TAW122
Emissary of the right to die.
- Aug 30, 2018
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This is something that I've realized in the past and various times whenever I hear about CTB prevention and similar spiel that is spewed by anti-choicers and CTB preventionists, that is the conclusion that I've arrived at. In this thread, I will elaborate and breakdown the conclusion in detail as well as give an example to highlight what I mean by this. While this may be preaching to the SaSu choir, but it seems like a recurring and common theme (even a common argument that existentialgoof makes in most of his arguments), but cannot be ignored or stated enough. As long as we continue to face this common problem, this is a recurring theme and is relevant to our daily struggles to find peace.
What do I mean by the title and the conclusion? To put it simply, what this means is that anti-choicers and CTB preventionists often don't want to deal with our problems or our plights (that causes us to want to CTB), which is understandable and they want us out of sight and out of mind. But at the same time, they want to interfere, obstruct, or otherwise impinge on our right to die by making it hard for us to access them, which results in us having to plan and act in secrecy, through deception, and even take risky methods (especially when they heavily restrict or otherwise ban peaceful means to exit). The irony is that if pro-lifers don't want to deal with us, we can 'disappear' (preferably peacefully) but even then they won't allow that, especially if they have knowledge that one wishes to exit on one's own terms (CTB).
For example, someone who has suffered throughout their whole life and their problems are often dismissed, downplayed, misconstrued, misunderstood, and more, then when said person were to open up or bring up the problems hoping to find a solution (assuming one is to be found), said person is then shut down and then dismissed. Yet, when the same said person wants to CTB and said people (the same people that dismissed said person), they come out of the woodwork as 'heroes' and actively try to prevent, interfere, impinge on the sufferer's liberties and plans to exit suffering.
All in all, it's hypocrisy on the surface, but in reality, it's that they don't want the responsibility and burden of trying to solve the person whose suffering problems, yet they have some atavistic moral (the sanctity of life) that they don't want to be challenged or even brought to bear, therefore, they want to impose and project their values and will onto those who don't share the same values as they. Yes, one could consider the anti-choicers and CTB preventionists as cruel and sadistic people and one wouldn't be wrong in that context. So in the end, unless there is change towards the attitude and value of life (which sadly isn't going to happen anytime soon, especially as long as religion remains a relevant influence and factor in many people's belief and value system), this kind of mentality and attitude continues to persist, causing us to suffer and have to act in secrecy.
What do I mean by the title and the conclusion? To put it simply, what this means is that anti-choicers and CTB preventionists often don't want to deal with our problems or our plights (that causes us to want to CTB), which is understandable and they want us out of sight and out of mind. But at the same time, they want to interfere, obstruct, or otherwise impinge on our right to die by making it hard for us to access them, which results in us having to plan and act in secrecy, through deception, and even take risky methods (especially when they heavily restrict or otherwise ban peaceful means to exit). The irony is that if pro-lifers don't want to deal with us, we can 'disappear' (preferably peacefully) but even then they won't allow that, especially if they have knowledge that one wishes to exit on one's own terms (CTB).
For example, someone who has suffered throughout their whole life and their problems are often dismissed, downplayed, misconstrued, misunderstood, and more, then when said person were to open up or bring up the problems hoping to find a solution (assuming one is to be found), said person is then shut down and then dismissed. Yet, when the same said person wants to CTB and said people (the same people that dismissed said person), they come out of the woodwork as 'heroes' and actively try to prevent, interfere, impinge on the sufferer's liberties and plans to exit suffering.
All in all, it's hypocrisy on the surface, but in reality, it's that they don't want the responsibility and burden of trying to solve the person whose suffering problems, yet they have some atavistic moral (the sanctity of life) that they don't want to be challenged or even brought to bear, therefore, they want to impose and project their values and will onto those who don't share the same values as they. Yes, one could consider the anti-choicers and CTB preventionists as cruel and sadistic people and one wouldn't be wrong in that context. So in the end, unless there is change towards the attitude and value of life (which sadly isn't going to happen anytime soon, especially as long as religion remains a relevant influence and factor in many people's belief and value system), this kind of mentality and attitude continues to persist, causing us to suffer and have to act in secrecy.
