Awhile back,my sister asked me about euthanasia (for those of you who don't know what this means, click here :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia#Euthanasia_and_religion ) because of a project she needed to work on.And so we got to discussing about the issue.I remember in Primary 6,my teacher started up a debate about this same issue,for or against euthanasia.My stand remains the same as it did 5 years ago : I'm pro-euthanasia.Now I know not everyone would agree with me,some might get downright disgusted even but everyone's entitled to his or her own opinion and this is mine.I don't expect anyone to agree with me or tell me that I'm right but I don't expect anyone to tell me that I'm wrong either.My reasoning is simple,I would just like to have the option of choosing when I get to die and not have someone else make that decision for me.If say,I get into an accident and I'm lying comatose on a hospital bed with no chance of me ever waking up,I'd rather get taken off life support and die.What's the point of holding on when there's nothing to hold on to or live for?If we're talking practically,I'd be draining my family financially and if we're talking emotionally,I'd be draining my family and friends emotion-wise.If we're talking morals and ethics,my decision would be severely frowned upon because really,technically,by getting my family/friends to take me off life support,I'd be making someone kill me.But it all comes down to this,in my opinion actually,if I were in constant pain every waking minute of every waking day and there's no chance of me getting better,I'd like to know that I have the option of ending it and not having to go through it any longer.Whether I have the guts to go through with euthanasia or not is a different story of course,I just want to know that I have that option.That should I choose to end my life instead of prolonging my suffering,I can do so and my decision would be respected,it might not be understood but it would be respected.Of course if the situation was different,if it weren't me but someone I love who lay suffering on a hospital bed,I wouldn't want to let go of him/her.But it would be selfish of me to make him/her stay alive just so I wouldn't have to lose a loved one.As much as I'd hate it and as difficult as it would be to let go,I'd respect his/her decision to die because truth be told,I wouldn't want him/her to be in constant pain either.The debate on euthanasia is ongoing and is hardly going to be resolved as long as people have different stands about it.It's morally and in some cases,religiously wrong some would say.Others would say it's a matter of personal rights.Whatever the case,my stand is clear : I support euthanasia.Just as I have the right to live,I'd like to have the right to die.That being said,that's all I want to say on this subject.
On a lighter,less morbid note,read this :
tenderlointales.tumblr.com/post/172831139/this-is-fucking-it-you-are-in-love-with-me.
Strong words but I like the way it's put.Some people know just exactly what to say and how to say it.Somehow,they're able to find the right words to say what they want to.I wish I had that ability.