Rational suicide:

[grandmoon]

Beverley Broadbent was not dying of a terminal illness, nor was she depressed or unhappy. But at 83, she wanted to die.

After living a rich and satisfying life, the Brighton East woman said the ageing process had come to feel like a disease that was robbing her of her physical and mental fitness. In February, she said she had had enough.

''I look well and I walk well so people think I'm fine. But I have so many things wrong with me,'' she said. ''The balance is gone. It's taking so much time for me to keep fit to enjoy myself that there's not enough time to enjoy myself.''

In several interviews with Fairfax Media, Ms Broadbent said she planned to take her own life so she could have a peaceful, dignified death. She said she did not want her health to deteriorate to the point where she had dementia or found herself in a nursing home with no way out.

The environmental activist chose to tell her story because she believed many elderly people wanted to die when they felt their life was complete, but lacked the means to go gently.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/rational-suicide-why-beverley-broadbent-chose-to-die-20130401-2h34...

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/rational-suicide-why-beverley-broadbent-chose-to-die-20130401-2h34...

[purple.cow]

m'self, best to open another book

LOL

No doubt that's what all the people getting themselves frozen in the hope of coming back to life sometime in the future hope too.

The sure thing about life is your eventual death, and there's no coming back for a second shot at it as far as I know.

But after saying that there was supposed to be one bloke who managed it according to history/the bible 😉

About the only thing I hope for is that I throughly enjoy my book before it comes to an end on me 😄

[rabbitearbandicoot]

LOL

No doubt that's what all the people getting themselves frozen in the hope of coming back to life sometime in the future hope too.

The sure thing about life is your eventual death, and there's no coming back for a second shot at it as far as I know.

But after saying that there was supposed to be one bloke who managed it according to history/the bible 😉

About the only thing I hope for is that I throughly enjoy my book before it comes to an end on me 😄

a lot more than one actually, but who's counting?

and, No, I'm not going to look it up for you.

[not_an_eloi]

one sure thing about my life, sport,  i'm still 'ere, to talk aboud it.   

whilever the ol' rrs points to the ground, as the sayin' goes.

B-)

[purple.cow]

a lot more than one actually, but who's counting?

and, No, I'm not going to look it up for you.

Ah geez, looks like my chief researcher is quitting on me :^O

[purple.cow]

I don't know why, because I advocate LIFE, you personally attack me by saying I live in a "cloud cuckooland Utopia".

I said we, as a society, should be addressing the reasons why Beverley wanted to kill herself. We, as a society, need to look at the problems our fellow human beings have such as isolation, loneliness, fear of aging, fear of nursing homes, becoming discarded as we age ..

I know about life. I've certainly lived enough drama and trauma to know both emotional and physical pain. I know the problems people face in this world.

You may have a  'people not giving a toss' perspective on the world but equally there are people who do give a damn and there are many unsung heroes who quietly go about their lives reaching out to others.

When everything is about yourself, you tend to lead a self-serving existence and act surprised when you find there is no one left in your life when you need them.

I believe I owe you an apology as I now see that my word choice DOES sound like a personal attack upon you, even though that wasn't in my mind at the time, so please accept it sincerely.

I was actually taking a swipe at the general ' Caring Collective Society Utopian' concept being in existence.

Mark me down as being a cynic regarding that idea, particually in this wide brown land as I've seen little evidence of such a thing.

Certainly there are the exceptions to every generalised rule, and I've been lucky enough to witness the rare one, but never enmasse.

Perhaps I've been unlucky enough to mainly witness the, "Goodonya mate" greeting while the ones saying it have a sharp knife hidden behind their back waiting to use it on you.