Author Larry Correia works out that, thanks to medically assisted suicide, Canada now has half our suicide numbers even though we have nine times their population: 22k at 40MM population for them, 50k at 348MM population for us.
This goes with the math that shows that, if unborn Americans count as Americans, abortion is by far the leading cause of death in the USA. If you let people kill each other for convenience, it turns out that people find it very convenient.
From various things I've read it appears to me the main party finding it convenient to kill people in Canada is the Canadian "healthcare" system, aka the Canadian government.
Once the taxpayer becomes a tax burden, the government has little incentive to encourage continued burdening. "Rare and only for those in serious pain and terminal," quickly becomes, "for the indigent or costly."
It's a cultural shift as we become less Godly. When my father had his stroke that eventually led to his decline, the hospital had a nurse who was the specialist to talk to you about palliative care. We were still thinking about recovery at that point. She was quite attractive, but really creeped me out with how hard she pushed for death preparations- I started referring to her as "the angel of death". The medical industry is full of these people now.
In 2023, the USA had 19,428 gun homicides. Canada has 16,000 medically assisted suicides, again at 1/9th our population. Their killed-by-their-own-government problem is bigger than the gun homicide problem that they like to chide America about.
With due respect for slippery slopes, I think there's a world of difference between offering palliative care and the MAID program Correia is referencing. Having watched my mother struggle for the last year of her life with a severe intestinal injury I think we have to respect there are limits to both the ability of the medical profession and the body itself to heal. I suspect she had to push hard because it's an uncomfortable subject for most people.
I agree, Christopher, that palliative care is important and many are uncomfortable with the subject entirely. We were not foreign to the idea, nor were we ignorant of it. When my Dad first had his stroke, they didn't seem to think he had any chance at recovery at all, and yet, though he never got off the ventilator, he lived, and appreciated life, for months longer. They clearly wanted to accelerate the process, and did not see life in a diminished state as "worth living". I know my father disagreed, and had always expressed a desire to hold on to life when possible. They (the aforementioned angel of death, and one of the ICU doctors) pushed so hard to just kill him it truly horrified me. The time we had with Dad, even in his diminished state meant a lot to us, and to him.
My father was blessedly conscious and of sound mind when his death came upon him suddenly via an aggressive liver cancer. He was able to elect palliative care on his own, sparing us a torturous decision. It was a decision that was easy for him, I think: he had spent so long as a first responder that he knew very well what kind of life remained to those who chose to pursue existence at any cost. He always told me he would choose to go earlier, while still dignified, and he was as good as his word.
Even with such care, it was awful to see him suffering towards the end. I wished his suffering over very much during those days. All the same, it is better that suicide was not an option. We have seen enough to know that mankind cannot trust itself with that power -- nor womankind, 'either' or even 'especially' given the evidence of abortion.
My mother has always made clear she has no desire to fight. She is ready to accept when her time comes. As a man in the mold of my father (at least on that account) it's going to be a difficult thing for me if we have to give the authorization for it when it's time. God help me.
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From various things I've read it appears to me the main party finding it convenient to kill people in Canada is the Canadian "healthcare" system, aka the Canadian government.
Once the taxpayer becomes a tax burden, the government has little incentive to encourage continued burdening. "Rare and only for those in serious pain and terminal," quickly becomes, "for the indigent or costly."
LittleRed1
It's a cultural shift as we become less Godly. When my father had his stroke that eventually led to his decline, the hospital had a nurse who was the specialist to talk to you about palliative care. We were still thinking about recovery at that point. She was quite attractive, but really creeped me out with how hard she pushed for death preparations- I started referring to her as "the angel of death". The medical industry is full of these people now.
In 2023, the USA had 19,428 gun homicides. Canada has 16,000 medically assisted suicides, again at 1/9th our population. Their killed-by-their-own-government problem is bigger than the gun homicide problem that they like to chide America about.
With due respect for slippery slopes, I think there's a world of difference between offering palliative care and the MAID program Correia is referencing. Having watched my mother struggle for the last year of her life with a severe intestinal injury I think we have to respect there are limits to both the ability of the medical profession and the body itself to heal. I suspect she had to push hard because it's an uncomfortable subject for most people.
I agree, Christopher, that palliative care is important and many are uncomfortable with the subject entirely. We were not foreign to the idea, nor were we ignorant of it. When my Dad first had his stroke, they didn't seem to think he had any chance at recovery at all, and yet, though he never got off the ventilator, he lived, and appreciated life, for months longer. They clearly wanted to accelerate the process, and did not see life in a diminished state as "worth living". I know my father disagreed, and had always expressed a desire to hold on to life when possible. They (the aforementioned angel of death, and one of the ICU doctors) pushed so hard to just kill him it truly horrified me. The time we had with Dad, even in his diminished state meant a lot to us, and to him.
My father was blessedly conscious and of sound mind when his death came upon him suddenly via an aggressive liver cancer. He was able to elect palliative care on his own, sparing us a torturous decision. It was a decision that was easy for him, I think: he had spent so long as a first responder that he knew very well what kind of life remained to those who chose to pursue existence at any cost. He always told me he would choose to go earlier, while still dignified, and he was as good as his word.
Even with such care, it was awful to see him suffering towards the end. I wished his suffering over very much during those days. All the same, it is better that suicide was not an option. We have seen enough to know that mankind cannot trust itself with that power -- nor womankind, 'either' or even 'especially' given the evidence of abortion.
My mother has always made clear she has no desire to fight. She is ready to accept when her time comes. As a man in the mold of my father (at least on that account) it's going to be a difficult thing for me if we have to give the authorization for it when it's time. God help me.
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