Kevorkian was one of our county coroners before he was famous. (And an odd little man he was.) His first intention was to find a way to be able to harvest the organs from the bodies of those killed by capital punishment. Up until then, gas or eltrocution rendered the body unuseable. He contacted my chiropractor (who was on the list for a heart transplant) to help him in his cause.
Little by little, the issue got shifted, because the humane way for a prisoner to die was also of interest to the terminally ill.
I think the biggest problem we have as a nation is that we can't accept the fact that none of us are getting out of here alive. As you've indicated, we're often more willing to show a suffering dog more compassion than we are a loved one.
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Date: 2011-06-03 08:22 pm (UTC)Little by little, the issue got shifted, because the humane way for a prisoner to die was also of interest to the terminally ill.
I think the biggest problem we have as a nation is that we can't accept the fact that none of us are getting out of here alive. As you've indicated, we're often more willing to show a suffering dog more compassion than we are a loved one.