Celivia, you have obviously never met an elderly person who is basically pressured to feel like they'd be better off shuffling off this mortal coil, rather than continue to be a 'burden' to their families.

It is common to read reports of old people saying they are being treated so abominably they wish they were dead.

The treatment of old people in Australia is a national disgrace. The following report has become increasingly common. These were the young children of the Depression and the adults who suffered through WW2:

Unfed and unwashed: Nursing home residents 'living in hell'
By Rosie Squires, The Sunday Telegraph May 30, 2010

'Elderly patients in nursing homes are being fed cold and inedible food, left sitting in urine and faeces and subjected to cruel and at times inhumane treatment from overworked and underresourced carers.

The Sunday Telegraph worked undercover inside two metropolitan nursing homes for three weeks and found that some of Sydney's most vulnerable citizens are being mistreated and left to die inside sterile, cold and smelly aged-care facilities.

The high-care homes - run by Bupa Care Services and Domain Principal Group and overseen by the federal Government - advertise superior aged-care offering personal support and respect for the elderly.

However, many miserable, despondent and desperately lonely residents, who pay 85 per cent of their $671.90 fortnightly pension, live in often despicable conditions and are treated with disrespect. Frail but mentally sound residents talked about being "scared", "lonely" and "waiting to die"...'

http://www.news.com.au/national/unfed-and-unwashed-nursing-home-residents-living-in-hell/story-e6frfkvr-1225872968031

Hmmm, obviously one doesn't have to go to Mumbai for confronting sights. Still, these old buggers are a burden to some and they had no right to live past 50, or was that 41 or 36? Hold on, wasn't a terminal age of 18 also mentioned?

Dear serf,

An assessment by the Productivity Office has determined that your treatment is not economically justified ,and consequent to the provisions of the Working For Health Act, no treatment can be offered to you. This leaves you with the options of becoming a beggar or checking out.

Becoming a beggar, an option chosen by many, has become more difficult due to the recent economic downturn. Whilst recent measures by the Department of Population Growth are expected to bring great improvement soon - including the One Dozen for the Country compulsory fertility program, Migration Three Million program, and the introduction of public flogging for contraceptive trafficking- it is unlikely that the improvement will come in time to save you from starvation. In light of this I would recommend to you the option of checking out.

The Checkout Free with Zyklon B initiative is still available, but the program will close soon. Under this option you can die peacefully with other patriots by choking on your own vomit in the Dying for a Better Australia communal shower. When the program ends you will still be able to participate in the Take Lead for Australia initiative, but a ballistics charge will apply for this option if negotiations with charities are unsuccessful.

A list of testimonials has been included to help you make an informed decision.

Best wishes.

The Productivity Office,
Attention: Fester,
I am interested in your kind offer but I require more information before making my final decision.
Please forward the list of testimonials as it seems to have been inadvertently omitted from your communication.
This will help me to make a more informed choice.
Yours sincerely,
Serf Proxy.

Dear Proxy,

All participants in national improvement programs are issued with post participation surveys. These will be forwarded to you when available, but I can assure you that I have generally found participants to be favourably disposed towards the program.

Regards,

Fester

Do Your Family Tree and see what averages fit in your jeanes. My family tree blows his averages to hell with a big bang. That is why you never build anything to last using averages as they tend to err on the side of the unproductive which is a poor principle to build a future on.