They make you hate them - they are as ubiquitous as air - fugging busy bodies

[malaise]

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/22/police-raid-pushed-academic-to-end-her-life-euthanasia-advocate-philip-nitschke
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A retired academic who was found dead in her Devon cottage on Wednesday would not have taken her own life this week had police not heavy-handedly raided her property days earlier, according to the euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke.

Prof Avril Henry, 81, took her own life using an illegally imported drug. A few days earlier police had raided her property after a tipoff from Interpol and seized half of her supply of the drug. She was a member of the voluntary euthanasia group that Nitschke founded, Exit International.
Philip Nitschke, the man who thinks we should all choose when to die
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Nitschke tore up his licence to practise medicine in his home country of Australia last year after a lengthy investigation by medical authorities into his conduct.

He said on Friday that Henry had feared it was only a matter of time before police once again raided her property and found her second stash of the drug, which she had managed to keep hidden from police in the raid.
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Why didn't they leave her in peace

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. "you are gonna live till we kill you"

seems to be the police motto, esp. here.

[2naSalit]

2. Yup..........nt

[malaise]

3. Interpol would better use its resources and time

exposing the trillions hidden from citizens by the 1%

[Warpy]

9. Yes, and wring every last drop of misery out of illness

Bastards.

The problem is how so many people are absolutely terrified of dying. Their lack of personal boundaries makes them project this fear onto other people around them. This is wrong.

[Hoppy]

4. Jesus wouldn't have wanted them to leave her in peace.

Jesus knows what's best for you. He knows when its a good day to die.

[rjsquirrel]

7. I'm gonna just bet that Interpol

is in no way motivated by religious belief.

The shit people make up around here.

[Hoppy]

10. Aw fuck. I'se sorry. I forgot to add the sarcasm emot. I didn't think anyone would need it.

[rjsquirrel]

5. Wait

She committed suicide because she was afraid she wouldn't be able to commit suicide, and the cops raided the address that received a large supply of a deadly illegal drug.

Your spin isn't working on me. I'm all for a right to die but not for a right to break the law (or if a conscientious act of civil disobedience to accept the consequences there for). She was going to commit suicide anyway so the only question is how much sooner this compelled her to do so.

The cops did nothing wrong by my account. They enforced a law that serves broader social interests, assuming you don't want the market flooded with illegal fatal drugs imported by random people.

She had enough to kill at least two people. What was supposed to happen to the rest of it after she died?

Think.

[Hoppy]

12. The problem is that suicide and especially when assisted, is illegal in most parts of the world.

I live in New Jersey. If I get badly sick tomorrow and want to avoid suffering, Christie and the religious conservatives won't pass laws to allow me to do this.

I have no choice but to break the laws.

The only good part is that I can offer up my future suffering to Jesus and Mary. That does make me feel better about the whole thing.

[passiveporcupine]

13. She had enough to kill at least two people.

Because if it doesn't work the first time...




Think!

Or she was afraid of a raid. And if she didn't have to worry about a raid, she would only have needed one dose.


The problem is this should not be illegal. When someone's quality of life had degraded to the point they will live in misery the rest of their life, they should have the option to opt out.

Period.

We have the common decency to do it for our pets.

[christx30]

6. Every group has busy bodies.

Even DU. Everyone has a something they want to ban, tax, regulate, ect. And perfectly rational, well thought out reasons for doing so. To someone, they are busy bodies.
If you disagreed with euthanasia, you'd be in favor of the police raid.

[rjsquirrel]

8. I support euthanasia but

am in favor of the police raid.

The police are not "busy bodies" for enforcing international laws (this is Interpol) against illegal traffic in toxic drugs.

Or is this lady exempt from drug laws because she's white?

Reason is your friend.

[christx30]

11. I was objecting to the use of "busy bodies"

as a pejorative in the OP. I agree that people should follow laws. I was merely pointing out that everyone has something they want to ban or regulate. To someone else, they are busy bodies. That was my point. You and I are in agreement, just coming at the same point from different angles.

[hunter]

14. Police malpractice. They should have put her in prison...

... where she would have died "naturally" or committed suicide, either in some morbidly awful way.

People who break the rules must be punished, and they must accept their punishment.


tagged bloody for the fools who think I'm serious.

I think civil disobedience is a good thing, and punishment of any sort useless and barbaric.