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Train Wrecks and Being Bushwacked in the Land of Oz – Bill Peace, Danny Robert and Nadina LaSpina report on the Oz Show

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…him and discussing any accommodations to his disability. Last Friday, Bill Peace, one of the disability activists who attended the show as a “select audience member, posted a long report on his experiences in a post titled “Dr. Oz on Assisted Suicide: A Train Wreck.” Below is the opening paragraph: Last week I received an email from Stephen Drake, research analyst, for Not Dead Yet. He wrote that he and Diane Coleman might be on a syndicated telev…

Blog Recommendation: William Peace on UK “interim” Guidelines on Swiss Suicide Tourists

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…sisting family members traveling to Switzerland to commit suicide. William Peace at Bad Cripple writes that the guidelines are a slam dunk for assisted suicide: I knew the guidelines released by Keir Starmer would be a victory for advocates of assisted suicide but I had no idea just how lopsided they would be. The new guidelines that go into force today may only be interim guidelines and are subject to debate before a final version is issued next…

Bad Cripple: William Peace on the Assisted Suicide Debate, Tom Shakespeare – and Me

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Regular readers have probably come to expect periodic links to Bill Peace at his Bad Cripple Blog. His latest entry, posted on Sunday, is titled “Assisted Suicide: A Necessary but Depressing Debate.” It should come as no surprise when I strongly recommend that people who are interested in these issues read what he has to say. Part of his entry has to deal with Tom Shakespeare’s recent published support of the Falconer bill in the UK – and my crit…

More on Brignell Column From William Peace at Bad Cripple

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Just today, William Peace at Bad Cripple wrote his own thoughts in regard to Victoria Brignell’s column on assisted suicide, which I responded to yesterday. Peace takes on a different part of the essay by Brignell and provides a long analysis of some issues that triggered his own thought processes. Here’s the introduction: What I want to address is the questions Brignell posed with regard to assisted suicide and social change. Brignell points out…

Down But Not Out: Bill Peace (Bad Cripple Blog)

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Hopefully, a lot of regular readers have become familiar with Bill Peace’s Bad Cripple Blog. I think I’ve excerpted, reacted to or just plain pointed to his blog more than anyone else’s – check out this link for the NDY posts in which he’s been featured in some way. Bill’s blog went silent for almost two weeks, which is unusual. On Wednesday, he announced that he’s in the hospital with a major health problem – a pressure sore he describes as a “h…