Well, yeah, Philip - they never said "Transportation" *to where*, now did they? :-/

And I thought someone might jump all over Jason's "Wouldn't be appropriate." sentence, shouting "BUT NEITHER IS EUTHANASIA APPROPRIATE!!" - but, thankfully, no. In the movie "Soylent Green", as I recall, the act was dressed up as a pleasant end to the "heroics" of surviving into old age. I.e., the Valkyries would be appropriate escorts to anyone and everyone who had been chosen. As Philip points out, often the most despicable acts are given the most "heroic" and/or "pleasant" veneers.

Lee, I wonder if they'll dust off the old Nazi euphemism: "Charitable Transportation Service for the Elderly." It was effective when Hitler used it to round up those whom he sought to eliminate.

Wesley Smith wrote a short blog about truth in advertising vis-a-vis euthanasia and linked to this piece of legislation.

It's enlightening.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5378.pdf

Wesley's piece: http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2012/01/10/tell-truth-about-assisted-suicide-on-wa-death-certificates/

Kevorkian was hailed as some kind of folk hero! And this, even after he had the gruesome tastelessness after a suicide to offer one of the organs around, as a sick joke.
It is astonishing who is lionized and who is condemned in this culture: Tebow is condemned for being too blatant, while Kevorkian is hailed. It reinforces the point I made on a different topic, that the World is prominent and inescapable in the media, etc.

I'm not aware of a case in Oregon, Holland, or elsewhere where euthanasia/assisted suicide has been legalized where anyone has been prosecuted, much less convicted, for going past the "boundaries" set up. And when the pro-death activists in Holland are going so far as to picket hospices (for allowing people to die naturally with comfort and true dignity rather than speeding up the process), can anyone doubt that the "boundaries" are being crossed?

Wesley Smith, who is heavily involved in the anti-euthanasia campaign, has pointed out that in every case where euthanasia has been legalized 'within boundaries,' those boundaries have routinely been violated. In the case of Oregon, it was only a year before a case arose where the boundaries needed to be violated (right!).

Ellen, glad you stayed the course. Suicide, be it in the guise of euthanasia or not, hurts loved ones.

While health ministers and such say voluntary, the reality is quite different.

Here's a link to an older report of involuntary E-, I don't have time to find a current report.
http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/holland-background/

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In the spirit of “holy lawlessness” (cf. Daniel 6:7-11), I would (if somehow I could) volunteer to be a driver; and, stinker that I am, I would play this at full volume until they fired me (or shot me, which would be ‘eu thanasia’ indeed – Philippians 1:21):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlDmslyGmGI

'Euthanasia may only be carried out at the explicit request of the patient.'

But in fact studies of Dutch doctors have found that they admit to killing patients without an explicit request. They've already gone a long way down the slippery slope, and the government is pushing hard with its ski poles.

Wouldn't be appropriate. Valkyries were for carrying great warriors to Odin's Hall. Slain valiantly in battle by worthy opponents.

What is the proper theme song for Boxer being carted off to the glue factory?

I knew I could count on Uncle Lee for encouragement!

Now that I'm listening to "Ride of the Valkyries" I think I'll go swoop down upon the clutter littering our home and make it disappear. Time I gave my husband a hero's welcome after a hard day's work of slaying computer dragons.

'Euthanasia may only be carried out at the explicit request of the patient.'

But if the patient has dementia, even just the early stages thereof, then that's not exactly informed consent, is it?

Around here the summertime ice cream trucks play "Turkey in the Straw" from loudspeakers, so the kids can hear 'em coming. I wonder if the mobile death squad vehicles would play something, and if so, what. (I'm soliciting suggestions.) My vote would be for "Ride of the Valkyries" since the Nazis loved Wagner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU

The irony is that I know someone who's of Dutch descent, and her family narrowly escaped death during WWII before coming to America. Who knew that the Netherlands could become what it has become, in a mere two generations?

And dear Ellen, I know *I* wouldn't be better off without you around.

And all brought to you by an attractive young woman with a lovely smile....

I think I'll go retch now while I ponder the times that, while in the depths of clinical depression, I clung to existence by believing God's promises of a joy-filled life. Would my husband and children be better off if this sinful, sorry excuse for a wife and mother were simply euthanized out of their lives? I think not.