Thoughts Spawned By Millets Thread / Why Are People Not Allowed To Die Anymore?

[Tiercel 6,986]

Reading Millets thread it stuck me that we have simular backgrounds. My father died @ 42 when I was 12 and my mother died @ 42 when I was 17. Most people would say hard luck and I honestly think they would be right.

 

One thing it did teach me at a young age is that life is not permenant, were born, we live, we die. The numbers of years inbetween are really irrelevant.

 

The purpose of being on this earth is to propegate the spiecies, once we have done that we are superfluous to requirements. Once you have raised your kids and they have produced offspring then your job is done.

 

There was an old lady living down the road from us, she had advanced lung cancer and was in considerable pain even with the stint. She took a turn for the worst and died in her house, Yet, paramedics arrived and revived her. She survived another 10 days on a ventilator in hospital.

 

The problem with this country is that no-one is allowed to die anymore. You have to be kept alive at all costs. Yes it's sad to lose a loved one, but, you get over or rather learn to live with it. It does seem if people do not like to be reminded of their own mortality. It seems to me that all the big drug companies know this and bring out life prolonging drugs as they know they will sell, ( no matter what quality of life the user has as long as it is prolonged.)

 

Of course this is just my opinion and I am sure that there are people who will say that life should be preserved at any cost. To those of you that think like that. Sometimes death is a welcomed release from constant pain. It is nothing to be afraid of and sometimes it is to be embraced.

 

TC

Edited February 8, 2013 by tiercel

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Good post that Tiercel. I also lost my mother when i was young, her body was falling apart and left her unable to do basic things including eat a warm meal. I'll never get over loosing her. but at times i bet even she wanted the end to come.

 

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[Halfinch 51]

Glad you explained what you went through, it makes your opinion VERY valid, I'm lucky i still have both my parents at the ripe old age of 44, (me, not them)

 

But i totally agree with your sentiments on prolonging life, always have since my Grandad died an undignified death, because the powers that be wouldn't let him go.

 

What a strange country we live in that has an organisation with the Queens name attached to it killing animals left right and centre, and prosecuting people for trying to prolong their pet companions life, yet will let people watch their loved ones suffer a prolonged and sometimes painful death because they say that all life is precious.

 

Of course all life is precious, but as i well know, there is a time to let go.

 

Thanks for posting this, it is something close to my heart.

[BOLIO1 1,078]

I'm right with you Tiercel, I lost my dad, my best friend, my hero.... to suicide when I was 16 and he was just 46. I've just added a link to a Chet Atkins video on the guitar thread and there's a song toward the end that always brings a tear even after 43 years.

[Ratreeper 441]

My mum died when i was 6 of cancer, my dad had a kidney out for cancer but then it spread and he went back for major surgery and was in the IC unit for 10 weeks. I visited a lot thinking 'why do I bother coming to see a vegetable?' and thought it would just be kinder to let him die then face the future he would have after everything. Turned out I was wrong and 4 years later has a normal life, so I understand why some people are overly optimistic and hopeful sometimes but I agree that people need to be able to die, especially witht he population as it is.

[Ideation 8,217]

Looking at it another way as well, by prolonging the lives of individuals we are probably shortening the life of the species.

[baw 4,360]

They have to preserve life, it's the law. Yes it would be good to make exceptions in some cases but unfortunately someone will take advantage of it for financial gain. Someone who is going to gain heritance or life insurance wanting someone to die early for example. Even doctors can't be trusted, look at Harold Shipman. So the law states preserve life where it can till the bitter end to eradicate doubt. It's a shitty state of affairs but its humans greed that causes it unfortunately.