Good on him, fucking inspiring. I can't begin to imagine how horrifying it would be to starve to death.
The prospect that he did this willingly is mind boggling. If this doesn't change our government's fucked up views on Eurhanasia it'll be a very sad day indeed.
Let's just hope his efforts make a change.
(, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 14:15, Reply)
I imagine it is quite easy to starve yourself to death
when you are physically incapable of feeding yourself.
The family agreeing not to feed him is the real clincher here. I don't think I'd have the strength to do that.
(, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 14:27, Reply)
Good point, in a rather unfortunate way, being locked in would have been at his advantage.
That being said, considering he was a fully concious individual, the psychological struggle with starvation would have been no different to anyone else. Plus, with it being his choice and all, I'm sure that if he broke, his family would have been on hand to give him a meal in a fraction of a second.
However you look at it, it's a sad but utterly admirable undertaking. Plus a lovely "fuck you" to the knobs that decided he couldn't die in a less painful manner.
(, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 14:34, Reply)
