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Monday, August 10, 2009

Sunday Surkhi--Dr. Death and his chailay.

Chailay means students, followers. (Guroo is the teacher)
Recently a well-known couple decided to end their lives. Man 85 years "young" had lost his eyesight and hearing (no other compelling reason for ending his life except that his children agreed he could do so but he thought his life would not be worth living after his wife dies with cancer so they staged a drama of Romoeo- Juliet). Woman 54 years "young" with a terminal cancer (no other reasons given may be she had pain. They were not poor, in fact hey were called Lord and Lady. ( my friend who I admire, agrees with that suicide and wrote in his famous column of "Toledo Blade")
Of course there are sometimes circumstances and situations when life may become unbearably distasteful for many of us, so should we take it upon ourselves to end it for the benefit of us and all our relatives, let them enjoy what we leave for them?
Yes there are all kinds of arguments forwarded in favor and against the proposition of suicide (assisted or not assited by doctors) and they all meant to gratify intellectual craze.
I love you and make a Taj mahal for you. You consider it is sore to your eyes and destroy it. Would I be pleased?
Allah loves you gives you the gift of life you enjoy the good life for a number of years taking all the benefits advantages happiness and all and then the happiness get less, you see the end coming in a couple of years and decide it is time to destroy what God had given you. You consider you are entitled to taking that life just like that?
In panjabi there is a saying
"Mittha mittha kha tay kauRa kauRa thoo" (sweet you eat and bitter you spit)
There are rules and guidances available for us to make decisions in situations where there are dilemas of life and death whether it is mother-baby situation (who to choose and who to let die) or extra embrayos found no more useful for research etc. seek guidance from the Law-Giver and do not take decisions in your own hand for Man is purportedly called "hasty" by the Law-giver. (Khuliqal Insaano min 'Ajal--man is a creature of haste)-Sura 21, aya 37
The question is who has the right to take the life of anybody, including his/her own?
Of course He has given you the rigth to make decisions about it (after the life has been given in your hands to do what you want to do with it) and He will judge in the end, how best you dealt with His gift/amanah. May be my arguments are too old fashioned, backward, taboo unworthy of a scientist of modern understanding.

5 comments:

mystic said...

I think, there should be a line between Euthanasia and comfort care.

I support comfort care/terminal care/palliative care - but no way Euthanasia

bsc said...

The position that suicidal and euthanasia supporters take is the same as abortion
Just like the woman has a RIGHT on her body (giving no position to the fetus, her own child) so why should she not abort at her own free will, so is the case with weak person with terminal or whatever disease that he/she should have freedom to end his/her life (with dignity and comfort etc. etc. added, as if living with disease is NOT dignity). Then there is that argument advanced of the "un-used" embryos that are left to die out and forget that the argument is NOT appropriate, the reasons in those cases are different.
And there is a host of weak and poor arguments advanced in favor of Kevorkian principle.
End of life cre requires, like you say, advanced comfort and care.

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