• :( - Quadriplegic starved herself over two months
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[B]A woman who starved herself to death over two months, six years after an accident left her a quadriplegic, wanted to stop being a burden on her family and allow her former boyfriend to move on.[/B] Christina Symanski, from Linden in New Jersey, was 24 when she dived into a shallow pool during a party at her aunt's house on June 4, 2005, and was left paralysed from the shoulders down, the Star Ledgerreports. The art teacher had only six months before started a relationship with the love of her life. Over the following years Ms Symanski did her best to deal with the situation — learning to paint with her mouth and detailing her struggles on her blog Life; Paralyzed. In the posts she revealed her father and step-mother blamed her for the accident and for becoming a burden and restricted who she could see. She also blogged about her boyfriend, Jimmy Morganti, and how they broke up six months after the accident. "I knew the reality that I might never get better," Ms Symanski wrote. "I couldn't handle the thought of sentencing Jimmy to the hell that had become my life. "Every moment we had spent together that I was paralyzed, all we could do was cry. Every second killed me. I wanted a better life than I could give to him, for him. "I loved him too much to be selfish. I had to let him go, even if it killed me, and that's exactly what I did." But having to rely so much on others and suffering from associated physical problems ranging from agonising phantom pains to bedsores, she eventually chose to end her own life. In a blog post uploaded by a friend after her death she said: "It's hard for my loved ones to accept, but I feel like my life has come to a point where just living equates to physical and emotional suffering." After researching euthanasia she decided to follow the example of another quadriplegic she had met at a nursing home who died two weeks after stopping eating. However unlike him, she lived on for two months after her last meal of sausage stuffing with walnuts, only drinking sips of water and not taking medication. The 31-year-old died on December 1, 2011, after slipping into a coma. She had previously said she wanted to be cremated and her ashes mixed with fireworks to be let off on the fourth of July — her birthday. Mr Morganti, who spent time with Ms Symanski as a friend in her final months, told the Star Ledger he never got over her. "I couldn't," he said. "I don’t know, maybe now I can. "I think that’s what Christina wanted for me. I think she believed that, by dying, she was letting me live." [URL]http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8420733/quadriplegic-starved-herself-over-two-months[/URL]
Sucks that she got paralyzed for a relatively minor accident
Is this even possible
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[QUOTE=Adarrek;34724387]Is this even possible[/QUOTE] Well she proved it can be done.
Fuck the religious right and their "sancity of life" bullshit. If you don't agree with euthanasia then don't use it. Don't deny it to other people who have an unbearable life
Someone tell me again why Euthanasia should be illegal when you have cases like this. She fucking starved herself to death.
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;34724574]Someone tell me again why Euthanasia should be illegal when you have cases like this. She fucking starved herself to death.[/QUOTE] Because of the potential for families to pressure disabled members into getting euthanised.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;34724620]Because of the potential for families to pressure disabled members into getting euthanised.[/QUOTE] yup because if assisted suicide schemes were put in place there wouldn't be millions of checks to prevent that sort of coercion!
This is truly saddening.
of course in this instance one would expect that it would be denied the question is why didn't anyone notice?
This is so sad, to have your life ruined and to feel starving yourself to death is a better option than living in your condition. Poor girl.
[quote]suffering from associated physical problems ranging from agonising phantom pains to bedsores[/quote] That's a more reasonable reason for suicide, if evaluated over a longer period of time phantom pain sucks
Reminds me of Johnny Got His Gun in an odd way. Makes Euthenasia much less clear cut to me than it used to be.
[QUOTE=Contag;34724645]yup because if assisted suicide schemes were put in place there wouldn't be millions of checks to prevent that sort of coercion![/QUOTE] But you're creating a system where it could become socially expected not to be a burden, 30 years down the line. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/euthanasia/against/against_1.shtml#h10[/url] There are many more potential issues as well. (Not that I disagree with the right to die, just playing devils advocate)
This is why requested euthanasia for terminal/paralyzed people should be legal.
[QUOTE=Contag;34724661]of course in this instance one would expect that it would be denied the question is why didn't anyone notice?[/QUOTE] Uhh, why would it be denied in this instance?
[img]http://www.latentexistence.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EnthanasiePropaganda.jpg[/img] Good riddance. [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Gimmick" - Swebonny))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=NoDachi;34724706]But you're creating a system where it could become socially expected not to be a burden, 30 years down the line. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/euthanasia/against/against_1.shtml#h10[/url] There are many more potential issues as well. (Not that I disagree with the right to die, just playing devils advocate)[/QUOTE] Nice slippery slope there We allow people to be subtly pressured into any other situation regarding consent It's also equally conceivable that people will pressure others into not ending their lives [editline]17th February 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=download;34724738]Uhh, why would it be denied in this instance?[/QUOTE] To ensure that it wasn't primarily due the boyfriend. Well, not denied, but obviously sent to other resources first
I feel like shit now.
[QUOTE=Contag;34724791]Nice slippery slope there We allow people to be subtly pressured into any other situation regarding consent It's also equally conceivable that people will pressure others into not ending their lives[/QUOTE] I just thought it was a bit of a joke that you actually thought we could devise a foolproof system, and there wouldn't be potential problems. I'm sure there are millions of checks to prevent innocent people being killed on death row. But hey.
[QUOTE=NoDachi;34724836]I just thought it was a bit of a joke that you actually thought we could devise a foolproof system, and there wouldn't be potential problems. I'm sure there are millions of checks to prevent innocent people being killed on death row. But hey.[/QUOTE] ? Are you seriously fucking equating killing prisoners to regulating what people have been doing since forever? I'm not sure how many death row inmates volunteered to be caught, convicted and executed (unless they were trying for suicide by cop, which [B]lo and fucking behold[/B] is also mitigated against with suicide regulation) At what point did I even say that [quote]we could devise a foolproof system, and there wouldn't be potential problems[/quote]? I said being pressured isn't an issue.
[QUOTE=Contag;34724896]I said being pressured isn't an issue.[/QUOTE] But you've never really said why it isn't an issue. You've only suggested that it's okay because an equal amount of people would be pressured into not killing themselves to balance those who were.
[QUOTE=Novangel;34724818]I feel like shit now.[/QUOTE] Same here. Let's all appreciate life and what we got. This just made me sad.
[QUOTE=Contag;34724896]I'm not sure how many death row inmates volunteered to be caught, convicted and executed (unless they were trying for suicide by cop, which [B]lo and fucking behold[/B] is also mitigated against with suicide regulation)[/QUOTE] Ever heard of an Alford Plea? I think the current record is 17 guilty deathrow pleas that were later found out to be innocent.
[QUOTE=NoDachi;34724929]But you've never really said why it isn't an issue. You've only suggested that it's okay because an equal amount of people would be pressured into not killing themselves to balance those who were.[/QUOTE] Or you could read, and notice the bit before that, about how we allow people to make choices despite motivations in virtually every other sector of life. What right do I have to decide what motivations are legitimate or not? In terms of financial burden, care should be free from the state. [editline]17th February 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=NoDachi;34724989]Ever heard of an Alford Plea? I think the current record is 17 guilty deathrow pleas that were later found out to be innocent.[/QUOTE] And? What is your point? "Assisted suicide should be illegal because the justice system of the United States is tremendously flawed!" What the fuck are you even doing? Quit with the bloody shit posting I think there's a pretty clear fucking difference between "We're pretty sure that prisoner XYZ did that" and "I want to die" Do you get that? Do you understand that they are manifestly incomparable situations?
[QUOTE=Contag;34725024]And? What is your point? "Assisted suicide should be illegal because the justice system of the United States is tremendously flawed!" What the fuck are you even doing? Quit with the bloody shit posting I think there's a pretty clear fucking difference between "We're pretty sure that prisoner XYZ did that" and "I want to die" Do you get that? Do you understand that they are manifestly incomparable situations?[/QUOTE] My point is. We try so hard to make a complex system fault free. Yet here it is, murdering innocent people. And you're arguing that we can miraculously make another system that isn't flawed. My point ends there. Stop labouring it.
[QUOTE=AllNamesTaken;34724743][img]http://www.latentexistence.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EnthanasiePropaganda.jpg[/img] Good riddance.[/QUOTE] [img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls5ogamLV71qdvsyk.gif[/img] How would you like to be her? Seriously, can you get any more untasteful? [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Stupid reaction picture" - Swebonny))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Contag;34725024]What right do I have to decide what motivations are legitimate or not? [/QUOTE] Exactly my point. It's impossible. I support the right to chose. But how can you possibly say there are no potential problems?
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