Winnipeg Free Press reporter very fashionable Melissa Martin..Natalie Pollock New Channel
Smart, pretty..very Annie Hall.....fashionable Winnipeg Free Press reporter...wins the award for the best dressed newsperson.in Winnipeg..very vogueish..good ...
What is Obamacare? Why Canadians should care, featuring Trudy Lieberman
Mary Agnes Welch of the Winnipeg Free Press asks award-winning journalist, Trudy Lieberman about health reform in the United States, and how the new ...
The middle guy should start by constructing small things like backyard
sheds. This way he'd get a working idea of what is involved in the industry
and he'll start to build a resume. Sadly unless he sees this comment he
probably won't get the proper mentoring and thus will still be vulnerable
to his old life.
Susan Griffiths before she leaves to die: Open letter to the Canadian government
Susan Griffiths said goodbye to her family in early April before leaving for Switzerland to end her life. She wrote a letter to MPs telling them of her decision and ...
I wonder why she had to do this so publicly. An overdose would be easy to
do and she could have done it at home. I think she probably wants the
sympathy she's not getting elsewhere. Making euthanasia legal changes both
legal and healthcare systems in such a way that risks will abound for many.
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I'm not going to bother replying to someone that claims they have done their 'research' but couldn't speak further from the truth. You have your opinion. Let's leave it at that. Some of what you said is not right in regards to if she was just to overdose on her own and so on. So I will leave you to your 'research'
+irene ogrizek I don't think you understand assisted dying. To be euthanized with a lethal drink or injection is a painless way to die - due to falling into a sleep like coma. She went public to help change the law, which may I say has now changed and it is now legal to have assisted suicide thanks to a young woman who also went public about her death. - this is not attention seeking, and it's ridiculous and narrow minded to say so.
+irene ogrizek It is really rather irrelevant how affects her children when they are adults. Also, people cannot overcome crises not because of what others have done to them, but because of what others have not done for them.* One entity that could make a difference here is the health care system. Irony, isn't it?Pretty much anything you say is totally irrelevant to the topic. Especially morally irrelevant. You say there are risks, but your link is broken. So do you really have something to contribute to the topic?How many ppl who lose a parent, in their 40s, are still that choked up a year later? Answer: none that I know ofThat sounds something a drunk person could claim. You just don't know many people or are just a bad listner, I suppose. Given how hateful you are, I am not suprised.*Patients of psychological trauma recover when given the appropriate support, which just in fact never happens. You seem to pretend to know something about health, but I think you don't.
Halfway down this article is a "vanity shot" of Griffiths -- it's what that particular photo is called in the business. You sound young and naive. Please do some reading before you write anymore comments. //www.ireneogrizek.com/2013/12/27/13127/
Her death wouldn't have been gruesome -- I've spent time in hospitals and a lot of what is considered gruesome can be controlled. Even using that adjective is pure fear-mongering and ppl who use it as an excuse to support euthanasia should be ashamed of themselves. And if you've read the follow up, her daughter is still too distraught to discuss her mother's death. How many ppl who lose a parent, in their 40s, are still that choked up a year later? Answer: none that I know of--her children and grandchildren and friends were dragged through a painful process that in itself was gruesome, at least emotionally. She's screwed up her children and grandchildren, from what I can see. Read my blog and look at my healthcare articles. www.irenespage.com
I hope you never have to watch someone you love die an excruciatingly painful death, but I think you would understand he decision if you did. Are you also against euthanasia of animals? Just curious, because I have never met anyone who is because they say it is cruel to let animals suffer. So, if it's cruel to let an animal suffer, how much more cruel is it to make a human suffer? And there should be a distinction because the person is trying to prevent themselves from getting to a point where they would be in pain, their medical bills would spiral out of control, they would experience emotional turmoil themselves, and their family would experience emotional turmoil. And how is she being greedy? Because she doesn't want to die a gruesome death? And just because she doesn't want to suffer before she dies doesn't mean that she doesn't care about her family. And she allowed Winnipeg Press to cover the situation to make sure that her story got out there and was portrayed accurately. Griffith was not depressed, she had a wonderful life. She lover her family, and they loved her and supported her decision. This helped people to get to know Griffith, sympathize with her plight (and the plight of many others), and put pressure on parliament. And you have absolutely no basis to call Griffith a narcissist. In fact, she wouldn't be pressuring parliament to make laws to help other people that she would never benefit from if she was a narcissist, because she wouldn't care. And on what basis are you calling Griffith greedy? She wasn't asking for anything that she would ever benefit from, because she had already made arrangements.
She could have done it for free on her own, so the cost issue is a non-issue. She contacted the media herself, so you are wrong about the attention seeking--if she were just doing it for the "issue" then why allow them to photograph her? And why get all made up for the photos? Assisted suicide is still suicide, so that's a non-issue too. If I were in insurance, I wouldn't make the distinction. Why should I? And why should ppl still want benefits for their loved ones when they commit suicide? Insurance is about risk, not about predictable events. Insurance companies are not required to pay out for a suicide or an assisted suicide and that's exactly right, in my opinion. It's greedy on the part of ppl like Griffiths, but then she's a narcissist, so that's not surprising.
To bad her specific reason for wanting this done is because she knew that her life would become unbearably painful. I am not talking about all cases of euthanasia, I am talking about this case, and her purpose in doing this. She should not have had to fly overseas and gone through all of those expenses when euthanasia costs are about $35-45. And again, suicide causes a lot of problem with life insurance and death benefits, because many companies will refuse to follow up under the circumstances of suicide, whereas euthanasia should not carry these penalties. This woman was not seeking attention, she was seeking to gain press because she was not allowed to do something that she should have be allowed to do without having to leave the country.
You don't know a lot about assisted suicide. Out of the seven most common reasons for wanting to die at the hands of a physician, pain management is second from the bottom. Please read up on this before you comment again. The overdose that Dignitas provides isn't any better, isn't any better than a self-administered overdose would be. This is was attention-seeking of the worst sort.
She did this so publicly because she had to struggle to be euthanized because she knew her life would become unbearably miserable and painful for herself and those around her. And she could have overdosed easily, but that is considered a suicide, and she and her family are probably not comfortable with that. Her family would also not receive any type of death benefits like they would if she died naturally or in the hospital, as they should if she is euthanized. Also, an overdose can be painful. She was so public about this because she feels that she should have been able to choose this option in Canada, where she was living, because she didn't want to live a life of unbearable pain, and she was not able to do so. This is not just her plight, it is the plight of many people, and she wants to make sure that people in the future don't have to suffer like she did while they try to make arrangements to fly overseas to have a very simple and inexpensive procedure done. Imagine if it were you or a loved one who knew they were going to die in an unbearable and inhumane fashion from an incurable disease, would you not want them to be able to go while they aren't in pain?
Charges in Winnipeg's fifth homicide
February 22, 2012 - A 38-year-old Winnipeg man has been charged with second degree murder in the death of his roommate.
@cory100 I worked with him for years up until his death. You're right, he
was a really good guy. He was always happy and fun to hang out with. So was
Emery though, so I'm pretty lost right now.