What ever happened to allow freedom of choice for the individual to do with their life as they see fit?.

Those with religious convictions can offer their suffering up in anticipation of the goodies which may come to them in the next life, regardless of the road they travel to get there. Their Choice!

I am basically a coward, I can see no good purpose being served by living a life of intolerable pain ongoing. I have participated in the process myself personally and have watched others do so. I don't want to suffer without purpose, without the light at the end of the tunnel which will return me to a tolerable sense of wellbeing. My Choice!

Doctor Philip Nitscke and the 40% of doctors who demonstrate practical compassion in every sense of the word are supporting 73% of Australians who believe that the manner in which a person dies is of equal validity to that of a dog.

Mary Walsh

PS I forget to address Arjay entry of the 31/7/06. I have decided that the Japanese have taught us that to suffer very badly over a short period of time in order to achieve long term gain does have its advantages.

But as I said, being a coward, I would have rathered the opportunity of a quick and painless alternative. Modern medicine gives us options but is unavailable.

Modern technology has also denied us what nature intended in the first place - to die of natural causes as the body breaks down from the inside out!

"Give them tea and sympathy but nothing else"! Too much pain relief may kill us! Can't have people dying out of compassion can we? It is illegal. But does being illegal make it then alright?

Not everyone believes in a religious concept of what dying is about, and for those who don't hold a belief in an afterlife should not be forced to comply with a system that assumes we do!

Mary Walsh

Since the death of Pope John Paul II, we have seen a new pope which has given the world nothing but hatred.

Cardinal George Pell now head of the Inquisition, runs around the world now demonising Muslims and pagans.

Problem with religion is that it destroys spirituality.

Wow Phillip. I wondered how long it would be before you reared your dishonest head again after you lied to the nation about Nancy Crick's condition.

Why should anyone trust or listen to anything you say?

Euthenasia is a bad idea simply because, as the UK governmental report said, there is no way to ensure that it is free from duress.

Your lies with Nancy showed just how much you are willing to twist the truth to push your agenda. How many patients will you lie to so that you can kill them?

Go away, and stop complaining when members of the Australian democracy exert their democratic rights.

Dont talk about dishonesty Alan Grey when that garbage you have just posted is an absolute distortion of fact in the case of Nancy Crick.
You know full well that Nancy Crick made a choice based on her own and others diagnosis. Phillip Nitschke, acting lawfully assisted her in achieving her rights to die at a time ,place and means of her own choosing.Crawl back under your rock.

And what in my post said anything different Maracas? Perhaps you are reading what you want to, rather than what was written.

Nitschke is a liar and can't be trusted. It is only a matter of time before he moves from simply lying to the public to lying to patients.

I have known enough people who have already been involuntarily euthenised or been pressured towards euthenasia in this country. Nitschke is just the poster child for this sort of attitude. Willing to lie for his cause...it is more about the cause than his patients.

And don't mistake being legal for not being prosecuted...there is a difference.