I think what is very salient here is the point Kureishi makes about the world not being accessible for those in wheelchairs. We all need to be more aware.
Imagine living with chronic pain and also worrying about your disability benefits being stopped at any moment..... At least Mr Kureshi has financial means and a voice.... Most have none
It would be wonderful if he would use his newfound knowledge and his platform as a public figure to become an advocate for those who don't have a voice
No, society doesn't kill people, we help them, protect the patients. A well funded and educated palliative care, can and will help the people in the biggest need!
Sometimes our best treatment can't take the edge off the pain, or help a person trapped in their own body waiting to choke to death on their own saliva. Neither of these would meet the threshold of palliative care and are unnecessarily cruel ways to go. I speak as having worked in hospital and seen death. If the worst should happen I would rather have the option of choosing a painless way out, in dignified surroundings and with my family close by.
Have you used the nhs recently? It nearly killed me over five days due to poorly trained staff and poor decisions ( long story short) ‘good care’ at present is an unobtainable and under funded, staffed and resourced dream……….. Possible solution? All govt employees are required to to use it including mp’s, cabinet and pm along with any royals in receipt of tax payers money!? Go well
If there's no God, let people do as they like, as atheism gives no basis for absolute right or wrong... But if there is a God, I have no right to take my or another's life, and it's something to consider with Judgement Day coming.
Oh right so its okay to kill people in the case of war (God says so himself in the bible) but its not okay to allow those who want to die to die peaceful and with ease please god himself has killed millions (story of Noah)
Its cruel to expect your pet cat or dog to suffer in untreatable pain, why should we demand a person clings on to the last agonized gasp?
Because politicians are afraid that legalized and therapeutic suicide assistance would lead to a mass exodus from a world made intolerable by them.
Because people which the law doesnt apply to and evangelicals cry its a slippery slope. So selfish
We know people will abuse it because people are shits. We should be concentrating on making lives better at their end of life.
@@Michelle-vv9lk Not entirely sure why it can’t be both. I think you should maybe try placing yourself into the shoes of others.
@ I have. I also know what is happening in Canada where this law has been passed. I suggest you do some research too
I think what is very salient here is the point Kureishi makes about the world not being accessible for those in wheelchairs. We all need to be more aware.
Ableism is rife - and people think you're making a fuss when you complain about it
A brave man and brilliant author of Pakistan orig !...
Imagine living with chronic pain and also worrying about your disability benefits being stopped at any moment..... At least Mr Kureshi has financial means and a voice.... Most have none
It would be wonderful if he would use his newfound knowledge and his platform as a public figure to become an advocate for those who don't have a voice
What a horrible thing to happen to one of my favourite authors
Who is your favourite author?
Why can’t you introduce this with background information?
They did in their written description.
Got to wish him well. Its terrible bad luck with the fall
God the total ruthlessness of life (and interviewers).
I had no idea he had suffered this way
Poor Hanif ❤
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How is this behavior of an interviewer considered okay or normal?
We all.have that choice.
Thomas the tank engine?? Coming round like a shockwave!
No, society doesn't kill people, we help them, protect the patients. A well funded and educated palliative care, can and will help the people in the biggest need!
Sometimes our best treatment can't take the edge off the pain, or help a person trapped in their own body waiting to choke to death on their own saliva. Neither of these would meet the threshold of palliative care and are unnecessarily cruel ways to go. I speak as having worked in hospital and seen death. If the worst should happen I would rather have the option of choosing a painless way out, in dignified surroundings and with my family close by.
Lydia what an asinine comment!!
helping includes allowing people to decide their own fate
Agreed
Have you used the nhs recently? It nearly killed me over five days due to poorly trained staff and poor decisions ( long story short) ‘good care’ at present is an unobtainable and under funded, staffed and resourced dream………..
Possible solution? All govt employees are required to to use it including mp’s, cabinet and pm along with any royals in receipt of tax payers money!? Go well
If there's no God, let people do as they like, as atheism gives no basis for absolute right or wrong... But if there is a God, I have no right to take my or another's life, and it's something to consider with Judgement Day coming.
Stop pushing this hallucination
Oh right so its okay to kill people in the case of war (God says so himself in the bible) but its not okay to allow those who want to die to die peaceful and with ease please god himself has killed millions (story of Noah)
bore off