tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762973281804900132.post4735379858232961609..comments2019-12-21T17:29:47.466-08:00Comments on A Thought of Her Own: Carol Carr and Huntington's DiseaseCCKlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01595435875402929138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762973281804900132.post-29171050863173040342013-05-26T15:47:12.220-07:002013-05-26T15:47:12.220-07:00Good to see you again, Safepres.
I realize that ...Good to see you again, Safepres. <br /><br />I realize that this case was based around "assisted suicide", but I have a hard time calling it as such. I think I agree with the lead detective when he described these deaths as mercy killings. <br /><br />I didn't follow this case as it happened. In fact, I didn't hear about it until years later (and it happened in my own state), but I do not believe that Carol Carr did this with malicious intent. Whether she just snapped or she intended to go in that day to end the lives of her sons, I think she did it out of love.CCKlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595435875402929138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762973281804900132.post-88194530654878364082013-05-26T15:12:48.386-07:002013-05-26T15:12:48.386-07:00Well, this "they" staunchly opposes all ...Well, this "they" staunchly opposes all forms of assisted suicide. That doesn't mean I don't have sympathy for Carol Carr, at least insofar as she appeared on a security tape, weeping hysterically and begging the police to kill her. However, I continue to feel that this action was wrong. (I first became aware of the case via an MSNBC broadcast that I feel was very biased in favor of euthanasia, and in addition to thinking her actions were wrong, I don't buy that she wasn't planning to kill her sons-she said that she carried the gun around for protection and that she just snapped-I think that she was planning to do what she did.<br /><br />In any case, I often feel that people who support assisted suicide do not adequately consider its potential impact on the severely disabled or the intersection of disability identity with other oppressed identities, such as race, economics, etc. Assisted suicide is dangerous to the disenfranchised, who deserve all the services they need to *LIVE WITH DIGNITY.*Safepreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413820592803882296noreply@blogger.com