tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post6261380618355210586..comments2008-11-28T20:36:20.979-08:00Wesley J. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087063614354714652wjs@wesleyjsmith.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post-55638979077350898652008-11-28T20:36:00.000-08:002008-11-28T20:36:00.000-08:00The thing that bothers me the most is that there are SO MANY OPTIONS for this woman! I mean, look, you've got Canine Companions for Independence that offer dogs to help with physical issues. You have computer programs that allow your computer to write for you by using eyeblink technology and voice command that will understand any voice (even a fading one) that it's programmed to. You've got group therapy counseling sessions to help people cope with problems and strengthen their resolve. You've got all kinds of new therapies available to help re-wire the brain and make moving easier. You've got people willing to take dictation, you've got nursing groups (some of them Christian groups) who work in the home of an individual who needs help to do tasks, to keep people company, and to help people learn new ways to do things they can't do the old way anymore. There are pain medications, music therapy, massage therapy, I mean jeez! They gave up on her life, which is a shame because I'm betting she had a lot left to offer. So what if her handwriting isn't good anymore? She was still the same woman, still plenty brilliant, and could have written a novel or seven just as easily as she had when she hand wrote, just done in a different way! Grr... what a waste. The world is a darker place without her in it, and it's made darker still by the method in which she left us.T E Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02145212330537906750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post-85250642007324382252008-11-27T04:58:00.000-08:002008-11-27T04:58:00.000-08:00Plenty of people in Europe in the 1930's found it not that difficult to mind their own business. Historywriter, do I need to tell you what happened next?Laura(southernxyl)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post-90903858148961724532008-11-26T20:47:00.000-08:002008-11-26T20:47:00.000-08:00This issue is everyone's business. Although she made a personal decision, this serves as an "case scenario" for the next. Sure, the grief and grappling [with disease] took an emotional toll on the couple but the story outlines the final act as "compassionate" rather than exposing it for what it is - suicide. Society's role is not to promote suicide. Rather it is to prevent it and ensure the proper worth of all life (including those near/at the end).Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02460116525918744864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10381465.post-45241381178295062952008-11-26T19:29:00.000-08:002008-11-26T19:29:00.000-08:00Why shudder, when all you have to do is mind your own business? Not that difficult, is it?HistoryWriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16137865918207379407noreply@blogger.com