Maybe they are thin. If they don't eat anything, they are not full of shit.

3 Weeks ago, I went to Calgary to see my father in law, who was in a hospice and dying of cancer. This 200 pound man had withered away to 91 lbs of skin and bones. His cheeks and eyes sunken in, his skin a funny brown color and covered with black patches all over his body. He laid there in pain, high on morphine, unable to walk or even shave due to extreme weakness. Any pride he had was long gone. Any contribution to anything, ever, or any joy left of his life was long gone, and he knew it.

Last monday he finally died.

"Dying with Dignity" is an issue brushed under the carpet by most people and it shouldn't be. No one should have to suffer the way he did. His disease was terminal. We treat our dying pets better than we treat our dying relatives. Dr. Kevorkian was put in jail for this reason. A real shame.

My opinion - you can life with dignity ... you can die as hero , but there is no dignity in dying..

No, it really isn't. Coupled with the parts of my post you chopped off it actually makes sense.

If you had the experience that I have you'd see it far clearer.

Incorrect. Not that I've been there (as in died), but that I have no way of knowing how I'll react. I accepted the inevitablity of my death long ago friend. Have you? I came to realize many years ago that most people haven't. In fact it seems to be treated by many as a topic to be avoided, not thought about or acknowledged in any way.

And because of that it is my considered opinion that THAT is the main reason why a lot of people die with zero dignity. You, in all your years of experience (whatever they may be) might disagree with that, although from where I sit you'd be wrong. But being wrong is your right.

I actually made peace with my death many years before that.

I would recommend that everyone do the same. Fearing death is a waste of the time we all have left in this life. I can think of far better things I'd rather do that worry about "it".

Here's an example of the inevitability of death hitting you square in the face....

Your country has been invaded and is being conquered. (I don't care what country you live in, if you think it can't happen then you haven't studied history)
You have been labeled a security risk by the conquering army and have been imprisoned.
The next morning you and a few dozen of your neighbors and friends are taken out to a wall and lined up, and a line of soldiers raise their rifles. You know you're about to die.

Question: Do you cry like a little girl? Or do you hold your head high and go out with.... what's that word I'm trying to think of here?.... um..... oh yeah, DIGNITY?


Think about it.

And while you're at it think about the millions of people in history who faced that exact situation. Some were asked to renounce their faith, some were simply shot with no other options presented to them.

Again, dignity in death has nothing to do with pissing or shitting.

Fact is there are people who have jobs to clean that shit up. Who are we to begrudge them a paycheque? :D

it's biological to have some type of emotion when dealing with death, thats what life is, to be alive and to survive, so I don't see anything wrong with having some type of emotions when nearing the end, we are humans not robots... imo people who are ok with dieing don't really have much to live for

is that a song?

Dude you are wrong, a man can die with dignity. A man can die in honor or shame and it all depends on a man. And you my friend are just one sad and totally lost at sea dude. I will give you a free advice, I recommend you to take your pieces together and stop whining at web boards. :2 cents:


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One of the great things about being an old fuck like me is that I have said all the dumb shit that 11 year olds like you will be dribbling out of your mouth for the next thirty years.

fitty passings to the other side:pimp

Yet another Pual Markham thread REALLY PEOPLE???!

Illusion of immortality is what we all have, a defense mechanism that helps us go through life without worrying too much about future.

Most realistic, and without the best post of this thread.

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:1orglaugh I wrote that. Anyone familiar with my posts knows that I always put the source if I am commenting from a source. Haters gone hate :1orglaugh:thumbsup

Besides, what's wrong with FEAR of dying? Most people live life in FEAR anyway, right? Fear of rejection. Fear of not getting enough attention from others. Fear of being found weak or wanting. Fear is a fact of life. The list is endless. It defines us as much as our dreams define our better nature. Death is just another thing to fear in a life spent in the shadow of mortality.

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die with dignity... yes it is possible, remember the Buddhist monk and his self immolation without moving...

He did it for a greater cause than himself, and he did it with a lot of dignity...

Remember, if someone puts a gun to your head and asks you a question, about faith or about anything at all really, the right answer isn't whining and crying and blubbering and begging for an extention of your pitiful existance.... The right answer is...


"fuck you"




In other words "Go Fuck Yourself" is, in certain circumstances, the ONLY way to die with dignitny.

"Here use mine!" :thumbsup


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maybe you could let us know soon enough?

I accept it when it comes but Im with House on this one...live with dignity

Yep.Thats why especially after watching my father die a miserable painful death for the last 30 days of his life. Im a fan of assisted suicide for fatal illnesses. You go out on your terms and get to say goodbye.

Even if for some reason you hate him, your posts in both his threads shows a lack of class that's pathetic. Being an asshole is one thing but you are a world class low life.

There's trolling, then there's just being a piece of shit.

Aldous Huxley:

That's enough. Consider it a warning.

Stop being such pussies. AMP is a gangster, that's his style of rolling.

Fucking newfags.

Holy shit you're a piece of crap.

Sly, a warning is too kind to this low life.

My grandmother died of cancer.

She was in the hospital for months, was getting poked and prodded, and she finally just said "fuck this". (She was 81, Polish, and strong as a fucking ox.) She walked out of the hospital and went home. She spend the next ten months working on her garden, which is something she always loved. She died with dignity doing something she loved.

She probably lived a lot longer for doing that :thumbsup

That is why you can choose to euthanize yourself in Holland.
But i have seen people who in the end choose to fight instead of taking the drugs for euthanization.

to go in the valhalla, you have to die with your weapon, fighting the ennemy (you know those that tries to "amputate your head", wink wink), then your fellow warriors have to put your body on a drakkar, push the drakkar in the sea and burn the drakkar using blazing arrows.

Goodbye!

Good job Eric :thumbsup

I want to die with a hot chick shitting on my face.

Lol auto correct. SITTING ON MYFACE

I want to die with my dick up Lisa Ann's pussy!

Not a bad way to go.

I often think while in some crazy sexual situation in Thailand that if my heart goes out, I hope it makes the news at least and that the event is worthy.

Dignity is a stripper I know.
Spend one night with her and you will definitely die.

“I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything should just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there. I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment'.” - Andy Warhol