I know this will probably cause some controversy with my facebook friends but I have to say - when I read about Brittany Maynards euthanasia decision, I felt the exact same way the author of this article did. I did not find her decision to be courageous or inspirational. The part that hit home was when he wrote - If you are saying that it is dignified and brave for a cancer patient to kill themselves, what are you saying about cancer patients who don’t? What about a woman who fights to the end, survives for as long as she can, and withers away slowly, in agony, until her very last breath escapes her lungs? Is that person not brave? Is that person not dignified? I thought we applaud that kind of person. I thought we admire her courage and tenacity. Sorry, you can’t advance two contradictory narratives at once. If fighting cancer is brave then it is brave PRECISELY BECAUSE she is fighting it rather than giving up and choosing death. Just sharing my opinion....
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 23:44:57 +0000
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