I watched a documentary about this case on TV last night. It was very moving but part of it made me extremely annoyed.
A disabled man visited Tony at home and made the argument against any form of assisted suicide. He arrived in his own car which he is able to drive and spoke freely about disabled people having a high quality of life.
It was obvious that he did, yet I thought it arrogant and insulting of him to say what he did when Tony cannot speak for himself and cannot do anything for himself at all.
He 'speaks' by typing one letter at a time on a special computer that makes his sentences audible. To type, he looks at a letter on a keyboard and then blinks.
Please listen to the interview in this link if you are able to access it then tell me what you think about his request.
A paralysed man who wants a doctor to be able to lawfully kill him could live for another 20 years or more of "increasing misery", a court has heard.
Tony Nicklinson, 58, from Wiltshire, has locked-in syndrome following a stroke seven years ago.
His barrister also told the High Court he is not seeking a new law to allow euthanasia, but just wanted a "remedy".
But the government is to argue that such a ruling would authorise murder.
This legal bid differs from recent right-to-die cases which have focused on assisted suicide.
continues..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18495973
A disabled man visited Tony at home and made the argument against any form of assisted suicide. He arrived in his own car which he is able to drive and spoke freely about disabled people having a high quality of life.
It was obvious that he did, yet I thought it arrogant and insulting of him to say what he did when Tony cannot speak for himself and cannot do anything for himself at all.
He 'speaks' by typing one letter at a time on a special computer that makes his sentences audible. To type, he looks at a letter on a keyboard and then blinks.
Please listen to the interview in this link if you are able to access it then tell me what you think about his request.
A paralysed man who wants a doctor to be able to lawfully kill him could live for another 20 years or more of "increasing misery", a court has heard.
Tony Nicklinson, 58, from Wiltshire, has locked-in syndrome following a stroke seven years ago.
His barrister also told the High Court he is not seeking a new law to allow euthanasia, but just wanted a "remedy".
But the government is to argue that such a ruling would authorise murder.
This legal bid differs from recent right-to-die cases which have focused on assisted suicide.
continues..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18495973
