Rhythm Wrote:(December 14, 2016 at 12:01 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Well, my dad was in a situation where he was conscious but unable to end his life as he wanted. I don't think the portrait is as monochromatic as you're painting it, myself.
Unable or unwilling? It's as monochromatic as mortality, and no amount of making it too personal to argue will change that. Human lives are tenuous. If you're conscious, you can end it, if you aren't.......You aren't there anyway. Your father could have, but didn't. Not a judgement, a statement of fact.
I haven't heard of anyone being able to think themselves dead. Hold one's breath only works in the minds of children.
And when you're in a hospital as a quadriplegic, death is not just a matter of willpower. Questions of medical liability can and do keep doctors from enacting your own wishes.
This is not me making an appeal to personal emotions. This is me telling you what I've witnessed at the time of my father's dying. You can believe it or not. That doesn't add any heft to your point.
