So I came across this story today that literally broke my heart...and I simply had to share it.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40310189/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?Gt1=43001
I can't figure out which part makes me the saddest...the man having to kill his wife of 70 yrs, the wife dying, or knowing that this stupid "justice" system is going to put him through the ringer for this!
Imagine how great your love for someone has to be to take care of her through all of that, and then have to be the one to end her life because she's actually left earth a long time ago and has been stuck in a useless vessel for so long. If I were in such a vegetative state, it's hard to say if I would want to go with a BULLET to the head (I'm sure I'd prefer something more delicate like a pillow), but the sentiment was still genuine and merciful. Imagine having to spend the last 10-15 years of your life slowly deteriorating and losing pieces of your mind, your fervor, and ultimately...pieces of yourself! I could only hope that my husband would be as kind as to find a way to end my existence, if only to go out with some dignity.
But here's where it gets scary, this 86 yr old man, being a good husband for 70 yrs, now has to sit through a trial, simply because of close-minded people who only see the world in black and white. I mean honestly, after 70 yrs, he probably has no clue how to live without her, and yet he did the selfless thing in the situation and ended her suffering. Shouldn't these things count for something? He has to sit in a jail after exhausting all of his energy on the care of his wife, and receive his medication in one of the most uncomfortable places a person can hope to avoid at his age...at any age, really! Poor guy will be seen as a criminal and treated as such by the masses.
I know this topic is extremely controversial and many people feel that euthanasia is not morally permissible, and that it should be punished as a crime; but I am of a different mindset when it comes to my own life. I'm sure some will disagree, but if I have to choose between living with a loss of ALL of my faculties, and having my husband put us both of our misery, then I'll take the latter for 300 Alex.
~G
1 comment:
Wow! As sad as this situation is, it is of no surprise to me that this government would do something so cold-hearted, especially to an 86 year old man who has suffered so much. Yes, euthanasia is a very sensitive controversial topic, but the fact still remains that the vegetative individual is in fact, not fully function and is not living; the machine is making the person live. This is a special case in which an 80-something year old woman just needed to put out of her misery and her husband was smart and merciful enough to do so. ohh soo sad though
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