Pulled the plug aye? Ahh that's comforting I hope, as a friend went by train (not at all related to this forum, he never mentioned his intentions to me in any way either) earlier this year, but thankfully 3-4 days they also pulled his plug. Best decision. I even attended the funeral. I was surprised by how much I got emotional. But in part, I kept telling myself "better than him a vegetable." In a dark humour way...
I had a couple good friends die on me. My best friend I knew since I was 15 died in 2010 of a drug overdose. Just months earlier he attended my grandmas funeral. I did not attend the funeral because I saw no point in it. I loved my grandma like a mother. I mourned her suffering. I don't mourn the dead because they are no longer suffering. I believe that funerals and cemeteries are absurd. A cemetery takes up a lot of space that could be used for better purposes.
I had an online friend that I use to talk to on the phone for hours at a time in 2008 and 2009. He CTB by a drug overdose. I never knew what drugs he decided to take but I did call his parents once afterwords.
In my opinion, when people do not pull the plug, like in the case of Terri Shiavo for example, they are committing a crime. With everyone who is braindead, I believe that they should be put down like a family pet. Have a vet come in and inject them with Nembutal. It only takes 5 seconds. With Terri it took 10 days.
I believe that the opposition to euthanizing the braindead comes from religion - "god will take them in his own time". Religious tyranny. People are wasting bedspace, millions of dollars, and false hope. Hope keeps the flames of suffering alive.
