is not love. That is neglect.
- err, in the case of justified war, I meant.gramme
- or the death penalty which you somehow can square in your head.mrdobolina
- I think assuming your ideals are 100% accurate and the one suffering needs to suck it up lacks compassion, yes.blaw