[size=smaller](May as well avoid the need to move the thread and just start it in "Politics and Other Fun".)[/size]
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011 ... rkian.html]Dr. Jack Kevorkian died today at age 83. No word on whether the death was assisted.
Having watched my sister die from a long, lingering illness, and knowing that she never gave up hope, I can't say that I have any regret that Kevorkian is gone. He took that hope away from others when he gave them the option to die.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011 ... rkian.html]Dr. Jack Kevorkian died today at age 83. No word on whether the death was assisted.
Having watched my sister die from a long, lingering illness, and knowing that she never gave up hope, I can't say that I have any regret that Kevorkian is gone. He took that hope away from others when he gave them the option to die.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012