In an ideal world 100% of all deaths would be by euthanasia.
Instead there are accidents, which kill prematurely.
Homicides, which steal life.
And diseases, which cripple and degrade.
I've watched three of my four grandparents suffocate to death as their organs failed, blasted out of their minds on morphine, nothing more than a collection of organs with a slowly stopping metabolism. Two of them wanted to end it, but couldn't.
I suppose the only accident, homicide, and disease that cannot be defeated given enough luck, research, and effort is the eventual tiring, erosion, and destruction of one's mind so in an ideal world that would be the single cause of death, a death brought about by euthanasia once it is detected and things are put in order.
If the religious extremists who want to impose their morals on others and the private equity firms buying up all of the hospice providers are still bribing politicians to keep people from living their lives as they see fit by the time I get there, I'll be breaking the law.
Instead there are accidents, which kill prematurely.
Homicides, which steal life.
And diseases, which cripple and degrade.
I've watched three of my four grandparents suffocate to death as their organs failed, blasted out of their minds on morphine, nothing more than a collection of organs with a slowly stopping metabolism. Two of them wanted to end it, but couldn't.
I suppose the only accident, homicide, and disease that cannot be defeated given enough luck, research, and effort is the eventual tiring, erosion, and destruction of one's mind so in an ideal world that would be the single cause of death, a death brought about by euthanasia once it is detected and things are put in order.
If the religious extremists who want to impose their morals on others and the private equity firms buying up all of the hospice providers are still bribing politicians to keep people from living their lives as they see fit by the time I get there, I'll be breaking the law.