Patients should be allowed to make their own decisions.

Vote yes on I-1000

This is the creepiest shit I've ever seen!

http://ourlivesforchrist.blogspot.com/

Don't be a hater

@11, I know my dad considered it and rejected it. He admitted it to me. He wanted to spend all the time he could with his family, but the last few days...that's when he could have used assisted suicide. Hospice is excellent and all, but not the same. Morphine versus cancer coma is a no brainer to me.

Under the present under insured population, there will always be pressure on the sick and dying and old to exit early so as "not to burden."

Fuck that shit.

Vote No.

Say what you want, but by opposing I-1000, the Catholic Church is trying to protect us all from the greed that can exist within families, in government and in our for-profit healthcare system. Vote NO I-1000.

Dominic, your friend Kim's situation is very sad. I'm sorry you had to watch her go through that. And the religious doctors' reaction highlights something important—death is often not pretty. I can see there are some legitimate reasons to oppose this initiative (although I am staunchly in favor of it) I just hope people aren't letting a fear of death and a fear of the mess that often comes with it cloud their thinking on the issue. Because initiatives like I-1000 will help us make death better for people suffering with painful, terminal illness.

One thing to remember is that nine studies of the Oregon law have concluded that NONE of these abuses have occurred in the decade the law has been on the books. Would Washington residents be so different that we breed greedy sons (notice it is always a son and not a daughter?)?

And the money issue- think about social movements people. Death with dignity laws have failed numerous times in other states for years and years. These failed attempts produced frustrated supports who want to see this movement, well, move. So they donate. Just like I donate to secure Dems in close congressional districts where I don't live. I don't see the difference.

One thing to remember is that nine studies of the Oregon law have concluded that NONE of these abuses have occurred in the decade the law has been on the books. Would Washington residents be so different that we breed greedy sons (notice it is always a son and not a daughter?)?

And the money issue- think about social movements people. Death with dignity laws have failed numerous times in other states for years and years. These failed attempts produced frustrated supports who want to see this movement, well, move. So they donate. Just like I donate to secure Dems in close congressional districts where I don't live. I don't see the difference.

Oh.

Wait.

That never happened.

"I had my first experience with public speaking on the issue last week - we couldn't find a speaker to go to Tacoma, so at the last minute I had to do it. I was so nervous, especially because the I-1000 person who I was up against was a retired oncology nurse - WAY better credentials than I could offer."

But this about the Right to LIFE people, why have someone qualified offer the best argument, we just need some "facts"...

Wake up and smell the strychnine -- anyone who has ever wanted to end it, still can. This law does not help people who want to end their own lives sooner -- those people don't need any help. Nay, rather, this law helps the busy body third parties to give them them an extra nudge, or shove, over the edge of the abyss.

Now, who would want to do that, and why? Lord Byron had the answer:

Sweet is a legacy, and passing sweet
The unexpected death of some old lady
Or gentleman of seventy years complete,
Who've made 'us youth' wait too--too long already
For an estate, or cash, or country seat, . . .

Don Juan, Canto I, st. 110 - 165

Yep, its (again & always) about $. Greedy heirs, and even greedier Health Insurance execs who can cut costs by cutting throats.

So, this noble patina of self-determination is a ruse, I1000 has it exactly backwards; what the toxically porous inititative does is take power from the self and give it to others, then lets them lie, hide, and profit. Cha ching.

The biggest problem with I-1000 is the lack of required witnesses at death. Without required witnesses, the opportunity is created for an heir or stressed out caregiver to administer the lethal dose to dad without his consent. Even if he struggled violently, who would know? With no required witnesses, I-1000 creates the prefect alibi.

Family members, of course, do this kind of thing all the time. Just last week, the Seattle PI ran a story about a mother and son who hired a hit man to off her husband. Why should we pass an initiative that rewards this type of behavior with a “get out of jail free card?”

Sadly, people commit suicide now. Let’s help insure that it’s their choice. Vote “No” on I-1000.

C@30, please see Queen @ 22, kthx.

I-1000 is the most inhuman solution to the problem at hand. That's why people of all faiths, or perhaps no faith, believe this is a bad deal. Show some real compassion and kill I-1000.