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
In case you thought that the so-called “right to die” movement was limited to support for voluntary euthanasia, we have some info on related activities of two of the advisory board members of the Final Exit Network. In addition, these two FEN advisors have cosigned an appeal for donations to a defense fund for the … Continue reading Final Exit Advisory Board Members Supporters of Parents Who Kill – Or Want to Kill – Their Disabled Kids
A couple of items are needed to introduce this latest send-up from The Spoof, a web-based publication devoted to satire. First, there is a current story about a real-life couple from Britain who went to Switzerland and got “put down” together. Second, this isn’t the first time we’ve featured an article from The Spoof. In … Continue reading Satire from “The Spoof” – Brit couple go for euthanasia
Last week, there was a small burst of the “we’re kinder to animals than to humans” crap in the Australian press, courtesy of Peter Baume, a former Senator and an emeritus professor of Community Health at the University of New South Wales. Baume was part of a panel discussion on euthanasia in Sydney, Australia. The … Continue reading Reality Vs. Myths of Pet Euthanasia (Part 2)
Over the years, I’ve gotten thoroughly sick and tired of the repeated use of the myths surrounding pet euthanasia as an argument in favor of providing the same “service” for humans. The latest of these is from a column by Dr. Gifford-Jones (I guess “Dr.” is his or her first name) published in the Edmonton … Continue reading Reality Vs. Myths of Pet Euthanasia (Part 1)
