Piero Welby to the Italian President: I want euthanasia

[cercopiteco1]

What a lie, Mr. Welby could suicide himself because in Italy, by law, you can refuse medical treatment even when cause one's dead. This case have been exploited by the radicals. In Italy suicide is not a crime, crime is incitament to suicide and to cause death. Mr , Welby consciously refusing medical care (legal) ,  simply committed suicide.

[raschmid86]

Personal oppinion about the humans right breach made by parlamentarians from Australia! NORMALLY the governments would not care if old people would die,anyway lots of governments have problems with old useless people BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A NEW GENERATION CAN ENVISION LIVING A FRUITFULL 50 YEARS AND HAVE AN OPTION TO END IT PAINLESS? THEN THE SAME GENERATION WOULD WISH TO HAVE A TAX PLAN TO ALLOW NOT INVESTING IN THE PENSION PLAN AND THERE YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM..GOVERNMENTS NEED THOSE BIG MONEY!!

[OMGaNEWBIE]

@raschmid86 ** I never thought of it that way. Thanks for opening my eyes. That makes a lot of sense. So it's not only the bible thumpers, it's the pension plan.

May they experience this pain & suffering due to their own hidden agenda.

[Seeclearly1986]

I can so see the nursing homes abusing this right. Like, if they need to free up room for new patients they can just secretely convince some elderly people to kill themselves or worse they can just have them sign it without their knowledge of what they are signing...Good luck proving that the elderly person was misled. Good luck!

[emerson24]

Nursing homes to assist people in dying, all the time. I know this from a friend who knows people who do this. I support this decision. We can put our pets to sleep, but we as humans can't make that decision for ourselves? Our governments give us vaccines filled with mercury, thimerasol, squalene, formaldehyde and other poisons using us as lab rats and controlling the population, BUT they won't kills someone humanely? That's beyond inhumane. It's disgusting. Gov. is pure evil, everywhere.

[aidanne07]

The thing is if they let this happen, then it can be misused, then there's the chance that the person who wants to die is every depressed, And when the depression passes, they love life again. There's a very fine line, that people have to have a good look at.

[carolloving]

to force a person to live like this is torture and torment by governmental powers. such a shame that we (the people of the world) are dominated by churches and governments with archaic agendas. WE NEED ASSISTED DEATH & WE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT OT PLAN OUR DEATH!

[Gwgw2008]

...morte artificialmente rimandato....

...death artificialy postponed

all the meaning of such invalidating diseases is kept in these words...

Rest in peace.

[ivy1992]

you can feel his pain

[raulitech]

if religious people believe this man, when he dies and is free from this unbearable existence, goes to a magical paradise and they really believe it why don't they go all for euthanasia? hypocrits.

[aidanne07]

Because it is not god's will to kill yourself.

There not hyocrits.

[Seeclearly1986]

How can you call them hypocrits without knowing why they do not believe in suicide. Suicide doesn't get you to Heaven.

[Progo35]

Yes, sadly, Pierro passed away a few years ago.

[mikygoogle]

did he die ??

[Thomastanmaya]

When a man wants to live, we do everything to get him to live.

But when a man just want to die, so he is forced to live

-- Sadly or not, but you friend, you must live.

* * * * * * * *

When an animal just want to die, it's no problem, in immediately we help the animal to die.

But when an animal wants to live her life we said:

-- Sorry buddy, but you had to die anyway.

...................

**** - I beg for you freedom. I beg for a world whit enthanasia.

[muslim4321]

God put us here and God will take us away from here.

[surfboyabry007]

And he's done a great job: the genocide, lethal illnesses, racism, etc. Tell your God he can really kiss my ass.

[Progo35]

I would also urge people not to use "retarded" to describe those who make insensitive comments. "Cruel" would be a more appropriate term. Using "retarded" in this context is prejudiced, just like the n-word constitutes prejudice.

[KiddVid]

"The n-word?" Why don't you just say "nigger?" It means the same thing.

[Progo35]

because if I actually said the word, it could be taken out of context and used to argue that I actually endorse it's use. I think that the average person is informed enough to recognize the difference, but some people just don't care when they are trying to make a political point.

[KiddVid]

Being an N, with Rs in the family and among my friends, I find the R-word as offensive as the N-word. If you're going to say "retarded" you may as well say "nigger."

[lathorus]

pathetic, suck it up and use that pain

[yourhighest1]

youre a worthless person, youre like a $2 scratch off, trash...

[dans1120]

lol

[sneakerhot]

Lol? Are you retarded?

[dans1120]

your just prejudice

[sneakerhot]

Prejudice? This man is living a fucking hell and you're saying LOL? What is so funny with this man? I finally realize YOU'RE RETARDED!!!

[lawalsanni]

Why Wont they give this man ethunasia it is his right to die. He Is Like a Innocent Prisoner Locked In Prison for Life That would not end for long. But He is Worse,Than That He Can not Move He Feels Pain. But what is worse than pain?

Pain When You Cannot Express It.He Can Not Cry to make himself feel better.

This Is Torture of the mind. Even Worse Than Being a Sane Psycho Patient In a Psycho Ward.

He Should be given the right to die It his is Life Put Yourself in his position and fell his Pain.

[DirectCore]

My heart goes out out to this man. I prayed and forced God to secure your place in Heaven, where you will not have to suffer anymore... Much love, from: DirectCore and my family. :)

[omidr]

A few days ago a terminally ill patient of us suffering from throat cancer who could hardly get out of his bed, ask me to kill him. Its illegal in my country to do that. So, I refused. The same night, somwhow he crawled to the window and jumped out of the hospital window and died instantly!

Its a shame, that we cant offer a humane way to end lives.

[Zoya9may]

PRO-CHOICE ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!

Why a patients can't have the right to die as she/he wants?This isn't democrasy...

[jonathan4818]

lol

[lathorus]

Its propaganda. The voice is not from him. How sick do you have to be to make a hoax using this poor old man.

[kolaemcee]

He was using a voice synthesiser.

[paulatz]

Look up muscular dystrophy on google, you muscles become progressively weaker and weaker, until you cannot walk, than you cannot stand, than you cannot move your arm, than you cannot breath: you throat is opened an a tube inserted to actively ventilate your lungs with a mechanical pump. He was in this state when he wrote the speech, you can see the pipe and the pump in the video. He used a single finger to slowly compose it letter by letter on the laptop, than have it synthesized via software

[bluesteel222]

he sounds like Mr. Roboto from the Styx album.I wounder if he sings ????

[snoxu]

So after watching the video those are your only thoughts? You're an idiot.

[sceam4you]

sweaty butt

[luciia10]

hey pioro

[Progo35]

While I sympathize with this man's suffering, I don't think that he should have tried to end his own suffering by supporting the legalization of a policy that could put other people at risk.

[5micky2]

OK so what would you suggest instead? Put yourself in this man's position, then THINK. You are obviously healthy. Get off your moral high horse.

[Progo35]

OK so what would you suggest instead? Put yourself in this man's position, then THINK. You are obviously healthy. Get off your moral high horse.

I would suggest that his so called friends go to his bedside everyday and that society actually invent new technologies that would enable this man to have a better quality of life. Get off your horse.

[5micky2]

What sort of new technologies? Therapeutic cloning? Experiments on embryos? Fine. I have no problem with that.

[Progo35]

maybe people outside of his family need to actually put some effort out and help him go outside. Maybe the government needs to consider funding medical equipment and better motibility machines for the handicapped, instead of spending money on less dire needs. You may think you're being compassionate, but you're really embracing the easy way out for soceity, not for Pierro.

[Arckanoz]

U dont have a clue about how much it takes to create "a new technology" and wich would u like? The "natural course of the illness" cannot be aletred. Everything costs Gov cannot just redirect founds to prolong death in dying ppl. Sure they make efforts in bringing a better end, but there still millions of patients that need attention and $, and they don't wan2 die, ppl asking for euthanasia they suffer, cannot be helped (more than drugged) and they wish2die, so let them decide.

[Progo35]

Arckanoz-so, we should help people kill themselves to free up resources? Way to value human rights, Arckanoz.

[HeidiSaid]

This is very powerful. People need to be able to end their suffering with dignity. Please know that United States is just as repressed. Euthanasia isn't an option, although we are killing people daily... very sad. ~peace

[ReneeLouvier]

Poor poor man. Not to sound gruesome or rude, but I'm happy he's passed away and is feeling no more pain and suffering.

Also does anyone have any idea what is up with his eyes? Was it because of his condition?

[renaato80]

In Italy Vatican rules, but it oppress poor people only. Most Italian policians are corrupted and divorcee, although Pope doesn't care them

[agaaa84]

in italy abortion is legal as I heard, but not euthanasia? This man wants to finish his "life" and he can't, children want to live, but they can be killed.

[balvarez01]

Fetuses don't "want" anything; they have no intentional states. Let's be honest about abortion, not resort to this typeof faulty language.

[jcbigbro]

I think the man who is presented before us needs euthanasia, to better say, the right to die." If this man has been granted euthanasia some one (doctor) has to do it. The man is asking for it, why not give it to him?

[AkkordionBloke]

He died on 20. Dec. 2006.