This dude devoted his entire career to the democrat party. It was his religion, and there is not one single mention of God or the afterlife in that entire article. I really don't understand the thermodynamics angle and how that relates to death. It sounds like more of a mockery than anything.Quote:
This weekend, Malchow arrives in Zurich with Alex, Anne and her two sons from a previous marriage, all wearing long-sleeved yellow shirts that she had printed with U = Q + W the first law of thermodynamics, which states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed. On two separate days, Malchow has appointments with a local psychiatrist, consultations necessary before a lethal prescription can be written. Then on the morning of March 21, Hal and Anne will go to an apartment secured by Dignitas where he will be greeted by the nurse who will administer the fatal dose. (After reading that the medication is very bitter, Malchow picked out the Frango mint chocolates that will accompany it and is currently contemplating whether to pair the candy with champagne or cognac.)
tell me you didn't read the article without telling me.e=mc2 said:
Don't care. Why should you?
Not the route I would take, but watching my dad go through this, I can sort of understand the appeal of not being a burden. My dad's wife is doing her best, and she has family support, I wouldn't wish being an Alzheimer's caregiver to anyone.ABATTBQ11 said:
Well in this case, it's because Alzheimer's is a ***** and he doesn't want everyone he knows and loves to be brought down with him. For a lot of people with those kinds of degenerative diseases, they don't want to be a burden to their friends and families and they want their loved ones to remember them as they lived, not as someone who wasted away until their body finally gave up.
ETA Hell, I couldn't put my kids through that. My wife saw her great grandfather go through it, and it was pretty terrible. It really hurt everyone in her family too see him like that for years until he finally passed.
Happened to my mom. It was terrible to watch.ABATTBQ11 said:
Well in this case, it's because Alzheimer's is a ***** and he doesn't want everyone he knows and loves to be brought down with him. For a lot of people with those kinds of degenerative diseases, they don't want to be a burden to their friends and families and they want their loved ones to remember them as they lived, not as someone who wasted away until their body finally gave up.
ETA Hell, I couldn't put my kids through that. My wife saw her great grandfather go through it, and it was pretty terrible. It really hurt everyone in her family too see him like that for years until he finally passed.
BBRex said:Not the route I would take, but watching my dad go through this, I can sort of understand the appeal of not being a burden. My dad's wife is doing her best, and she has family support, I wouldn't wish being an Alzheimer's caregiver to anyone.ABATTBQ11 said:
Well in this case, it's because Alzheimer's is a ***** and he doesn't want everyone he knows and loves to be brought down with him. For a lot of people with those kinds of degenerative diseases, they don't want to be a burden to their friends and families and they want their loved ones to remember them as they lived, not as someone who wasted away until their body finally gave up.
ETA Hell, I couldn't put my kids through that. My wife saw her great grandfather go through it, and it was pretty terrible. It really hurt everyone in her family too see him like that for years until he finally passed.
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One central insight from years of Malchow's research, conducted primarily through the Voter Participation Center, is that voters respond better to dispassionate appeals from official-looking sources than glossy, colorful materials that evoke advertising.
Malchow includes a draft of a potential script that shows competing Democratic and Republican congressional candidates and their positions on straightforward policy questions like "Do you support raising taxes on people making more than $400,000 per year?" The script ends with "Now it's your turn to choose. Vote." There's no judgment about the candidate's views, no recommendation on which one is better. If appropriately targeted to voters who do not know much about the candidates or parties but are more likely to agree with the Democrat, Malchow argues, such an ad should help generate votes
And he's taking it with chocolate. Seems ****oo.rocky the dog said:
Another leftist hoax. He will take the poison but will not die. Why? Everyone knows that Swiss poison has holes in it.
Alzheimer's is hell on Earth. How do you know he's going to eternal hell?Phatbob said:
I will never understand why some people are so impatient to see what hell is like.
annie88 said:
Never heard of him, but if he was with Al Gore, couldn't be too smart.
Nah. You just couldn't resist getting in a dig at Trump. Just admit it. It's all you post about. Almost like you get paid to do it. And if you're not getting paid. what a pathetic and sad person you are. So obsessed.LMCane said:tell me you didn't read the article without telling me.e=mc2 said:
Don't care. Why should you?
It's a politics board
here we have the intersection of how to win Presidential elections,
with decisions about euthanasia,
end of life,
alzheimers policy.
yeah, why would anyone care?
ABATTBQ11 said:
Well in this case, it's because Alzheimer's is a ***** and he doesn't want everyone he knows and loves to be brought down with him. For a lot of people with those kinds of degenerative diseases, they don't want to be a burden to their friends and families and they want their loved ones to remember them as they lived, not as someone who wasted away until their body finally gave up.
ETA Hell, I couldn't put my kids through that. My wife saw her great grandfather go through it, and it was pretty terrible. It really hurt everyone in her family too see him like that for years until he finally passed.
My MIL was diagnosed with mild cognitive decline about 5 years ago, last Friday she was evaluated for Alzheimer's. She is in her mid 60's. The severity and the speed of her mental decline has been devastating to the entire extended family.ABATTBQ11 said:
Well in this case, it's because Alzheimer's is a ***** and he doesn't want everyone he knows and loves to be brought down with him. For a lot of people with those kinds of degenerative diseases, they don't want to be a burden to their friends and families and they want their loved ones to remember them as they lived, not as someone who wasted away until their body finally gave up.
ETA Hell, I couldn't put my kids through that. My wife saw her great grandfather go through it, and it was pretty terrible. It really hurt everyone in her family too see him like that for years until he finally passed.
With respect, I disagree. With alzheimers you die twice. The first time is when youre no longer you, and require 24/7 care living in a fugue state. The second is when your meatsack stops working. I have no interest in having whatever estate I have left going to line the pockets of a memory care facility instead of going to my heirs and charity while we wait for my meatsack to die. After I have died the first time, it is my express wish to be euthanized.Pro Sandy said:
Suicide, whether medically assisted or not, is extremely worse on your family.
interesting but I can think of MANY medical conditions much worse than AlzheimersCanyonAg77 said:
I think an Alzheimer's diagnosis might be the only thing that could make me contemplate suicide. The idea of draining hundreds of thousands of dollars from what my wife would need to live on, in exchange for another few years of hell on earth, would not be appealing.
IDK what the end looks like for these three illnesses but like other posters I'm watching my 87 father waste away. It's a horrible existence for the patient and family when the mind goes and the rest of the body keeps running. Until my experience I never thought dementia would be a fate worse than death - but it is.Quote:
interesting but I can think of MANY medical conditions much worse than Alzheimers
stomach cancer
ALS Lou Gehrig's Syndrome
Multiple Sclerosis
My father in law committed suicide last year. He had Schizophrenia. The last year of his life was very rough. The past year since his death, we aren't better for it. His wife suffers from nightmares every night. My wife is still struggling with it as she was on the phone with her mom when she found him. The grandkids are struggling. And I am struggling. We aren't better for his suicide.Malibu said:With respect, I disagree. With alzheimers you die twice. The first time is when youre no longer you, and require 24/7 care living in a fugue state. The second is when your meatsack stops working. I have no interest in having whatever estate I have left going to line the pockets of a memory care facility instead of going to my heirs and charity while we wait for my meatsack to die. After I have died the first time, it is my express wish to be euthanized.Pro Sandy said:
Suicide, whether medically assisted or not, is extremely worse on your family.
I have a front row seat as a conservator / guardian to a family member with dementia this year, and my wife is fully on board with this for me.
