Dr. Death is dead
… And it appears he wasn’t even trying.
And so a despicable chapter in the story of the Culture of Death has closed. I pray he repented.
From Reuters, this morning:
Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, known as “Dr. Death” for helping more than 100 people end their lives, died early on Friday at age 83, his lawyer said.
Kevorkian died at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, where he had been hospitalized for about 2 weeks with kidney and heart problems….
In a June 2010 interview with Reuters Television, the right-to-die activist said he was afraid of death as much as anyone else and said the world had a hypocritical attitude toward voluntary euthanasia, or assisted suicide.
“Now we’ve avoided death because we don’t like death. Religion says that’s a big enemy, leave it alone. But we went beyond birth, into conception. Now we’re dabbling in that,” he said.
“If we can aid people into coming into the world, why can’t we aid them in exiting the world?”
How bizarre to compare fertility treatment with killing people. Kevorkian completely skipped over abortion. That’s more the equivalent.
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“How bizarre to compare fertility treatment with killing people.”
Well, not all that bizarre, actually, since we know that embryos are destroyed all the time through in-vitro. Plus, the “reductions” that are done when too many embryos have the nerve to survive the implantation. Fertility treatments DO end up killing people.
I agree with you. But that wasn’t the comparison he was trying to make.
Ergh… I hate situations like this. Prayers for the soul of this poor, wretched, deceived man; may God have mercy on Him, and forgive him the terrible harm he’s done through his scandal-spreading.
Wow. This makes me incredibly sad to hear of his death. He was a man who thought he was doing good but was used for so much evil… much like abortionists. I really do hope he repented before his passing. We will not know on this side of heaven though.
As a Christian, I hope all people repent in time and make it to heaven. However, as a Catholic, I like the idea of making him sweat a little in Purgatory before he gets to a better place.
Fortunately there is another Dr. Kevorkian who actually heals people. Let’s hope that someday, he will eclipse the other. In fact, I wouldn’t be suprised if there were several medical school grads named Kevorkian who do a better job of taking care of their patients than one who kills them for money.
It amazes me that he did not desire to have assisted suicide performed on him. I also pray that he had a chance to make peace with God before his death.
I agree with Sydney M 7 ninek and hope he repented before passing. So much destruction, death and difficulty. But there is always hope at the very end. I pray he took the right road.
So very, very sad. A life that could have been…
ah – but you can not help people relieve pain by hurting or killing them. Pain management is different than causing purposeful death, even if wanted.
We can help people feel better, live with less pain, but we need not kill them. That is a sin, and something we need to avoid.
We are more creative, loving and better than that. People deserve love – nothing less.
He was a pathologist, so any “healing” he did was indirect. The killing he did was hands-on.
My favorite quote about suicide is…
Life is like a movie, if you have sat through more than half of it and it has sucked the entire time, chances are it’s not going to get real good at the end to make up for the first half and nobody should be allowed stop you from walking out of the theater when you have had enough.
For me it is only sad when a young person kills themselves because they really have not given life a long enough chance yet, but if you are an adult… That is your decision to make as far as I’m concerned. Death is not to be feared, nobody gets out of it…
There are a lot of people who will continue to suffer and live in massive pain now that he is gone. Pain management is a wonderful thing but what if you no longer want to just manage pain and continue to throw your estate out the window piece by piece so that when you do finally die you leave your widow or children with a giant financial debt. I know some of you are going to say he is robbing his children of time with him but not all time is quality time. Time spent with grandpa who is in a hospital bed and who can’t communicate but is in constant pain or drugged out of their mind to manage pain. I would not want to live like that. I would not like to burden my family with watching me go through that. Some diseases end fatally in the most horrific and humiliating ways. I don’t think I would want that type of thing to be my family’s last memories of me. This is just my feelings and I would like this decision to be left up to me in the end.
One can often tell a lot about a person by his or her demeanor. The demeanor of Jack Kevorkian clearly indicated that he LIKED WATCHING PEOPLE DIE and LIKED HELPING THEM DIE. His benevolent motives were a huge smokescreen for a person who simply enjoyed taking human lives. He was a serial murderer who relished his crimes.
I found it interesting that he did not take his own method of exiting when he became ill. Instead he sought treatment and went out the natural way battling his illness. It reminded me of Saddam Hussein who encouraged others to be martyrs and when he was captured he said I want to negotiate.
Biggz says: June 3, 2011 at 6:46 pm
“For me it is only sad when a young person kills themselves because they really have not given life a long enough chance yet, but if you are an adult…
My challenge to you and your fellow travelers is to put your body wheren you mouth is.
[I notice Jumpin Jack did not do that. He clung on to life to the last beat of his heart. I wounder if he donated his body and/or his organs. Probably not.]
Practice the gospel that you preach with the zeal of a bible thumpin evangelist and dig a hole and jump in it and recycle yourself, assuming you are an adult.
Chidren should be protected, even from themselves.
But irony of ironies, in your twisted universe, if the child is too young to speak for himself/herself then she/his is fair game for execution.
Hi Denise Noe,
You sum it up very well. He enjoyed this. There was nothing “humanitarian” in his motives or actions. He offered the kidneys of one of his victims, but never said how they were removed or where they were. I have been involved in three organ procurements and it is a very precise and timed procedure, requiring special medical teams, donor and recipient preparation, and appropriate storage. One does not just remove an organ an offer it up and Kevorkian would certainly know that. Just another example of this killer’s incredible ghoulishness.
death 1. permanent cessation of all vital functions : the end of life
2. an instance of dying
fetish 1. an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion
2. a rite or cult of fetish worshipers
death fetish- [see Jack Kevorkian]
Well, not all that bizarre, actually, since we know that embryos are destroyed all the time through in-vitro. Plus, the “reductions” that are done when too many embryos have the nerve to survive the implantation. Fertility treatments DO end up killing people.
Some do and some don’t. Nobody is killed through artificial insemination, and no one is killed if, say, two embryos are made and both are implanted.
Despite the despicable things Kevorkian did, I’ve pitied him since he said that the worst day of his life was the day he was born. This was clearly a man with some very serious problems who, unfortunately, managed to inject them into medical ethics debates and society at large.
Biggz, one of the most wonderful things about life is that we have it within our power to be the author of our own “movies.” Sometimes it’s difficult and painful, but it is never impossible. I can see where a terminally ill person would want to die and put an end to their misery, but A) I would hope they wouldn’t do it and B) I think there are some inherent moral and legal issues with assisted suicide.
There are cases where it’s just plain crazy to tell the person the “shouldn’t wish to die…”
Biggz
What about those that aren’t ready to go and their departure is hastened. A lady that worked with my son her dad passed away with cancer. One day we were talking and the subject of hospice came up. This was what she told me that after her dad was diagnosed hospice at some point was called in. When hospice started taking care of her dad he was driving his truck within two weeks of their arrival he was completely bedridden. She also told me that the pharmacist was so concerned about the amount of medication being giving to her dad that they actually called her mom and told her that they didn’t agree with the amount of medicine he was being given. Having said that I’m not one bit surpised by your post. I have another scenario for you Biggz beside the one you posted. Suppose grandpa is in bed because he’s had a stroke but with physical therapy and speech therapy he’ll be able to go fishing in 8 months and his destiny was to live 30 more years. Alas unbeknowst to grandpa a few of his grandchildren have a few vices and his wife decides what she would really like is a new car. This is after euthanasia is standard practice. Before they determine grandpa has had a stroke and he’s surrounded by the pro-death crowd what do you think his chances are? I know it sounds like science fiction but when money is involved I’ve seen enough while doing private duty to know that sometimes selfishness is not defined by who you let go but by who you allow to stay.
I think he had a god complex.
My first reaction on learning of Dr. Death’s demise. “The devil got his own!”