We've discussed it before, but I saw this article and thought it was pretty powerful. Gillian Bennett took her own life and used it to send a message to the Canadian government with her website deadatnoon.com
It wasn't bitter, it wasn't angry, it was very matter of fact and to the point, but powerful, non-the-less. It's about time we pass legislation to legalize doctor assisted euthanasia, imo.
Here's the article, and a few quotes.
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A B.C. woman who had feared losing herself completely to dementia killed herself Monday after publicly posting a goodbye letter online asking Canada to allow doctor-assisted suicide
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http://m.calgarysun.com/2014/08/21/b...illing-herself
http://www.deadatnoon.com/
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"I will take my life today around noon. It is time. Dementia is taking its toll and I have nearly lost myself. I have nearly lost me,"
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"I can live or vegetate for perhaps 10 years in hospital at Canada's expense, costing anywhere from $50,000 to $75,000 per year. That is only the beginning of the damage. Nurses, who thought they were embarked on a career that had great meaning, find themselves perpetually changing my diapers and reporting on the physical changes of an empty husk. It is ludicrous, wasteful and unfair."
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