|
In a prescient Bill Hicks rant from "Rant in E-Minor", our dear departed hero goes off on pro-life "evil idiot annoying fucks".
He turns his attention to the logical extension of the pro-life mindset: "you're so pro-life, do me a favor: lock arms & block cemetaries." "(But) she was 96, she was hit by a bus" "There's options...get her out of that casket, get her out. she's not going. we're pro-life people; there will be no death on this planet."
I doubt Bill ever envisioned that his Rant would come to life. If he had lived to see it, he would have died of an Aneurysm yesterday.
I have seen 2 adults, my Father-in-Law of early-onset Alzheimers, and my Uncle of Meningitis, die in exactly the way that Michael Shiavo wants to let his wife die. It is a peaceful way to go. This is what Morphine was INVENTED FOR. It is the MERCIFUL thing to do. It is the CHRISTIAN thing to do.
|