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LONDON — Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had a high-flying job as a corporate manager in Dubai, where he went skydiving and bridge-climbing in his free time.

Seven years ago, he suffered a paralyzing stroke. Today he can only move his head, cannot speak and needs constant care.

And he wants to die.

To try to ensure that whoever ends his life won't be jailed, the 57-year-old Nicklinson recently asked Britain's High Court to declare that any doctor who gives him a lethal injection with his consent won't be charged with murder. This week, the court will hold its first hearing on the case.

"Most people who want to die, who are physically able to do so, can lawfully commit suicide," said Nicklinson's lawyer, Saimo Chahal.

But that's not the case for Nicklinson, who has "locked-in syndrome" — a condition in which a person's body is paralyzed but mind intact.

Under U.K. law, anyone who helps Nicklinson die could be charged with murder, even if they are carrying out his wishes. A murder charge has a mandatory life sentence, regardless of the motive or circumstances.



Don't you think he has the RIGHT to die? I do, I support him whole heartedly, after is he IS: CID



All Hail King Blam !!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46099909/ns/health-health_care/t/man-locked-in-syndrome-wants-right-die/
 
I'll be back later to comment on this article because it is a real issue for those who are caught in the middle. Sad
 
We are promised we will be given nothing on this Earth we cannot endure without Christ.

I hope mine is a quick stroke, or some twittering teen slamming me headon.

I would hate to be tested by longterm illness or paralysis.

I guess I would favor selective non-prosecution rather than a general assisted suicide law, which might open up Margret Sanger like racial/eugenics/handicapped issues.

Seems to discuss ISSUES here, with certain people, to probe oppossing viewpoints, or, even viewpoints not fully understood, with the purpose of reaching understanding, is more than certain people can take.

I never could BAAAAA like sheeple, so I come across rough to some.

I believe that, if you can imagine, PERSONAL RESONSIBILITY plays a part in certain peoples' plight.

So insensitive, I have been told.
 
I feel the same way. I'd rather go fast then die one cell at a time.

I think all views are important and thankfully so does PJ so my theory is it always works out. You should never be the sheeple as that would be a loss. Some issues are so important that they REQUIRE opposing views to get to the meat of it.

I like you just the way you are.
 
That is so tragic it hurts. I think to not give him release is to penalize him for being paralized considering (as noted) were he able, he would do it. We can't be this cruel that we decide how much may be not enough for a life already taken. Just reading about his dynamic being lets you know that this is a man who knows what he is asking.

We need to respect him enough to stop being so locked into our untested thoughts on someone else's painful reality.
 
Apparently when the "outrage of the day" is trotted out, one must howl loud enough, or, suffer the consequences.

I got a one man fan club that validates me, I don't need my ticket punched by anonymous PJ'ers.

I appreciate your post though, you not being one of the anonymous ones, but a long-timer.

Opposites can attract, or, a little conflict or misunderstanding over a triviality can set some people off.

You never know.

I like the kind of liberal that thinks liberal means tolerant, and the kind of socialist that thinks the citizen has an obligation to society that is greater than the obligation the society owes the citizen.
 
I still can't get past the idea that the time we leave is not ours to choose, nor the manner.

Again, that could change the next time I see a doctor, couldn't it?

I have had my faith tested in several ways, but, my physical health has not been one of them, yet.

I have told my doctors that should I ever get really sick, their job is to provide good dope.

I wasn't joking either.
 
St Paul said he was in a strait betwixt the two (he couldn't decide which one to choose) staying or going.

apparently, God had given him the option. But then, he wrote half the New Testament on borrowed time; they stoned him to death on one of the journeys.
 
I am not sure for me either. This subject is so personal and so horrible. Maybe that is why at this point I think I would bow to wants of the one suffering and deal with my end when I get to it.
 
Nobody likes to think of their own end, especially when you are doing great.

But, nothing lasts forever.................!
 
Don't you think he has the RIGHT to die?
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I think that anyone who chooses to die should have that right. How can it be said that we (anyone) have freedom, or free will, if the state (any state) can forbid us that right?
 
Greenridgeman said:
Nobody likes to think of their own end, especially when you are doing great.

But, nothing lasts forever.................!
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I'm not afraid to die, but am afraid to suffer like he is. I don't think this is the right thing to do but who knows until they are in this type of situation.

I always think there is hope for a cure for everything and yet he must be such a deep depression and really who wouldn't be.
 
I feel sorry for the guy, he should have the right to choose & be allowed to do what he choose's
 
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