Death Can Wait - Page 11

makeup addict · ‎03-29-2010

Great post Cakers! I'm a Christian and I don't know where I stand on this. So I will just say Brittany and her family are in my prayers. She's no longer in pain and I hope her loved ones know peace about her decision and that God will be with them.

Sushismom · ‎03-09-2010

I'm glad she had the courage to go public. And I doubt she paid much attention to the bashers. Frankly, they'd be at the bottom of my list if I knew I was terminal. Not even a blip on my radar.

Autumn in NY · ‎09-22-2014

Many of her quote bashers funded her bucket list vacations and she relied heavily on social media for donations and support. She was online right before she passed away leaving a message to all who were following the story. She and the organization that videotaped her used the internet to get her message out and they were reading the comments because she acknowledged the sceptical comments in her last YouTube video.

cody2 · ‎03-19-2010

On 11/3/2014 Autumn in NY said: Many of her quote bashers funded her bucket list vacations and she relied heavily on social media for donations and support. She was online right before she passed away leaving a message to all who were following the story. She and the organization that videotaped her used the internet to get her message out and they were reading the comments because she acknowledged the sceptical comments in her last YouTube video.

If she was doing this for the money for ""vacations"" and attention...why didn't she hang around a few more years to enjoy it? The money and attention would have continued and she could have had a REALLY good time and THEN killed herself.

You honestly think this woman ended her life for the reasons you have stated here and that her family would have supported that? It is my understanding that the ""money"" was going to the organization. I might just send some money to that organization myself.

Plaid Pants · ‎11-03-2014

It's interesting that when our beloved pets are sick, and suffering, we do for them, what they can't do for themselves, even if it does break our heart to do it.

Yet, when we see a parent, sibling, child, spouse, in unending agony that leaves them writhing, and the disease is incurable, somehow, we seem to think it is "noble" that they continue to suffer. It's like people tend to "romanticize" it. "Oh, isn't it great? Isn't it wonderful, at how they are clinging on?" It's like, some people seem to think, that the greater the suffering in this life, the greater they'll be rewarded in the here-after.

No. Suffering is not "great". It is not "wonderful".

It is not "romantic" to have someone in excruciating pain 24/7. That's not "life". That's not "living".

If we wouldn't put our pets through that, then why in the world would we want our loved ones to go through it?

She made the decision that was best for HER, and her alone.

No one else has to to do what she did.

May she rest in peace, and may her family find comfort knowing that she faced her mortality on her own terms.

bikerbabe · ‎03-09-2010

For moral and ethical reasons I do not support her action but I wish peace to her and her family.

scotttie · ‎03-09-2010

On 11/3/2014 bikerbabe said: For moral and ethical reasons I do not support her action but I wish peace to her and her family.

So very well said bikerbabe. I agree.

jubilant · ‎06-10-2010

On 11/3/2014 bikerbabe said: For moral and ethical reasons I do not support her action but I wish peace to her and her family.

You said it so well, bikerbabe, and in one sentence. That's really all some of us are trying to say.

Marienkaefer2 · ‎03-09-2010

It doesn't matter whether anyone supports her decision or not. Death With Dignity was passed by the voters of Oregon in 1994 (I lived there at the time and I.voted for it.) The point is that a person has this choice if they feel they want it in these excruciating situations. If you don't want it you don't make that choice. It's personal and not depending on anyone else agreeing or supporting.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.--Marcus Tullius Cicero

jubilant · ‎06-10-2010

On 11/4/2014 Marienkaefer2 said: It doesn't matter whether anyone supports her decision or not. Death With Dignity was passed by the voters of Oregon in 1994 (I lived there at the time and I.voted for it.) The point is that a person has this choice if they feel they want it in these excruciating situations. If you don't want it you don't make that choice. It's personal and not depending on anyone else agreeing or supporting.

That is true, Marienkaefer2. I see that........ but it seemed to me the way in which the original post was made it was open for discussion and that usually involves opinions. Maybe I took it wrong. I don't agree with a lot of people on this but I still like them and will listen to their opinions in the future. I think we need not get so rattled by what other people believe. What we believe makes us all who we are! I really think that is what I would like people to understand.