The Spoof is a web publication specializing in satire and humor. Quality-wise, I’ve found it to be kind of hit-and-miss, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Edgy humor can sometimes miss the mark – or at least end up not hitting everyone who reads it as funny.
Spoof writer MonkeyInTheBath decided last year’s seemingly never-ending stories about elderly, ill and disabled Brits going on one-way Swiss suicide trips were overdue for some satirical treatment:
A man was killed by his family because they believed he wanted euthanasia to end his suffering.
Mr Dan Kilmeov was taken by his family to a clinic Switzerland where doctors administered life-ending medicine, more commonly known as poison.
It is thought that Mr Kilmeov’s wife misinterpreted a comment he made, when he said “Oh, I could die for a curry right now”. Mrs Kilmeov immediately booked flights to Switzerland and had her husband killed. She had help from the euthanasia promotions company, DignityMyAss.
There’s more to the article, but you should go read the rest of it here.
This article was published in early December. I can’t wait to see if MonkeyInTheBath or some other Spoof writer tackles the latest about the accusations of profiteering leveled against Dignitas (aka “DignityMyAss”). –Stephen Drake