Tony Nicklinson interview: Why I want to end my life

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  • Опубликовано: 17 июн 2012
  • Tony Nicklinson tells Cathy why he's appealing to the high court to allow him to ask a doctor to help him end his life.

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  • @jordangould1541
    @jordangould1541 7 лет назад +222

    It would be cruel to keep a person like that alive. We don't do it to even our dogs

    • @AN-zz8ps
      @AN-zz8ps 2 года назад +10

      I need to end my life I am super ill and they have no treatments I have said this MANY times why am I being kept alive? we don't even do this to dogs thank you so much it is so comforting to see someone with real compassion for people in situations like this! Almost everyone says otherwise and its SO frustrating! :(

    • @patrickbertlein4626
      @patrickbertlein4626 2 года назад

      They call it HUMANe to end a suffering animals life. Anyone who doesn't get the irony of this is an idiot.

    • @dimitris90schild92
      @dimitris90schild92 4 месяца назад

      Im against euthanasia...sorry. check nick chisolm how happy is with the same problem

    • @TheSyrianFighter
      @TheSyrianFighter 15 дней назад

      ⁠@@AN-zz8psI know this is 2 years after but come on man! You’ve got to keep fighting for your life. God granted you such a life. Do you really want to end it all now? If you tell yourself that life is good you will get through everything. Please keep on fighting I am scared for you god protect you and keep you safe

  • @flobbingdonkey
    @flobbingdonkey 10 лет назад +121

    A very brave man. i wish i never have to go through this. The law is so unfair.

  • @samowarow
    @samowarow 7 лет назад +100

    I wish someone of those stupid politicians and religious activists who oppose euthanasia would get into the situation of this poor man and take all the suffer he was through

    • @AN-zz8ps
      @AN-zz8ps 2 года назад +5

      oh I AGREE!!! it's TOTALLY disgusting to not help people to die peacefully in situations like these!

    • @SRP630
      @SRP630 5 месяцев назад

      I'm againt euthanasia..

    • @rakimtheking
      @rakimtheking 3 месяца назад

      ​​@@SRP630easy to br against when your in full health. I'm in pain everyday. Constant headaches, choke and puke randomly and can't walk at all. My speech is so bad. I hate people like you.

    • @dolsopolar
      @dolsopolar Месяц назад +1

      @@SRP630 if you were paralyzed from neck down you would say otherwise

  • @Robby334
    @Robby334 10 лет назад +72

    What a very brave man he was. I do believe he passed away - Bless him

  • @benballard1334
    @benballard1334 6 лет назад +64

    What an amazing man. I'm happy to see that these comments are all supportive and appreciative of his bravery.
    It's disgusting to me that people think they have the right to choose that someone else must live. This has to be changed. If any of those pro-lifers and self-absorbed politicians had to be in his situation I have a feeling their "values" might change a bit.

    • @kf31paris
      @kf31paris 3 года назад

      we have the same problem in France.... but behind doors those fucking hypocrits politicians can die with help when they reach the end of their lives, but they don't want us to do the same !

    • @AN-zz8ps
      @AN-zz8ps 2 года назад +1

      thank you! I agree! I am ill and can't get better and it has been SO frustrating all the pro life nonsense thrown at me there's NO WAY I will live decades more the way I am living! I agree I think there values would change a bit if they ended up with a horrifying illness or injury as well!

    • @AN-zz8ps
      @AN-zz8ps 2 года назад

      @@kf31paris WHAAAT?!?!?! SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?!! that IS hypocritical and SO evil!!! how messed up!

  • @MajorTom6
    @MajorTom6 6 лет назад +77

    The High Court refused his request. They should hang their heads in shame. An awful abuse of his human right as an adult of sound mind, to a death with dignity, at a time and place of his choosing. Rest in peace Tony.

  • @theduckoverload3127
    @theduckoverload3127 9 лет назад +25

    Very sad story and very brave man, rest in piece you will not be forgot

  • @randyfainter9175
    @randyfainter9175 6 лет назад +15

    Bless this dear man's heart. I pray that he is now at peace!!!

  • @tomslick1650
    @tomslick1650 8 лет назад +48

    At least he has a loving partner.. I'd die happy if I had that.

  • @robotdude1000
    @robotdude1000 3 года назад +8

    This is absolutely heartbreaking

  • @UtterQueerNightmare
    @UtterQueerNightmare 3 года назад +11

    I have to watch this for school and I started crying about two minutes in. This is heartbreaking.

    • @johnnydepp9850
      @johnnydepp9850 Год назад +1

      I watched this in school today.
      Cried of laughter

    • @chadgod32
      @chadgod32 Год назад

      @@johnnydepp9850 bro same i just watched this today in school i was trying to hold it in so much i just couldnt

    • @atadbitahistory9660
      @atadbitahistory9660 10 месяцев назад +1

      Same, I didn't cry but was really close to it. Everybody behind me was laughing like mad and I don't know how, this would actually be terrifying, anybody could do anything to you and you couldn't do anything to stop it.

    • @TFYS223
      @TFYS223 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@atadbitahistory9660lol, yeah. You have to trust in the "goodness" of humanity to not be abused. Lolololol

  • @limagaymothertrucker
    @limagaymothertrucker 5 лет назад +15

    Started crying hard when he started... 😢😢😢he’s such a beautiful soul! R.w.G Tony!! 💔💔💔

  • @babbisp1
    @babbisp1 Год назад +5

    We hear a lot about the "right to life" in abortion debates. But then when we force a paralyzed man into a life of misery, we take away his right. It's not a right unless you have two options to exercise that right. Otherwise, it's not a right. It's an obligation.

  • @SuperSedans
    @SuperSedans Год назад +5

    In august 2012 Mr. Tony passed away

  • @dainiusdiciunas3196
    @dainiusdiciunas3196 10 лет назад +30

    Sometimes we become prisoners of our own technology. He is a bright man. I hope he succeeded in his aim.

    • @jackrodgers964
      @jackrodgers964 9 лет назад

      WHAT!!YOU HOPE HE DIES I HOPE HE DOESNT SUCCEED IN HIS AIM!!!!!

    • @emilyshentonnnn
      @emilyshentonnnn 5 лет назад

      Dainius Diciunas he died by starving himself

  • @matthewrichardson828
    @matthewrichardson828 7 лет назад +8

    This topic is one of the most human topics there is. I am in politics and this is one of the most valuable issues there is. You own your body. I want to introduce legislation to sell your organs after your gone. The doctors and hospitals make money transplanting them. Why can't a wife sell her husband's organs? Why can't we chose how to go?

  • @minimummm
    @minimummm Год назад +4

    Almost everyone here is for assisted dying and yet it is not permitted by law in a case like this. I don't understand why. Are the people deciding about assisted suicide so much different to the people who are writing here? No compassion? This can happen to anyone. So sad.

  • @KLJTT
    @KLJTT 4 года назад +10

    I am so glad it is legal here in Canada.

    • @kingofcalories
      @kingofcalories 3 года назад +1

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    • @sophia-xv2ln
      @sophia-xv2ln 3 года назад +1

      @@kingofcalories that's not funny

    • @AN-zz8ps
      @AN-zz8ps 2 года назад +1

      assisted suicide Is legal in Canada?

  • @llllll1897
    @llllll1897 7 лет назад +22

    We studied this case in medical school to open up the debate for assisted dying. It's truly sad with what happened to his case. But hopefully the medical laws will - and have to a degree changed to prevent such terrible suffering to an individual.

    • @briannahanover9299
      @briannahanover9299 6 лет назад

      randomisawesome what ended up happening?

    • @rageagainstthehygiene2357
      @rageagainstthehygiene2357 6 лет назад +6

      His case failed, if anyone helped him die, they would be guilty of murder.
      Immediately after the case failed, he followed through and attempted to starve himself to death. After a couple days he got "pneumonia" and died after a suspiciously short time. The police declined to investigate.
      I really hope his loved ones managed to make it faster.

    • @aymanyaseen1399
      @aymanyaseen1399 Год назад

      But why did not he travel abroad to a country such as Holland to get euthanasia there?

  • @emilycarling4979
    @emilycarling4979 4 года назад +13

    This is the most heartbreaking video I’ve ever seen

  • @frankinmyrrhmusic
    @frankinmyrrhmusic 2 месяца назад +1

    there is only one way to escape the cycle of suffering and it’s not through death

  • @lucadingec2342
    @lucadingec2342 5 лет назад +9

    I feel so sorry for him

  • @josiek6583
    @josiek6583 4 года назад +8

    he was very brave. no one would ever understand what it’s like to go through that

  • @lucadingec2342
    @lucadingec2342 5 лет назад +5

    That is so awful to live a good life to that

  • @oasis4life014
    @oasis4life014 Год назад +3

    Poor bloke is not living... that'd just existing that is not life

  • @kristinaholody6465
    @kristinaholody6465 7 лет назад +2

    God. Bless

    • @moodyblue1964
      @moodyblue1964 3 года назад +3

      I still think about this man and the dreadful suffering he had to enjure. Why the law had to be so cruel to someone who simply wanted the right to end his own life I will never know.
      Wherever you are Tony, I know you must be at peace now. Many still think about you now and always.

  • @joshkpatakpa5302
    @joshkpatakpa5302 6 лет назад +6

    so sad

  • @veerymeow
    @veerymeow 8 месяцев назад +1

    he is a true hero for me, internet is full of "inspirational"pro life stories of people who mentally recover from simliar injuries and find meaning in their suffering , and still want to live againts all odds , those people are heroes too and i respect them just as much, but not all recover, its beyond cruel to deem people who cant recover as "weak" , "selfish" or even "ungrateful for rejecting the gift of life".this is not something many want to speak about, but there are many more faces of human suffering than we cant fathom, its only allowed to speak of the evil of denying life to those who want to live, yes it is cruel, but denying death to those who truly want to die isnt better and him being actively bullied by "pro life" activists is just beyond anything . im glad he is free now even if it had to happen in such a drastic way. be happy wherever you are now, because this life of pain cant be the end of it all even if i dont believe in existence of an omnipotent god.

    • @TFYS223
      @TFYS223 8 месяцев назад

      Agreed. Far too many people live comfortable lives and just assume that that's the natural state of things; when in reality, this world is nothing but a cesspool of suffering and small pockets of people living actually decent lives. Lol

  • @patrickbertlein4626
    @patrickbertlein4626 2 года назад +1

    :20 I feel that, not even kidding. Seems like a disability that I can't just fucking end it.

  • @selinaseaman7703
    @selinaseaman7703 3 года назад +4

    2.13 made me cry

  • @babbisp1
    @babbisp1 Год назад +2

    1:16 2:38 3:47

  • @jadepixie2719
    @jadepixie2719 10 месяцев назад +2

    This is so sad, I’ve mixed feelings about assisted suicide mainly because some people can take advantage of this (you know serial killer doctor and nurses.) but if someone feels that their life is not worth living and they want to die so bad they should allow it to happen if they’re so extremely ill, they should just give Tony money to go to a country that legalise assisted suicide so he could die with dignity just like he wanted it to be.

  • @2strokecherry
    @2strokecherry 4 месяца назад

    Is he still alive

  • @jovelinasouza6756
    @jovelinasouza6756 5 лет назад +1

    Essa matéria é importante para mim por isso marquei .a história desse homem é muito diferente de todos os tipos que já vimos no Brasil o encarceramento. Imagina se todos os ladrões corruptos fosse encarcerado por Deus a justiça no mundo ia valer a Pena talvez não era o caso dele . Porque todos queriam que ele se curasse.

  • @PEGGLORE
    @PEGGLORE 4 года назад +4

    Still speaks more sense than Cathy Newman.

  • @rrosielong
    @rrosielong Год назад

    Hi

  • @agaczarnecka9990
    @agaczarnecka9990 4 года назад +1

    My friend makes the exact same face when crying as he does

  • @lesageethan2380
    @lesageethan2380 8 лет назад +3

    Top notch banter

  • @joshuagilbert2814
    @joshuagilbert2814 Год назад +1

    I think its an L how he couldn't just drive up a hill and take fall damage, furthermore bro coulnd't even pop an emote. AHhhhh AHhhhhh j h g o i s h g u g e r t q d f i think i should be able to die because i hate my wife and children. I am to disabled to kill myself ikr how bad must i be. He deserves to live such a weak and bad man. I think we should all respect him and hope him the best in heaven such a brillant, talented role model.

  • @yanderechan4209
    @yanderechan4209 5 лет назад +4

    I find the lady saying the letters annoying af

    • @manueladarazsdi9675
      @manueladarazsdi9675 5 лет назад +39

      That's his wife and don't be an insensitive muppet all your life.

    • @faithsibiya139
      @faithsibiya139 4 года назад +7

      You're so stupid it hurts my brain.

    • @atadbitahistory9660
      @atadbitahistory9660 10 месяцев назад

      He kinda needs to talk in the interview.

  • @nm1477
    @nm1477 6 лет назад +5

    He was in a real disaster and i can't blame him... but if he knew Jesus Christ he would be the happiest person ever in the life. Why? simply because the sickness of our flesh is not the real calamity, but sadness, depression and sorrow of our soul would lead us to be in a real disaster. So if you see him in this video, you see a deep broken man who he needs his flesh to do activities of the life to be as a result satisfied and to finally entertain his hart. We note here that the satisfaction and the hart mean metaphorically the happiness of spirit. As a result, because he lost his flesh so he can't be able to cheer his soul, so he decided to die!!
    But the truth is the cheerfulness and mellowness didn't come by the flesh desires such as for example to play a kind of sport, yes i'm happy to play soccer but after that i recognize that i want more and play more every time and each week to fulfill my desires but i found that i still need more, so i'm not really happy, instead misery is increasing in my life as i need more and more. the same thing in my sexual life, i start by kissing my GF then i used to do that for a long time, so i'm not happy anymore, thus i wanna have a sexual relationship with her. after along time i realized that i'm not happy so i want to change to other girls fining my happiness.
    Then i knew that this circle will never end, so i asked Jesus Christ to give me the real happiness the real life the real truth, he answered me in a simple way... "God is Love". Then my life changed my life became better and actually i discovered the true love and happiness with a long journey with Jesus the Lord.
    That's why i'm sad for that person because he didn't knew Jesus, so he didn't find happiness. So he killed himself and killed his spirit too.
    You will never knew or aware or understand my words or what i'm trying to say unless you meet Jesus.

    • @Charizarzar
      @Charizarzar 5 лет назад +25

      N M What an ignorant comment. Even the most religious person in the world would get depressed with locked in syndrome

    • @ryanrobin12
      @ryanrobin12 4 года назад +8

      You’re a crazy person, buddy. What exactly are you smoking??

    • @gooodmusic6831
      @gooodmusic6831 4 года назад

      @@Charizarzar Thats not entirely true.
      www.ted.com/talks/kitra_cahana_my_father_locked_in_his_body_but_soaring_free

    • @Cartia6269
      @Cartia6269 3 года назад +15

      Thats not true.. I talked to God last Thursday and Jesus had a great conversation with me over the weekend. But I asked them about your comment and both of them said they have no idea who you are. They said that they would never say the phrase "God is love" either because its super corny. So yeah you're definitely lying 🤥

    • @esthermeya7090
      @esthermeya7090 3 года назад +1

      Amen....this is so sad. Have mercy Lord, I choose you Jesus x

  • @SRP630
    @SRP630 5 месяцев назад

    im AGAINST EUTHANASIA FOR WHATEVER REASON!

  • @thepubliceye263
    @thepubliceye263 Год назад

    I feel very sorry for him but suicide is not the answer. Suicide is always selfish and destructive (i.e. being self-destruction). The true solution to being in Tony's situation is to make his life as comfortable and fulfilling as possible. Also I think part of the problem is that modern life puts top value on being rich/beautiful/successful/powerful but these are not the purpose of life. The purpose of life is to be a good person, to share yourself, and to grow in love of God. After this short and painful life, we can then reach our final destination of heaven. This is the correct perspective, and those who lack this perspective seek a way out when suffering comes along. We need to stay strong. Don't give up. Fight the good fight - finish the race - keep the faith.

    • @thatshyguy9573
      @thatshyguy9573 Год назад +30

      Try thinking that when you are a prisoner of your own body

    • @siobhan3472
      @siobhan3472 11 месяцев назад +6

      This is your religious OPINION that you hold. Why force it on everyone? If you don’t like euthanasia, don’t choose it for yourself. But don’t dare force your beliefs on society

    • @thepubliceye263
      @thepubliceye263 10 месяцев назад

      Yes of course, name a million horrible scenarios - the reality is the same. One can suffer like a saint or suffer like a sinner.@@thatshyguy9573

    • @williamsilent4197
      @williamsilent4197 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@thepubliceye263I hope you face a similar disability.

    • @arianbyw3819
      @arianbyw3819 8 месяцев назад +3

      Why did I know you'd bring God into it? How facile.