Jack kevorkian dies at age 83, was he a hero or villin?

by ☠Marz555☠ Posted 2011/06/03 13:20:53

Related Topics: Murder, Hospital, Rights, Jack Kevorkian, Prison, Copyright, Hero, Press, Kevorkian, Michigan, Detroit, suicide

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	Villin, only god says when it's time to die	2 votes	18%
	Hero, he helped many stop the suffering	9 votes	82%

DETROIT — A lawyer and friend of Jack Kevorkian says the assisted
suicide advocate has died at a Detroit-area hospital at the age of 83.

Kevorkian had been hospitalized since last month with pneumonia and kidney problems.

Morganroth
says Kevorkian was conscious Thursday night and the two spoke about
leaving the hospital and getting ready for rehabilitation.

Kevorkian
was released from a Michigan prison in 2007 after serving eight years
for second-degree murder. He claims to have assisted in at least 130
suicides.

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socokid 2011/06/03 14:18:10

Hero, he helped many stop the suffering

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Was put in prison for ending the suffering of human beings.

Hero.
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nothingUnreal 2011/06/05 16:03:24

Hero, he helped many stop the suffering

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He was a bit of a nut, but history will remember him as a hero from the frontier of moral discourse. As sentient beings, we have the capacity to plan and manage our own existence to minimize suffering. Iron age myths cannot do that, and when we rely on them to inform our lives, we waste our minds and devolve into animalism.

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☠Marz555☠ to nothing... 2011/06/05 16:13:49

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Well said, In a truly civilized society we do not wait for a fantastic deity to solve our problems.

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on and on1 2011/06/04 02:23:41

Hero, he helped many stop the suffering

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Should be more choices. I think neither. He is a man, who was a physician and may have thought he was helping those with the help they felt they needed. Nothing more, nothing less.

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☠Marz555☠ to on and on1 2011/06/04 03:36:32

Well put.

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Dave Brewster 2011/06/03 16:33:15

Hero, he helped many stop the suffering

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Would you want to be forced to cling to life even though your life had no value anymore?

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hukturn 2011/06/03 14:56:18

Hero, he helped many stop the suffering

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He only facilitated the wishes of his clients. If he hadn't done it, they would have sought an alternative means. I wouldn't call him a "hero" per se, but he was certainly no "villain". He was only a vehicle.

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Birthpangs 2011/06/03 14:52:23
☠Marz555☠ to Birthpangs 2011/06/03 14:53:42

Sure

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Estick 2011/06/03 14:37:39

Hero, he helped many stop the suffering

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He's a hero, and history will judge him as so...

I'm proud of the fact that in 1994 my state, Oregon, was the first state in the country to legalize physician assisted dying. (Oregon Death with Dignity Act)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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☠Marz555☠ to Estick 2011/06/03 14:40:57

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And you don't have to pump your own gas... Not even allowed, And then there is the lithium water fountain in Ashland, calms all the tourists down for the Shakespeare fest.

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Estick to ☠Marz555☠ 2011/06/03 15:01:38

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LOL Yeah the not pumping your own gas is so lame... I think they found chromium in the water here, but I don't drink the tap water. I don't live to far from Ashland...

huh, I just looked up Lithia Park and Lithia water on wiki, and they said "communities with lithia waters have lower suicide rates, mental hospital admissions, incidences of crimes, and arrests related to drug addictions." Sounds pretty calming!

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☠Marz555☠ to Estick 2011/06/03 15:06:12

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Maybe it's just Ashland is calming... or maybe that's why Ashland is so mellow.

Love Ashland

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socokid 2011/06/03 14:18:10

Hero, he helped many stop the suffering

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Was put in prison for ending the suffering of human beings.

Hero.

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☠Marz555☠ to socokid 2011/06/03 14:24:07

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A hero and a martyr

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Chris - The Rowdy One! #187 2011/06/03 13:48:11

Villin, only god says when it's time to die

He was a hero to statists everywhere!

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☠Marz555☠ to Chris -... 2011/06/03 13:56:31

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A hero to the people and the families who's lives he helped end.

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Chris -... to ☠Marz555☠ 2011/06/03 13:58:13

Just take a step back....collect your thoughts.....and read what you wrote again.

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☠Marz555☠ to Chris -... 2011/06/03 14:14:45

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A hero to the people and the families who's lives he helped end!

And If I was suffering for years with something like bone cancer or my child or dog.... Yes, I would first and foremost rather them not suffer in agony, just to keep them around waiting for some fantastical character to do it.

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Chris -... to ☠Marz555☠ 2011/06/03 14:45:13

Then why not just shoot them in the head?

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☠Marz555☠ to Chris -... 2011/06/03 14:47:07

Because it's really, really messy.

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Chris -... to ☠Marz555☠ 2011/06/03 15:06:01

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Oh OK.

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hukturn to Chris -... 2011/06/03 14:57:54

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And, because that is Murder 1.

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☠Marz555☠ to hukturn 2011/06/03 15:01:10

Actually it would be man-1 if you had proof that they had asked.

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Chris -... to hukturn 2011/06/03 15:07:26

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You would be correct.

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☠Marz555☠ 2011/06/03 13:23:50

Hero, he helped many stop the suffering

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Apparently God can do nothing when it comes to ending (actual) suffering or pain... maybe if you believe hard enough you can feel less guilty about all the bad crap you've done in your life... But when it comes to pain, a doctor is a hundred times better than any god.

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wwhd to ☠Marz555☠ 2011/06/03 15:12:46

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Had it been left to God, Kevorkian may likely not have been needed. In many cases it is the doctor whose vow to keep hearts beating despite quality of life that creates the situation in the first place.

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☠Marz555☠ to wwhd 2011/06/03 16:53:21

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True that

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