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A Catholic who follows Rome & the Magisterium. I'm against gay "marriage", abortion, embryonic stem cell research, euthanasia, human cloning. Altar girls, Communion in the hand, Eucharistic Ministers and "Protestant" music in the Church doesn't bother me at all. A proud American retired submarine sailor. Our borders should be secured with a 10 ft. high fence topped by concertina wire with minefields out to 20 yards on both sides and an additional 10 yards filled with warning signs outside of that Let's get energy independent NOW! Back Israel to the max, stop appeasing followers of the Pedophile Prophet. Pro 2nd Amendment, pro death penalty, Repeal all hate crime legislation. Back the police unless you'd rather call a hippie when everything hits the fan. Get government out of dealing with education, childhood obesity and the enviornment. Stop using the military for sociological experiments and if we're in a war don't micromanage their every move. Kill your television, limit time on the computer and pick up a book. God's will be done and may He have mercy upon us all.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

"Culture of death" indeed!

Time Magazine Promotes Euthanasia Kits Making Sure Assisted Suicide Really Kills

by Kathryn Jean Lopez, April 21, 2009 @ LifeNews.com

"Foolproofing Suicide with Euthanasia Test Kits." The matter-of-fact headline should chill you, especially since it didn't appear in some fringe publication or advocacy magazine. It appeared in Time magazine.

"When someone with a terminal illness decides to end their life by overdosing on barbiturates, they hope the drugs will lull them into a peaceful and permanent sleep," the article began.

But if these drugs have expired or are not dosed properly, “the would-be suicide victim may actually survive,” although possibly in a coma.

Thank heavens (yes, that was sarcasm), euthanasia advocates plan “to sell barbiturate-testing kits to confirm that deadly drug cocktails are, in fact, deadly.”

The kits debut in Britain in May for $50. (Watch for their introduction here shortly thereafter, if not via conventional channels then the internet.)

The “seriously ill” don't want to mess around when they're trying to kill themselves, says Dr. Philip Nitschke. “They want to know they have the right concentration of drugs so that if they take them in the suggested way, it will provide them with a peaceful death.”

I spoke with Nitschke in 2001. At the time, he was already being referred to as Australia's “Dr. Death,” a label he was proud of: “People only start calling you names if and when you become effective.

“Someone needs to provide this knowledge, training or recourse necessary to anyone who wants it, including the depressed, the elderly bereaved (and) the troubled teen. (WTF!! Is there any such animal as an "untroubled" teen?) If we are to remain consistent and we believe that the individual has the right to dispose of their life, we should not erect artificial barriers in the way of sub-groups who don't meet our criteria.” (What's this "we" shit, white man?)

Thanks to the tireless work of Wesley J. Smith, a consumer advocate turned defender of human life, that interview has caused some trouble for Nitschke in his native Australia as he's crusaded to make euthanasia legal.

That Time magazine would consider covering a doctor who has advocated the right of troubled teenagers to kill themselves should set off all sorts of alarm bells. (No kidding!)

Nitschke is not alone. Dignitas is a euthanasia clinic that operates in Switzerland. Earlier this month, its founder, Ludwig Minelli, a human-rights lawyer, stated clearly that there should simply be no limits on suicide. “It is without conditions,” he said. “A human right is without any conditions except capacity.” (This is what happens when God is left out of public life. Just my opinion.)

If we don't question the issue of assisted suicide and its seeming acceptance as an almost casual reality by the media, we're going to realize quickly that we have moved way beyond debating extraordinary care and the legality of assisted suicide in terminal cases. They sure have at Dignitas. Mentally ill patients have been assisted in their suicides there. “Suicide is a very good possibility to escape a situation which you can't alter,” Minelli told the BBC.

What's next, an organization with centers in every city dedicated to helping end human life? (Like abortion mills?)

If this sounds like an overly dramatized slippery slope, then those who can should recall where we were about a half century ago on the issue of abortion.

Minelli is currently working to help a Canadian woman kill herself alongside her husband. George has heart disease, and she wants to avoid the heartache of losing him.

George's wife will suffer a deep and painful lose when her husband dies (naturally or otherwise). But her life will not be over. And there's something sick - verging on terminally so - about a society that instead of working to affirm life's value makes it easier to end it at any and then all stages. (Amen sister, amen.)

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