On March 23, the LA Times published an editorial titled Sense and suicide, which bemoaned the damage that the Final Exit Network could do to the mainstream assisted suicide movement. From that starting point, they went on to extol the virtues of legalized assisted suicide, arguing that the expansive eligibility criteria of the FEN would … Continue reading LA Times Op-Ed: “Different assisted-suicide groups, one goal”
About a month ago, I wrote two blog entries dealing with the mythology vs. the reality of pet euthanasia. It’s an important topic, since euthanasia advocates often say something along the lines of “we can put a suffering dog to sleep, but we make humans suffer.” All the variations on this theme imply that all … Continue reading Drake & Sobsey: “Let’s put this pet theory to sleep” on MercatorNet
One person has submitted a comment expressing a concern that the instructions regarding access to this blog on facebook. Since I was sloppily wrote with facebook users as my readers, I forgot that people who don’t use it might think the blog was actually moving there – which would mean only facebook users could access … Continue reading Clarification on Facebook Entry
Confession: the instructions below have been only slightly modified from an original set of instructions written by Dick Sobsey at the ICAD blog. I’ve already suggested that people who check this blog regularly should bookmark the ICAD blog. Similarly, substitute “ICAD” for “Not Dead Yet” in the instructions below and you can view ICAD easily … Continue reading Viewing Not Dead Yet – and Other Blogs – on Facebook
The Arizona Daily Star may just win the “lowest editorial standards of the year” for this year. I hope so, anyway. I’d hate to see what it would take to beat the combination of unconcern for factual accuracy and the apparent ignorance of criminal investigations in their own state. That is the only way to … Continue reading Arizona Daily Star Allows Final Exit Network Activist Free Rein in Terms of “Spin” and Outright Lies
