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Why do you view it as disgusting? I have a great fear of sullying my good name and burdening my family before I get out of here

giraffe_lady 2y ago
I have a family member who would be a straightforward candidate for this if they were in canada. I do not consider them a burden, nor are they "sullying their good name" by continuing to exist. It does disgust me the way you and others here speak of the possibility of becoming like them. They still find life worth living and the world is better with them in it.
- pwillia7 2y ago
  You must not have dementia in your family then -- Take that as a blessing
  - giraffe_lady 2y ago
    Simply false, I have cared for a family member with dementia. What I remember most is their fear, fear that they were dying, fear that I was there to hurt them. I could honestly reassure them that I was not, and I wouldn't give that up for anything. It's presumption and rude of you to make these assumptions about my experiences, please stop.
    - pwillia7 2y ago
      Come on -- It's not more presumptive and rude than to take another person's feelings of their own dead loved ones and mortality and call it disgusting and perverse. Please take a moment and reflect on "The Other" and the fact that we're all humans made of the same parts. I sought to ask questions and learn why your experience differed from mine. I would ask what your goals were entering into this conversation and if that's a quality you want to cultivate within yourself. Have a great weekend :)
    - pwillia7 2y ago
      I see you're not the OP that said that so I am sorry.
aristofun 2y ago
1. Its not you who started your life - its not for you to rationally decide when it’s over. It’s just a premeditated murder nothing less. Logic and ethics 101 2. Who are you to decide for your closed ones what is good for them? I sincerely wish you will have a decent loving relationship withthem so they cherish every day spent with you. No matter what is your condition.
- aristofun 2y ago
  To clarify - 1* its not even your parents philosophically speaking (they more like arranged the circumstances to allow life to happen). But if we follow same disgusting logic they have more rights to kill you and yet it is not allowed in a decent society. I wonder whyy?..
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giraffe_lady 2y ago

I have a family member who would be a straightforward candidate for this if they were in canada. I do not consider them a burden, nor are they "sullying their good name" by continuing to exist. It does disgust me the way you and others here speak of the possibility of becoming like them. They still find life worth living and the world is better with them in it.

pwillia7 2y ago
You must not have dementia in your family then -- Take that as a blessing
- giraffe_lady 2y ago
  Simply false, I have cared for a family member with dementia. What I remember most is their fear, fear that they were dying, fear that I was there to hurt them. I could honestly reassure them that I was not, and I wouldn't give that up for anything. It's presumption and rude of you to make these assumptions about my experiences, please stop.
  - pwillia7 2y ago
    Come on -- It's not more presumptive and rude than to take another person's feelings of their own dead loved ones and mortality and call it disgusting and perverse. Please take a moment and reflect on "The Other" and the fact that we're all humans made of the same parts. I sought to ask questions and learn why your experience differed from mine. I would ask what your goals were entering into this conversation and if that's a quality you want to cultivate within yourself. Have a great weekend :)
  - pwillia7 2y ago
    I see you're not the OP that said that so I am sorry.

aristofun 2y ago

1. Its not you who started your life - its not for you to rationally decide when it’s over. It’s just a premeditated murder nothing less. Logic and ethics 101 2. Who are you to decide for your closed ones what is good for them? I sincerely wish you will have a decent loving relationship withthem so they cherish every day spent with you. No matter what is your condition.

aristofun 2y ago
To clarify - 1* its not even your parents philosophically speaking (they more like arranged the circumstances to allow life to happen). But if we follow same disgusting logic they have more rights to kill you and yet it is not allowed in a decent society. I wonder whyy?..
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