Mercy killing
By reckon21
@reckon21 (3477)
Philippines
July 22, 2008 4:39am CST
I heard that other countries practiced mercy killings.
It is the practical way or the painful way of facing the
truth? Others might say, why let the patient and the family
suffer for paying hospital bills? Some would say, let the family
decide which to prefer, the painful way or the practical way of
accepting the reality of life. Why prolong the agony? or it is the
last chance to be with your love one for the last time giving
him /her special treatment and unconditional love, one hundred
percent sure, he/she will rest in peace.
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3 responses
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
25 Jul 08
I think it is a very hard thing for the family to decided, but in the end if there is no hope, why should the poor person suffer? The only reason people are against it is because they hold out for hope and pray. I don't think a person should suffer. It is the living who will feel the worst and grive for their loss. But the person who is suffering will be put out of their misery and pain..
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@Lavender_Breeze (373)
• United States
24 Jul 08
I think there is a big difference between a 'mercy killing' and letting a person go when there is no hope. Typically, when a family is faced with the prospect of stopping life support, there is no hope of a cure, no hope of recovery. It's either let the person go or keep them alive with machines. I don't think of that as 'mercy killing.' I think of that as facing the inevitable.
Mercy killing, to me, would be someone deciding that the person in question is in too much pain taking their life without regard to what the person might want, or what cures or recoveries might be on the horizon.
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@lyzabelle (1668)
• Philippines
22 Jul 08
[b]It's hard to think about it.
Because I'm not in the situation yet.
If ever it will happen to one of my
family or relatives. I don't want my
family to suffer in pain. Maybe mercy
killing is the best option for me.Only
if that certain memeber of my family
agree with it.[/b]
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