Definitely sad. But I don't fault him in the least for wanting to check out while he is still able to make that decision.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
Having watched a few of my relatives die of lingering illnesses such as Parkinson's, I do not, in any way, begrudge Sir Terry lining up this particular option.
His illness has the potential to kill him long before his body gives out.
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
I saw this very thing happen with my father. Although he had the good fortune to pass away at home among family and not in a nursing home surrounded by strangers, the disease robbed him of both his mind and his dignity. While I have philosophical problems with suicide, I likewise do not begrudge him the right to take his exit at the time of his choosing.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
My grandfather lingered for over a year, bedridden with cancer (thyroid IIRC). He passed away on Christmas Eve, while we were at midnight mass praying for him.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make
anything explode.
As I've grown older I have found my views on a lot of things both ossifying and drifting to the 'metaphysical political right'.
So, while I personally dislike the thought of Sir Terry deciding to do this, I do, however agree he totally has the right to. I may feel its wrong, but dag gum it, its HIS choice and he's not so far gone (yet) that he's no longer in 'his right mind'.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by
Echo's Children
Damn, that sucks.
Here's hoping the disease holds off on getting bad enough for him to decide to take action. I'm not sure I'd make the same choice (I've thought of writing up an advanced directive that says, "My preference is fight tooth and nail and don't give up until the body gives out," but I'm not facing anything that would hit the body like he's facing), but he's the one facing this so it's his decision not mine.
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.