A Grim Handshake
Fantasy conquering author Terry Pratchett is not afraid to stand up and say exactly what he thinks about life and the universe, as has always been the case with things the man feels passionately about.
When this weeks news story broke—with the infamous author standing up for those too terminally ill to be able to take their own lives as he believes should be their basic human right—nobody was at all surprised; only days before, Kay Gilderdale, mother of long-term M.E. suffer Lynn, had been cleared of attempted murder, even after admitting assisting her daughter’s death.
And what about the papers? Suddenly every person in the world has an opinion about a subject which up until several years ago barely seemed to carry such gravity with those very people; having looked at a variety of evidence, I have come to the conclusion that these opinions are not based on only the case of Lynn Gilderdale. This is merely a good example with which to argue a certain kind of P.C. philosophy. What seems to be happening is that campaigners are overlooking the personal trauma that these poor sufferers have to endure, in favor of supporting the case that if one woman is allowed to do this, then many more may soon follow suit.
An example, if you will.
But isn’t that missing the point somehow? And can we really argue fairly without knowing all the evidence and without having to live with illnesses which we have no idea about? After all, sickness is depressing by nature. Something which people shy away from thinking about, and something which becomes skewed by the notion of what will come after.
Surely the unnecessary suffering of people is just as important as any trend which may follow, especially a trend which may prove to be utterly unfounded in years to come.
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