We have no right to live or die as far as a truly objective scientific mind can see. This means that the argument itself cannot be resolved rationally, but rather through an appeal to one form of bias (end his/her suffering) or another (it is wrong to take a life).
There is zero empirical evidence that ‘rights’ natural or otherwise exist outside of our imaginations. It is an appeal to the irrational, the same exact irrational animal emotions, that provokes people on both sides of this argument. No evidence of a god does not give some kind of license for humans to act as gods.
Kevorkian is absolutely right about the law and the courts. A bunch of power-hungry, religiously-driven hypocrites and fuckwads. Americans crow so much about how free they think they are. YOU DON'T EVEN OWN YOUR OWN FUCKING BODY, you dumbasses.
Well done Dr. Jack - your "victims" are only bound to be better off than they are on this shit hole planet. The religious zealots ought to be convinced of that more than anyone! Nitwits!
You may hate the Dr. but when faced with a disease with no cure which gives you agonizing pain,you will pray you could have such a person there to assist you.
The debate about physician assisted suicide aside, I think he got a thrill out of witnessing death. That would explain why he studied the eyes at the moment of death as a young intern
Absolutely great interview- especially the interviewees answers to questions, very thoughtful and real. This helped broaden my views on assisted suicide- watched it for a project in class. Definitely agree with it being a person's choice to end their life when it comes to terminal illness with no aid to suffering or cures.
as a physician, i must say we need more Dr. Jack Kevorkians. This man was a hero, and anyone who thinks otherwise is neck deep in bronze-age superstitious dogma
such an articulate and smart man. he describes the problems with the law perfectly at 6:32 and about how the law is cruel.. "the law is cruel, they don't care about the patient"
You know while I do think this is a sensitive issue and I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this, I really hate how everyone here is saying that only the ignorant disagree with him. What society needs to realize is that everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and having opinions doesn't make you ignorant, it makes you human.
Kevorkian was a egotistical clown, his bombastic style did more to hurt the cause of assisted suicide than anything else in this nation. Ultimately Kevorkian exposed himself as a hypocrite and coward, for when the time came to take his own life and end his own suffering he could not.
He didn't want to end his own life. His whole point was that it is a personal choice that everyone deserves to make for themselves. Just because he didn't want to end his life that way, doesn't mean others shouldn't be able to make that decision.
I never imply any of that, if you had reading comprehension you could see that I support an individual's right to choose when they die. I am merely pointing out the fact that Kevorkian did not have the courage to end his own suffering, or do you believe he wanted to die alone in the hospital? He was a hypocrite and bragging fool who did more harm than good.
you are a fucking moron, get your facts straight, he was NOT terminally ill as all of his patience, he was not in excruciating pain before he died, why would he suicide if he was not suffering, he died natural causes in bed at 83. YOU JUST A FUCKING IDIOT, PIECE OF SHIT SCUMBAG WITH NO FUCKING COMMON SENSE WHATSOEVER , DESPICABLE MOTHERFUCKER
@Plato86 Guys like Kevorkian inspire people compassion and understanding; Dumb religious fanatics like you Inspire people to commit a Crime, just like right now, if i had you in front of me I might end up being charge for homicide, stupid cunt
@Plato86 Kevorkian died due to a pulmonary embolus. Which is a blood clot that was formed from one location of the body and moved (embolized) into his lungs. This event usually occurs immediately with little chance of survival. You need to educate yourself on the subject and on him. You have clearly formed a biased opinion without any research or knowledge on the topic at hand.
Operative word " usually", you were not in the hospital room with him so you do not know how long it took for him to die or how much pain he was in so stfu. I support the right to die, I do not support how Kevorkian advocated for that right. Why must you sheeple make a hero out of a man who has retarded the progress on this issue? Oh right because you are obsessed with celebrities rather than what really matters, the ability for the individual to chose when he or she dies. Stop worshiping men.
Take Kevorkian's rotting Armenian cock out of your mouth and think logically for a minute. If you were in constant physical pain which you knew could not be cured, would it not be reasonable to end your suffering by choosing to end your life? Moreover, is that not what Kevorkian advocated all his life? Kevorkian was a hypocrite because although he advocated killing yourself when you were suffering, he could not kill himself when the moment of truth came. Stop worshiping a dead man, fag.
LOL this conversation ended 3 months ago and now you want to comment? What a pathetic cunt. Have a nice day and wash the sand out of your vagina, you would be friendlier. Kevorkian is still a hypocrite, stop worshipping him.
I see you cannot read so let me explain this SLOWLY. All his life Kevorkian advocating killing yourself rather than enduring suffering. Towards the end of his life Kevorkian found himself in a hospital room enduring physical suffering. Kevorkian died naturally, rather than end his own life and suffering and thus he is a hypocrite.
you are obviously not well informed , Dr Kevorkian died as a result of a pulmonary embolism and apparently did not experience the physical pain and suffering as you describe. A person's degree of pain/suffering is purely subjective so no one else can make that claim. Having been a registered nurse for more than 30 years, believe me that assisted deaths occur on a daily basis, by caring MDS, thru the deliberate overuse of pain/anxiety medications which results loss of respiration and death-
@Plato86 I know he had high blood pressure, hepatitis c as well as a few other things but I dont think he was in pain like people who are terminally ill... so why do you think he should have taken his own life?
Clearly this man is no murderer....he ends the suffering that would be calling a veternarian a murderer because he has to put down a sick animal. He is only helping. Still that doesnt mean what he did is right, but it certainly isnt wrong.
RIP Dr. Kevorkian. Shame on all these moral soapboxers raging on him for committing assisted suicide... If it's in the wishes of his patients, who the fuck are any of YOU to try to stop them from ending their pain?
@SirSmokeify: except that he paid every dime of it. He didn't want their money; he wanted to help people who every other medical profession in the world that could be found declined to help. You seem like a world class art critic; it's good see that when you look at art, you burn a lot of fuel trying really hard not to understand what it might possibly mean.
As I have said repeatedly, and people just seem to ignore, if he wanted to help people, he wouldn't have deliberately gotten himself arrested. He had helped ~130 people with no sign that anyone was going to try to stop him. He could've continued helping these people indefinitely, but instead, he decided that he wanted to be on 60 minutes so he taped himself helping a man die and daring the government to stop him. Ever since, he has helped NO ONE.
i used to be adamant about the right to die until i learned about the disability rights arguments against physician assisted suicide. but either way i love kevorkian, he's one of my heros
@NiangoChan: I have a sad bit of news for you then. The right to die isn't a right; it's a promise. All that remains is the recognition that one has the plenary authority to die in a manner of one's own choosing in the event that one chooses it, and that it should be, if one so chooses, a dignified event deserving of the same profundity as birth, marriage, and just dropping dead randomly. If it's "assisted suicide" against a person's will, it's neither assisted, nor suicide - it's murder.
I think he derives pleasure out of watching someone die. I support the right to die, but I believe Kevorkian was motivated by more than just a desire to end suffering.
@Goatoftheforest: then you weren't listening very carefully. That's like saying, say, a child oncologist just enjoys the shit out of watching small children die horribly painful deaths from cancers because while that will happen --make no mistake about that-- the doctors also enjoy their work. It's a little something about enjoying helping people in shitty situations make the very best of it they can on their own terms, with all possible respect, dignity and person-hood intact.
To everybody that shits their pants over people wanting to die and end their suffering:
I sincerely hope that YOU end up being one of those people, and forced to live in misery until you disintegrate. You'll change your tune REAL fast I'm sure.
Courage, bravery, fortitude, will, and intrepidity, is the ability to confront fear, pain, risk/danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. "Physical courage" is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, while "moral courage" is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement = Dr Jack Kevorkian
Doesn't anyone else see this as bogus? He's a very intelligent person. A doctor. He doesn't know how many people he "helped die"? Bullshit. If he thinks his practice is legitimate, he would have records. He would know exactly how many people he helped. He is speaking in vagueries and that's what liars tend to do. How many people do we KNOW he assisted? Where's the evidence for the quantity? This is further proof of his psychopathy.
the most interesting thing that i found that he says in essence "it doesnt affect anyone else." This has nothing to do with religion or morality, but that is a lie. When someone commits suicide, it ALWAYS affects someone else. someone has to plan your funeral, go through the grief of realizing youre gone, Wondering what they did to not convince them otherwise. suicide ALWAYS affects someone else you idiot Kevorkian. You have a sick problem.
@jankkk25 He doesn't realize that suicide affects other people because he's a sociopath and doesn't understand empathy. He's not relieving the sufferings of humankind, he's just passing that suffering from one person to another (the family). (This is, of course, negated if the family supports the suicide, but then the question becomes "why can't someone in the family assist their suicide?")
@KayBeeEee1983 He is neither sick or a sociopath. He is the most logical and ethical person I have ever heard. Not one thing he says do I reject. This man has everything right. And to answer jankkk25's questions, He says, in this interview, that the family cannot be present, or else they will be prosecuted because of the law. And are you saying its the family's choice for an individual to die, and not the individual? Sure the family suffers, but is it not better? The physical misery is over.
He videotaped the death of Youk, then sent it to 60 Minutes DARING the cops to stop him. Why would he do that if he wanted to help people?! It led directly to his imprisonment! He lied to the parole board, then ran for office. He doesn't care about helping any of the OTHER people afflicted with these diseases. He doesn't know how many people he "helped die". He claims another "Dr." helped him (evading full responsibility)
I support a person's right to die, as long as it's not hurting anyone else.
"And are you saying its the family's choice for an individual to die, and not the individual? Sure the family suffers, but is it not better? The physical misery is over."
If your family supports your suicide, then do it by any means. But if your family is OPPOSED to your suicide, then you do NOT have the right to kill yourself. Do you disagree that it's wrong to pass your suffering off to other people?
@KayBeeEee1983 I believe that an individual possesses all rights to their bodies; they own themselves. A family is not the owner of an individual, the individual owns himself, therefore, it is not the family's choice if someone wants to kill themselves, it is the individuals. If your family opposed your suicide, then you DO have the right to kill yourself, YOUR FAMILY DOES NOT OWN YOU. YOU OWN YOURSELF AND ALL RIGHTS REGARDING YOURSELF.
@dompomcash I totally understand where you're coming from. I agree that no one owns your body except you. I just believe in the principle that it's wrong to pass your suffering onto others, in every case. I think that trumps everything else. If the families of all Kevorkian's "patients" are totally cool with it, then I am too. But Dr. Jack is still a sociopath.
@KayBeeEee1983 Okay I can accept everything you wrote expect one thing. Jack Kevorkian is the most sane man I have ever listened to. He is nowhere near a sociopath. Jack Kevorkian is an idol.
@dompomcash Hitler was an idol, too. You need to do some research on sociopaths/psychopaths. The way you describe him in this post fits into the personality of a sociopath perfectly. They aren't "insane". They are charismatic. They act "normal". He lied to the parole board. He said that he was suffering from hepatitis C and diabetes and that he had less than a year to live. His lawyer said he wasn't fit enough to walk even 1 mile a day. That was in 2006. In 2008 he ran for Congress. He's a liar
@KayBeeEee1983 Hitler killed Jews based on their religion who had no will to die. Hitler was involved in the killing of millions of people because he did not like them. Kevorkian's patients wish to die. Hitler was not seen as a savior to his victims, Kevorkian was. There is a massive difference between the two. And also, are you stating that all liars are sociopaths? Proving that he is a liar does not say anything about his mental stability. His decisions are all rational.
@dompomcash "Without Conscience" by Robert Hare and "The Mask of Sanity" by Hervey Cleckley are the most popular, I think, but "The Mask of Sanity" is like 70 years old and the concept was a lot different back then.
@KayBeeEee1983 And also he sent the video because he wanted a test case in supreme court so that it would become the "law of the land". He was hoping it would go to supreme court and that they would rule in his favor and declare physician assisted suicide legal. What part about wanting this law makes him a sociopath? And just because he doesn't know how many people he helped die doesn't make him one either. If I had help die 130+ I would also not remember the number of people I helped die.
@dompomcash "he wanted a test case in supreme court so that it would become the "law of the land". He was hoping it would go to supreme court and that they would rule in his favor and declare physician assisted suicide legal."
The supreme court doesn't make laws.They interpret them & they usually deal with Constitutional issues.If he wanted to legalize doctor assisted suicide, he shoulda gone to CONGRESS.He's not dumb.He knew that.Why didn't he run for Congress until after he got out of prison?
@KayBeeEee1983: because unlike your feeble mind, he's aware of the American system of jurisprudence in which, alas, yes, some laws are dictated by judges. If something is a constitutional right, once the court recognizes it, the congress has no say over the matter. Only ratifying an amendment to the constitution by 38 states will pull that off. Why is it that youth, ignorant and loud are so commonly bound up with one another?
@integralmath You can use buzz words like "contrivance", "jurisprudence", "alas", and "the Congress" to make yourself sound smart, but you don't fool me. The only one with a feeble mind is you....and everyone else who follows Kevorkian like Jesus Christ. You don't know how the amendment process works. They have to be proposed in Congress or in 2/3 of the state legislatures. So, as much as you would like to bypass "the Congress", YOU CAN'T. Learn this stuff before spouting off about it.
@KayBeeEee1983: you still have that pesky matter of clearing the hurdles spelled in out in Article 5 of the Constitution; namely, that in order for the amendment to be ratified, 75% of the several states must vote in favor of it. That's 37.5 states, rounded up by way of a step function, that's 38 states necessary to amend the constitution. But you were saying something about one of us needing to understand the process. We agree, only not with respect to who is ignorant of the process.
@integralmath Did I say anything about ratification? Do you understand the difference between proposal and ratification? You said "If something is a constitutional right, once the court recognizes it, the congress has no say over the matter." and this is correct, but Congress has say BEFORE it even becomes a constitutional right. Before it can even go before the people for ratification, it has to be approved by 2/3 of each house of Congress (or 2/3 of the state legislatures).
@KayBeeEee1983 Trolling multiple Kevorkian videos? Sad. You can't say things like "everyone else who follows Kevorkian like Jesus Christ" and think they sound smart or clever.
@zofspade I'm not trolling. My comments actually have substance. You can't even come up with a good argument as to why Kevorkian is a good person. You just make fun of my posts. LOL. Talk about trolling.
@KayBeeEee1983 Sorry, your posts are worthy of ridicule. Comparing people who agree with Kevorkian to those who follow Christ is beyond stupid. That's a fact.
@zofspade I guess you don't quite grasp the concept of hyperbole. Try reading some of these posts. Start with the "top" comments. "i love this person and i want to meet him as soon as possible"
You can't call some out for using buzz words then use hyperbole you fucking twit. Something about the internet causes a painful amount of cognitive dissonance. Jesus the Jew...
@zofspade LOL. Hyperbole is a rhetorical technique. Buzz words are a way to deceive people into believing you're smart so they will take you seriously.
@KayBeeEee1983 No, they are both deceptive (and rhetorical techniques, which are not always wholesome). You aren't making a point by saying people follow him like Jesus Christ because it is in no way close to the truth. It's not even an exaggeration. It's pure fabrication.
@dompomcash "just because he doesn't know how many people he helped die doesn't make him one either. If I had help die 130+ I would also not remember the number of people I helped die."
The fact that he doesn't keep any record of this stuff shows just how shady Kevorkian is.
@KayBeeEee1983: well, that's a fair question. We don't ordinarily turn to family to solve other medical issues, particularly the hard ones. You know, something about putting, say, dear old mom in the unsavory position of having to inject little Johnny with a lethal dose of whatever you can get off the street. And hope that mom doesn't fuck it up. A medically trained professional working on a medical issue seems imminently more reasonable than the slapdash method of your contrivance.
@jankkk25: indeed, my death will affect other people. Nothing can change that fact except, possibly, everyone I know being polite enough to die first to save themselves the trouble of dealing with my death. Death is inescapable; given that this is true, it then only remains for one to negotiate one's death in a way that is acceptable to one, provided, of course, nothing untoward inconveniently interferes.
@bridgettedunn: Good point. The title of this video will make people jump to conclusions to quickly even though he says it himself. If the patient wants to die then he is doing them justice but again, it's only if they WANT him to. Jack is not a bad man, people just jump to conclusions too easily without analyzing why an action is being taken.
@PpPayton379: Yes, he said that any time a patient goes to the doctor, that person is playing God to end their suffering and interfering with the natural process. He is ending people's lives, which even though they want him to, is in turn interfering with the natural process.
It is amazing, how in 2011, people are still so ignorant that they can only look at the fact that it is murder, and not what a merciful, great thing Kevorkian was doing.
@chicoandnibbles Coming up with the cure for cancer would be a great thing. Kevorkian is a sociopath. For Sagan's sake, he lied to the parole board to get out of prison and run for office.
@chicoandnibbles Have you ever had a terminal disease where you feel like you can no longer continue living cause life is just so miserable? Look at it from that point of view.
@perlariojas Exactly, what Im saying is that most people are saying that it is wrong, while if anything, it is for the better because it is just shortening the amount of time that the patient is going to suffer, which is also what you are saying.
@chicoandnibbles People are just ignorant as hell. I'm 16 and people think that I'm stupid about everything. Shit Dr. Jack was a hero for most people.
@perlariojas Yeah, some people say this is an era of enlightenment, but in my opinion this is an era where the masses have turned into blind sheep who will eat up anything the men up top spew out. I am 12, and a lot of my ideas are thought of as out of the norm in society, but im proud of my opinions. And in my mind, Jack was a hero to many helpless people who could do nothing about their misery and released them to a greater freedom and from their pain. Thank you for your input.
My main issue with this was that Kevorkian made it his job to do these things. Who is he to go outside the law and perform these actions? I would have approved of him trying to institute legal legislation and then, if it were legalized, assisting in the deaths.
@ryanconor05 You're missing the point. Kevorkian is open-minded enough to know that the "law" and almost everyone who tries to enforce it do not respect people's individual rights. He will go the extra mile to do what he thinks is right, unlike many other people. If someone no longer wishes to live, they (should) have the right to choose to die regardless if the a law exists or not. He also knows that religious beliefs are the basis of reason on why people make laws on assisted suicide.
@DiscursiveSoul What he says is the "law" is different from what the Supreme Court might rule as the law. He is fighting for clarification in an amendment. Just because he thinks that "going the extra mile" because he thinks it is "right" to kill people does not mean that he is correct in doing so before the law. You might be correct that someone SHOULD have the right, but the fact is that they don't. Just because Kevorkian believes in something does not mean he gets to be above the law.
@ryanconor05: so, do you posit that a right doesn't actual exist until someone grants it? What you describe sounds less like a "right" and more like a convenience. A right is something to which one is entitled of necessity; it is not subject to the whims, revisions or consent of other people. For instance, my right to tell you to fuck off isn't contingent on your granting that I have the right.
@integralmath I'm saying that it is not up to assholes like you who randomly throw out insults towards people with their own opinions to determine whether or not what this man has provided is a right.
@ryanconor05: right, we should leave it up to poorly educated assholes like you determine that rights aren't rights until you decide a law is passed saying that the right is a right, right? Well, now I can tell my cat that I found another idiot, and that I'll be leaving him right where I found him. Tootles. =^_^=
@integralmath Where did I say that rights are guaranteed by law? YOU can believe whatever rights you want to believe in, but you might not be right. If you think that different rights should be guaranteed by U.S. law, you might want to move elsewhere to a place that agrees with those rights.
@integralmath And somehow calling me an uneducated asshole or idiot makes what you say true? If you were ever educated in your entire life, you might have learned that in order to win an argument, you have to win it, not call people names. Actually provide a reason why you are right. You might have also learned the proper usage of grammar in the English language.
But hey, it is America, the land where we are free to break the law if we think our "rights" are not protected!
@ryanconor05: trivially done. See Amendment 9, United States Constitution. After that very involved reading, take a break and then read Amendment 10, same instrument. Well, that was easy.
@integralmath Okay. Granting rights to people not specifically mentioned before. Good to see that thus far the government has made use of these in Kevorkian's case, right? Obviously it is neither a right nor legal nor approved of in any way shape or form by the Bill of Rights.
Just because they exist means that I can make up any right I want to! Woo!
If someone is suffering in pain everyday and in agony and the law says that they can't pull the plug. What is life if there is no quality what is life if you can't enjoy it? people are so foolish in thinking they know the truth they know everything who are they to say who lives or dies. It should be my choice if I chose and if I were in a position where I was in pain everyday I would choose to die I don't want the government choosing for me.
I watched the new movie with Pacino today, very good. I think the most valid point he makes is the way we let people die once it's decided to stop life support etc, just letting them starve or suffocate, why not just make it quick and painless. As someone who suffered tremendously through cancer treatments and the aftermath of surgery I do worry about people making a bad decision based on pain, it effects the way you think bigtime. The legal questions were interesting.
I have seen a family member suffer. I wish I knew this doctor then. He is a good man. I laugh with amusement at those foolish people who pushed for arresting this man and shameless dropped the charges of attempted suicide & pressed charges for murder! I wish they have an absolute painful death and suffer!
Jack Kevorkian is a good doctor who only wants to help end suffering of adults who CONSENT to end their lives. Circumcision is quite the opposite. No baby ever gives consent to have part of his body cut off - for no good reason. We need more of Dr. Kevorkian.
He's a terribly interesting person...I haven't seen an interview this good in so long. I agree with him. I work in healthcare, mostly in oncology. Sometimes the pain is not worth bearing, and the pt dies in terrible pain, undignified, and suffering. There should be some measure taken where assisted suicide is legal and regulated so pt's are properly screened both physically and psychologically.
the government allows for people to be killed as a punishment to committing a crime, this gives a judge the power to kille a person "as a form of punishment" however, a physician cannot practice the same procedure on a patient who is suffering? i just dont see death can be justified as a form of punishment but not granted to a suffering person who has no other option.
@lilnasty59: child rape victims don't get to choose when they start having sex, so I guess they should never thereafter be allowed the choice either, huh? Your argument is patent nonsense; you don't want to be able to select when you die, groovy. Your choice on the matter shouldn't bear on the other currently living 6.5 billion people anymore than what you had for lunch should dictate what I should have for lunch.
@integralmath I agree but what does what we eat and shit out or child rape victums have to do with the matter? Besides he gets off on it, have you seen his artworks? And I guess I don't see your point on the whole my choice on the matter shouldn't bare on the blah blah blah I'm voicing my opinion just as you are unless you value my opinion over others that statement makes no sense
I want to die, and I have no way of doing it. I am a coward to shoot myself or attempt such a thing myself. This man is my hero. Religious and healthy people don't know what it's like to suffer.
"Prolong the suffering at all costs . . . God Wills It!!!"
The people who have most vocally vilified Kevorkian are illogical and unethical. It is NEVER a black and white decision. Some people just don't get that there is a difference between "living" and "staying alive". When the former has ended, long ago, why prolong the latter?
kevorkian did what he did because it is right. There is no argument against euthanasia. What, that God created you so he is the one to choose whether you live or die? Say that to the judge who orders the death penalty. "But that man deserves to die for taking another life" you say? But watching some die slowly is alright with you protestors? look at a loved one who is dying in the eyes and see their pain and then talk. Google CHANTAL SEBIRE, and pray this never happens to anyone again.
My dad's an orthopedic surgeon, so he doesn't exactly see ER cases or forever-paralyzed guys, but I respect and concur with his views on euthanasia. He's for it. Thank you for being so brave and non-conformist for doing the right thing
I'm a catholic man but I have to admit that his arguments are legit. Notice how fast he answer each question and with such a legit answer that you just can't say his wrong. I don't approve what he does or did but i can't go against it either. The dude is too smart and knows what he's talking about.
I'm a catholic man but I have to admit that his arguments are legit. Notice how fast he answer each question and with such a legit answer that you just can't say his wrong. I don't approve what he does or did but i can't go against it either. The dude is too smart and knows what he's talking about.
If God can interrupt the "natural order" of things, a phenomenon which I have been told is a miracle, then why doen't he or she do it in ALL instances of suffering? Why would God only do it in select circumstances? I DO believe in miracles. But I just can't make sense of why large-scale suffering continues IF God can and does perform miracles. One might say, free-will is to blame. But God's ability to perform miracles negates our free will. So, is free will equal to His ability to make miracles?
@SoberAllmanBrosFan: why would you accept such a patently incompetent god? Why would it be that if there is a god sufficiently power to change reality that we should have suffering and pain of this variety unless he specifically wanted us to suffer? I'm not even all that powerful, but I try make sure my fellow creatures don't suffer - and I only claim to be ordinarily moral. I'm not like, you know, supernaturally moral.
what about when the courts put people to death,thats ending a life without permission
bigalpo1988 1 week ago
i wish i could have met you jack. i love you,
yourallbrainwashed 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
We have no right to live or die as far as a truly objective scientific mind can see. This means that the argument itself cannot be resolved rationally, but rather through an appeal to one form of bias (end his/her suffering) or another (it is wrong to take a life).
sheepinavacuum 1 month ago
There is zero empirical evidence that ‘rights’ natural or otherwise exist outside of our imaginations. It is an appeal to the irrational, the same exact irrational animal emotions, that provokes people on both sides of this argument. No evidence of a god does not give some kind of license for humans to act as gods.
sheepinavacuum 1 month ago
kevorkian is a hero, Anderson Cooper is an idiot!
mycelleismybffl 1 month ago
Kevorkian is absolutely right about the law and the courts. A bunch of power-hungry, religiously-driven hypocrites and fuckwads. Americans crow so much about how free they think they are. YOU DON'T EVEN OWN YOUR OWN FUCKING BODY, you dumbasses.
Pizuzuzimmer 2 months ago
Anderson Cooper: ignorant, self-righteous tool. Go suck an AIDS-infected dick already.
Pizuzuzimmer 2 months ago
Well done Dr. Jack - your "victims" are only bound to be better off than they are on this shit hole planet. The religious zealots ought to be convinced of that more than anyone! Nitwits!
GaryHMan 4 months ago 2
You may hate the Dr. but when faced with a disease with no cure which gives you agonizing pain,you will pray you could have such a person there to assist you.
DastardlyDereK 5 months ago
Kevorkian rocked...... i wish he could have live forever
harvardsmartass 5 months ago
Kevorkian, a noble man... brave, intelligent and so god damn smart!
youngarmenian 6 months ago
The debate about physician assisted suicide aside, I think he got a thrill out of witnessing death. That would explain why he studied the eyes at the moment of death as a young intern
Goatoftheforest 6 months ago
Absolutely great interview- especially the interviewees answers to questions, very thoughtful and real. This helped broaden my views on assisted suicide- watched it for a project in class. Definitely agree with it being a person's choice to end their life when it comes to terminal illness with no aid to suffering or cures.
palmertg 6 months ago
as a physician, i must say we need more Dr. Jack Kevorkians. This man was a hero, and anyone who thinks otherwise is neck deep in bronze-age superstitious dogma
Dr. Joe
joeylodes 7 months ago
"I knew the court's corrupt."
Libertarianette 8 months ago
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leoteddyfirst 8 months ago
This man is a 21st century hero
austinathegreat 8 months ago
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as a pathologist he cut up the dead into little pieces. killing people had to be more fun. RIP jack the dripper.
datzfast 9 months ago
RIP Dr. Kevorkian, you'll be missed. Hopefully this country will learn to be compassionate towards the terminally ill.
zapatista512 9 months ago
such an articulate and smart man. he describes the problems with the law perfectly at 6:32 and about how the law is cruel.. "the law is cruel, they don't care about the patient"
Antranik01 9 months ago
when did youtube become t.v.?
MrIhaveacat 9 months ago
You know while I do think this is a sensitive issue and I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this, I really hate how everyone here is saying that only the ignorant disagree with him. What society needs to realize is that everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and having opinions doesn't make you ignorant, it makes you human.
k28xl 9 months ago
Anderson Cooper you smart ass...
PokeMasterKelly 9 months ago
This guy gets it.
XIXNayRXIX 9 months ago
Anderson Cooper GAY!!!!!!!!
jtabor13 9 months ago
@jtabor13 What does that have to do with the interview?
writersblock26 9 months ago
I wish I will have a Kevorkian near me if Im a vegetable
WKaliberr 9 months ago 20
@WKaliberr maybe v8 will sponsor a vegetable
ingosnow25 3 months ago
Kevorkian was a egotistical clown, his bombastic style did more to hurt the cause of assisted suicide than anything else in this nation. Ultimately Kevorkian exposed himself as a hypocrite and coward, for when the time came to take his own life and end his own suffering he could not.
Plato86 9 months ago
@Plato86
He didn't want to end his own life. His whole point was that it is a personal choice that everyone deserves to make for themselves. Just because he didn't want to end his life that way, doesn't mean others shouldn't be able to make that decision.
mzchristinaz 9 months ago
I never imply any of that, if you had reading comprehension you could see that I support an individual's right to choose when they die. I am merely pointing out the fact that Kevorkian did not have the courage to end his own suffering, or do you believe he wanted to die alone in the hospital? He was a hypocrite and bragging fool who did more harm than good.
Plato86 9 months ago
@Plato86
you are a fucking moron, get your facts straight, he was NOT terminally ill as all of his patience, he was not in excruciating pain before he died, why would he suicide if he was not suffering, he died natural causes in bed at 83. YOU JUST A FUCKING IDIOT, PIECE OF SHIT SCUMBAG WITH NO FUCKING COMMON SENSE WHATSOEVER , DESPICABLE MOTHERFUCKER
jraposo 9 months ago 2
@Plato86 Guys like Kevorkian inspire people compassion and understanding; Dumb religious fanatics like you Inspire people to commit a Crime, just like right now, if i had you in front of me I might end up being charge for homicide, stupid cunt
jraposo 9 months ago
@Plato86 Kevorkian died due to a pulmonary embolus. Which is a blood clot that was formed from one location of the body and moved (embolized) into his lungs. This event usually occurs immediately with little chance of survival. You need to educate yourself on the subject and on him. You have clearly formed a biased opinion without any research or knowledge on the topic at hand.
EntertainMe1983 9 months ago
Operative word " usually", you were not in the hospital room with him so you do not know how long it took for him to die or how much pain he was in so stfu. I support the right to die, I do not support how Kevorkian advocated for that right. Why must you sheeple make a hero out of a man who has retarded the progress on this issue? Oh right because you are obsessed with celebrities rather than what really matters, the ability for the individual to chose when he or she dies. Stop worshiping men.
Plato86 9 months ago
@Plato86 Your stupidity is astounding. Even if he had suffered terribly and decided to live, that would not make him a hypocrite.
quefnot 8 months ago 2
Take Kevorkian's rotting Armenian cock out of your mouth and think logically for a minute. If you were in constant physical pain which you knew could not be cured, would it not be reasonable to end your suffering by choosing to end your life? Moreover, is that not what Kevorkian advocated all his life? Kevorkian was a hypocrite because although he advocated killing yourself when you were suffering, he could not kill himself when the moment of truth came. Stop worshiping a dead man, fag.
Plato86 8 months ago
@Plato86 Either you're a troll, or you're just a plain idiot.
mzchristinaz 5 months ago
LOL this conversation ended 3 months ago and now you want to comment? What a pathetic cunt. Have a nice day and wash the sand out of your vagina, you would be friendlier. Kevorkian is still a hypocrite, stop worshipping him.
Plato86 5 months ago
@Plato86 You're such a tool it's ridiculous
SATG87 5 months ago
@Plato86 What makes Kevorkian a hypocrite???
missy4250 4 months ago
So what makes Dr Kevorkian a hypocrite????
missy4250 4 months ago
I see you cannot read so let me explain this SLOWLY. All his life Kevorkian advocating killing yourself rather than enduring suffering. Towards the end of his life Kevorkian found himself in a hospital room enduring physical suffering. Kevorkian died naturally, rather than end his own life and suffering and thus he is a hypocrite.
Plato86 4 months ago
you are obviously not well informed , Dr Kevorkian died as a result of a pulmonary embolism and apparently did not experience the physical pain and suffering as you describe. A person's degree of pain/suffering is purely subjective so no one else can make that claim. Having been a registered nurse for more than 30 years, believe me that assisted deaths occur on a daily basis, by caring MDS, thru the deliberate overuse of pain/anxiety medications which results loss of respiration and death-
missy4250 4 months ago 2
@Plato86 I know he had high blood pressure, hepatitis c as well as a few other things but I dont think he was in pain like people who are terminally ill... so why do you think he should have taken his own life?
APBGrrl 8 months ago
I dont understand why hospitals overdose patients in hospitals with morphine to kill them and thats ok and legal yet what he dis was wrong?
newwavefuture 9 months ago
RIP Doctor K
lilnasty59 9 months ago
Clearly this man is no murderer....he ends the suffering that would be calling a veternarian a murderer because he has to put down a sick animal. He is only helping. Still that doesnt mean what he did is right, but it certainly isnt wrong.
C0r3d33zNutz 9 months ago
RIP. only the ignorant thinks of this man as a murderer
gorehoptv 9 months ago 42
@gorehoptv you are soooo right!
mtpatty 9 months ago
RIP Dr. Kevorkian. Shame on all these moral soapboxers raging on him for committing assisted suicide... If it's in the wishes of his patients, who the fuck are any of YOU to try to stop them from ending their pain?
PsychoBurgundy9 9 months ago 5
This man is a hero not a criminal.
theenforcer1977 9 months ago 3
@integralmath Slippery slope.
thesloc 9 months ago
@thesloc No such thing as a slippery slope argument. Calling someone's argument a slippery slope is what's the fallacy.
zofspade 9 months ago
@SirSmokeify: except that he paid every dime of it. He didn't want their money; he wanted to help people who every other medical profession in the world that could be found declined to help. You seem like a world class art critic; it's good see that when you look at art, you burn a lot of fuel trying really hard not to understand what it might possibly mean.
integralmath 9 months ago
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@integralmath "he wanted to help people"
As I have said repeatedly, and people just seem to ignore, if he wanted to help people, he wouldn't have deliberately gotten himself arrested. He had helped ~130 people with no sign that anyone was going to try to stop him. He could've continued helping these people indefinitely, but instead, he decided that he wanted to be on 60 minutes so he taped himself helping a man die and daring the government to stop him. Ever since, he has helped NO ONE.
KayBeeEee1983 9 months ago
also anderson cooper is so sexy, but such a bitch/dick
NiangoChan 9 months ago
great point about playing god...even though i dont believe in him
NiangoChan 9 months ago
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i used to be adamant about the right to die until i learned about the disability rights arguments against physician assisted suicide. but either way i love kevorkian, he's one of my heros
NiangoChan 9 months ago
@NiangoChan: I have a sad bit of news for you then. The right to die isn't a right; it's a promise. All that remains is the recognition that one has the plenary authority to die in a manner of one's own choosing in the event that one chooses it, and that it should be, if one so chooses, a dignified event deserving of the same profundity as birth, marriage, and just dropping dead randomly. If it's "assisted suicide" against a person's will, it's neither assisted, nor suicide - it's murder.
integralmath 9 months ago
i love this person and i want to meet him as soon as possible , he lives in michigan i belive
davityeghoyan23 10 months ago 4
@davityeghoyan23 too late
wiggajones 9 months ago
@wiggajones lmao
kzwj 9 months ago
anderson cooper's face is so fucking stupid. he always has the dumbest look on his face.
spwner 10 months ago
Kevorkian is so honest and he has the biggest balls in medical field ...truly impressive IQ
youngarmenian 10 months ago
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youngarmenian 10 months ago
I think he derives pleasure out of watching someone die. I support the right to die, but I believe Kevorkian was motivated by more than just a desire to end suffering.
Goatoftheforest 10 months ago
@Goatoftheforest: then you weren't listening very carefully. That's like saying, say, a child oncologist just enjoys the shit out of watching small children die horribly painful deaths from cancers because while that will happen --make no mistake about that-- the doctors also enjoy their work. It's a little something about enjoying helping people in shitty situations make the very best of it they can on their own terms, with all possible respect, dignity and person-hood intact.
integralmath 9 months ago
He is right! US Courts are corrupt to its core"
muslimempire 10 months ago
God bless this man.
gingerbreadcorpses 11 months ago
To everybody that shits their pants over people wanting to die and end their suffering:
I sincerely hope that YOU end up being one of those people, and forced to live in misery until you disintegrate. You'll change your tune REAL fast I'm sure.
CDenic 11 months ago 3
Thank you for uploading, for a great movie and for bringing this issue back into the public realm.
3orchidsrising 11 months ago
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Courage, bravery, fortitude, will, and intrepidity, is the ability to confront fear, pain, risk/danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. "Physical courage" is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, while "moral courage" is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement = Dr Jack Kevorkian
D0CKTORDEATH 1 year ago
"Somewhere around 130. A little more than 130."
Doesn't anyone else see this as bogus? He's a very intelligent person. A doctor. He doesn't know how many people he "helped die"? Bullshit. If he thinks his practice is legitimate, he would have records. He would know exactly how many people he helped. He is speaking in vagueries and that's what liars tend to do. How many people do we KNOW he assisted? Where's the evidence for the quantity? This is further proof of his psychopathy.
KayBeeEee1983 1 year ago
What a humanitarian! The man brings peace to the world!
But he's still got like 800+ more to go to match the Prince of Peace, Jim Jones.
KayBeeEee1983 1 year ago
the most interesting thing that i found that he says in essence "it doesnt affect anyone else." This has nothing to do with religion or morality, but that is a lie. When someone commits suicide, it ALWAYS affects someone else. someone has to plan your funeral, go through the grief of realizing youre gone, Wondering what they did to not convince them otherwise. suicide ALWAYS affects someone else you idiot Kevorkian. You have a sick problem.
jankkk25 1 year ago
@jankkk25 He doesn't realize that suicide affects other people because he's a sociopath and doesn't understand empathy. He's not relieving the sufferings of humankind, he's just passing that suffering from one person to another (the family). (This is, of course, negated if the family supports the suicide, but then the question becomes "why can't someone in the family assist their suicide?")
He's not sick, he's just a sociopath.
KayBeeEee1983 1 year ago
@KayBeeEee1983 He is neither sick or a sociopath. He is the most logical and ethical person I have ever heard. Not one thing he says do I reject. This man has everything right. And to answer jankkk25's questions, He says, in this interview, that the family cannot be present, or else they will be prosecuted because of the law. And are you saying its the family's choice for an individual to die, and not the individual? Sure the family suffers, but is it not better? The physical misery is over.
dompomcash 11 months ago
@dompomcash "He is neither sick or a sociopath."
He is a sociopath.
He videotaped the death of Youk, then sent it to 60 Minutes DARING the cops to stop him. Why would he do that if he wanted to help people?! It led directly to his imprisonment! He lied to the parole board, then ran for office. He doesn't care about helping any of the OTHER people afflicted with these diseases. He doesn't know how many people he "helped die". He claims another "Dr." helped him (evading full responsibility)
KayBeeEee1983 11 months ago
@dompomcash
I support a person's right to die, as long as it's not hurting anyone else.
"And are you saying its the family's choice for an individual to die, and not the individual? Sure the family suffers, but is it not better? The physical misery is over."
If your family supports your suicide, then do it by any means. But if your family is OPPOSED to your suicide, then you do NOT have the right to kill yourself. Do you disagree that it's wrong to pass your suffering off to other people?
KayBeeEee1983 11 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 I believe that an individual possesses all rights to their bodies; they own themselves. A family is not the owner of an individual, the individual owns himself, therefore, it is not the family's choice if someone wants to kill themselves, it is the individuals. If your family opposed your suicide, then you DO have the right to kill yourself, YOUR FAMILY DOES NOT OWN YOU. YOU OWN YOURSELF AND ALL RIGHTS REGARDING YOURSELF.
dompomcash 11 months ago
@dompomcash I totally understand where you're coming from. I agree that no one owns your body except you. I just believe in the principle that it's wrong to pass your suffering onto others, in every case. I think that trumps everything else. If the families of all Kevorkian's "patients" are totally cool with it, then I am too. But Dr. Jack is still a sociopath.
KayBeeEee1983 11 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 Okay I can accept everything you wrote expect one thing. Jack Kevorkian is the most sane man I have ever listened to. He is nowhere near a sociopath. Jack Kevorkian is an idol.
dompomcash 11 months ago
@dompomcash Hitler was an idol, too. You need to do some research on sociopaths/psychopaths. The way you describe him in this post fits into the personality of a sociopath perfectly. They aren't "insane". They are charismatic. They act "normal". He lied to the parole board. He said that he was suffering from hepatitis C and diabetes and that he had less than a year to live. His lawyer said he wasn't fit enough to walk even 1 mile a day. That was in 2006. In 2008 he ran for Congress. He's a liar
KayBeeEee1983 11 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 Hitler killed Jews based on their religion who had no will to die. Hitler was involved in the killing of millions of people because he did not like them. Kevorkian's patients wish to die. Hitler was not seen as a savior to his victims, Kevorkian was. There is a massive difference between the two. And also, are you stating that all liars are sociopaths? Proving that he is a liar does not say anything about his mental stability. His decisions are all rational.
dompomcash 11 months ago
@dompomcash "are you stating that all liars are sociopaths?"
No, it's just one more mark on the checklist.
"Proving that he is a liar does not say anything about his mental stability."
Sociopathy has nothing to do with mental instability.
"he sent the video because he wanted a test case in supreme court so that it would become the "law of the land"
He killed 130 people and no one cared. he could have kept helping people indefinitely. He didn't need to make a video or get on the news.
KayBeeEee1983 11 months ago
@dompomcash "Without Conscience" by Robert Hare and "The Mask of Sanity" by Hervey Cleckley are the most popular, I think, but "The Mask of Sanity" is like 70 years old and the concept was a lot different back then.
KayBeeEee1983 11 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 And also he sent the video because he wanted a test case in supreme court so that it would become the "law of the land". He was hoping it would go to supreme court and that they would rule in his favor and declare physician assisted suicide legal. What part about wanting this law makes him a sociopath? And just because he doesn't know how many people he helped die doesn't make him one either. If I had help die 130+ I would also not remember the number of people I helped die.
dompomcash 11 months ago
@dompomcash "he wanted a test case in supreme court so that it would become the "law of the land". He was hoping it would go to supreme court and that they would rule in his favor and declare physician assisted suicide legal."
The supreme court doesn't make laws.They interpret them & they usually deal with Constitutional issues.If he wanted to legalize doctor assisted suicide, he shoulda gone to CONGRESS.He's not dumb.He knew that.Why didn't he run for Congress until after he got out of prison?
KayBeeEee1983 11 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983: because unlike your feeble mind, he's aware of the American system of jurisprudence in which, alas, yes, some laws are dictated by judges. If something is a constitutional right, once the court recognizes it, the congress has no say over the matter. Only ratifying an amendment to the constitution by 38 states will pull that off. Why is it that youth, ignorant and loud are so commonly bound up with one another?
integralmath 9 months ago
@integralmath You can use buzz words like "contrivance", "jurisprudence", "alas", and "the Congress" to make yourself sound smart, but you don't fool me. The only one with a feeble mind is you....and everyone else who follows Kevorkian like Jesus Christ. You don't know how the amendment process works. They have to be proposed in Congress or in 2/3 of the state legislatures. So, as much as you would like to bypass "the Congress", YOU CAN'T. Learn this stuff before spouting off about it.
KayBeeEee1983 9 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983: you still have that pesky matter of clearing the hurdles spelled in out in Article 5 of the Constitution; namely, that in order for the amendment to be ratified, 75% of the several states must vote in favor of it. That's 37.5 states, rounded up by way of a step function, that's 38 states necessary to amend the constitution. But you were saying something about one of us needing to understand the process. We agree, only not with respect to who is ignorant of the process.
integralmath 9 months ago
@integralmath Did I say anything about ratification? Do you understand the difference between proposal and ratification? You said "If something is a constitutional right, once the court recognizes it, the congress has no say over the matter." and this is correct, but Congress has say BEFORE it even becomes a constitutional right. Before it can even go before the people for ratification, it has to be approved by 2/3 of each house of Congress (or 2/3 of the state legislatures).
KayBeeEee1983 9 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 Trolling multiple Kevorkian videos? Sad. You can't say things like "everyone else who follows Kevorkian like Jesus Christ" and think they sound smart or clever.
zofspade 9 months ago
@zofspade I'm not trolling. My comments actually have substance. You can't even come up with a good argument as to why Kevorkian is a good person. You just make fun of my posts. LOL. Talk about trolling.
KayBeeEee1983 9 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 Sorry, your posts are worthy of ridicule. Comparing people who agree with Kevorkian to those who follow Christ is beyond stupid. That's a fact.
zofspade 9 months ago
@zofspade I guess you don't quite grasp the concept of hyperbole. Try reading some of these posts. Start with the "top" comments. "i love this person and i want to meet him as soon as possible"
KayBeeEee1983 9 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 DUH
You can't call some out for using buzz words then use hyperbole you fucking twit. Something about the internet causes a painful amount of cognitive dissonance. Jesus the Jew...
zofspade 9 months ago
@zofspade LOL. Hyperbole is a rhetorical technique. Buzz words are a way to deceive people into believing you're smart so they will take you seriously.
KayBeeEee1983 9 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 No, they are both deceptive (and rhetorical techniques, which are not always wholesome). You aren't making a point by saying people follow him like Jesus Christ because it is in no way close to the truth. It's not even an exaggeration. It's pure fabrication.
zofspade 9 months ago
@zofspade BTW, I'm done responding to you until you can come up with a real argument.
KayBeeEee1983 9 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 And there is the mating of the troll.
zofspade 9 months ago
@dompomcash "just because he doesn't know how many people he helped die doesn't make him one either. If I had help die 130+ I would also not remember the number of people I helped die."
The fact that he doesn't keep any record of this stuff shows just how shady Kevorkian is.
KayBeeEee1983 11 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983: well, that's a fair question. We don't ordinarily turn to family to solve other medical issues, particularly the hard ones. You know, something about putting, say, dear old mom in the unsavory position of having to inject little Johnny with a lethal dose of whatever you can get off the street. And hope that mom doesn't fuck it up. A medically trained professional working on a medical issue seems imminently more reasonable than the slapdash method of your contrivance.
integralmath 9 months ago
@jankkk25: indeed, my death will affect other people. Nothing can change that fact except, possibly, everyone I know being polite enough to die first to save themselves the trouble of dealing with my death. Death is inescapable; given that this is true, it then only remains for one to negotiate one's death in a way that is acceptable to one, provided, of course, nothing untoward inconveniently interferes.
integralmath 9 months ago
2:06 he schooled his ass rofl
joeshmoisacoolguy 1 year ago
your title is way off. Should be, "I helped people who were begging to have their suffering ended."
bridgettedunn 1 year ago 2
Nice title to the video morons. CNN has turned into a wannabe FOX news, who everyone knows is full of crap and only kissing christian ass.
bridgettedunn 1 year ago
@bridgettedunn: Good point. The title of this video will make people jump to conclusions to quickly even though he says it himself. If the patient wants to die then he is doing them justice but again, it's only if they WANT him to. Jack is not a bad man, people just jump to conclusions too easily without analyzing why an action is being taken.
zukka1988 1 year ago
anyone know how to contact dr. k?
PpPayton379 1 year ago
@PpPayton379: Yes, he said that any time a patient goes to the doctor, that person is playing God to end their suffering and interfering with the natural process. He is ending people's lives, which even though they want him to, is in turn interfering with the natural process.
zukka1988 1 year ago
@PpPayton379 Easy. Just go into your bathroom, turn off all the lights, look in the mirror and thrice repeat "Dr. Jack the Killer Quack!"
KayBeeEee1983 1 year ago
@KayBeeEee1983 haha thanks :P
PpPayton379 1 year ago
We have the right to do a lot of things, it does not mean that it is morally right to do so.
emekonen 1 year ago
It is amazing, how in 2011, people are still so ignorant that they can only look at the fact that it is murder, and not what a merciful, great thing Kevorkian was doing.
chicoandnibbles 1 year ago 9
@chicoandnibbles Coming up with the cure for cancer would be a great thing. Kevorkian is a sociopath. For Sagan's sake, he lied to the parole board to get out of prison and run for office.
KayBeeEee1983 1 year ago
@chicoandnibbles Have you ever had a terminal disease where you feel like you can no longer continue living cause life is just so miserable? Look at it from that point of view.
perlariojas 9 months ago
@perlariojas Exactly, what Im saying is that most people are saying that it is wrong, while if anything, it is for the better because it is just shortening the amount of time that the patient is going to suffer, which is also what you are saying.
chicoandnibbles 9 months ago
@chicoandnibbles People are just ignorant as hell. I'm 16 and people think that I'm stupid about everything. Shit Dr. Jack was a hero for most people.
perlariojas 9 months ago 2
@perlariojas Yeah, some people say this is an era of enlightenment, but in my opinion this is an era where the masses have turned into blind sheep who will eat up anything the men up top spew out. I am 12, and a lot of my ideas are thought of as out of the norm in society, but im proud of my opinions. And in my mind, Jack was a hero to many helpless people who could do nothing about their misery and released them to a greater freedom and from their pain. Thank you for your input.
chicoandnibbles 9 months ago
Somehow Cooper sounds like a man whos mind wall up in concrete.
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DiscursiveSoul 1 year ago
My main issue with this was that Kevorkian made it his job to do these things. Who is he to go outside the law and perform these actions? I would have approved of him trying to institute legal legislation and then, if it were legalized, assisting in the deaths.
ryanconor05 1 year ago
@ryanconor05 You're missing the point. Kevorkian is open-minded enough to know that the "law" and almost everyone who tries to enforce it do not respect people's individual rights. He will go the extra mile to do what he thinks is right, unlike many other people. If someone no longer wishes to live, they (should) have the right to choose to die regardless if the a law exists or not. He also knows that religious beliefs are the basis of reason on why people make laws on assisted suicide.
DiscursiveSoul 1 year ago
@DiscursiveSoul Take out "the" before "a law". =/
DiscursiveSoul 1 year ago
@DiscursiveSoul What he says is the "law" is different from what the Supreme Court might rule as the law. He is fighting for clarification in an amendment. Just because he thinks that "going the extra mile" because he thinks it is "right" to kill people does not mean that he is correct in doing so before the law. You might be correct that someone SHOULD have the right, but the fact is that they don't. Just because Kevorkian believes in something does not mean he gets to be above the law.
ryanconor05 1 year ago
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@ryanconor05 He doesn't follow the law because in reality there shouldn't be one. That's the point you are missing.
DiscursiveSoul 1 year ago
@ryanconor05: so, do you posit that a right doesn't actual exist until someone grants it? What you describe sounds less like a "right" and more like a convenience. A right is something to which one is entitled of necessity; it is not subject to the whims, revisions or consent of other people. For instance, my right to tell you to fuck off isn't contingent on your granting that I have the right.
integralmath 9 months ago
@integralmath I'm saying that it is not up to assholes like you who randomly throw out insults towards people with their own opinions to determine whether or not what this man has provided is a right.
ryanconor05 9 months ago
@ryanconor05: right, we should leave it up to poorly educated assholes like you determine that rights aren't rights until you decide a law is passed saying that the right is a right, right? Well, now I can tell my cat that I found another idiot, and that I'll be leaving him right where I found him. Tootles. =^_^=
integralmath 9 months ago
@integralmath Where did I say that rights are guaranteed by law? YOU can believe whatever rights you want to believe in, but you might not be right. If you think that different rights should be guaranteed by U.S. law, you might want to move elsewhere to a place that agrees with those rights.
ryanconor05 9 months ago
@integralmath And somehow calling me an uneducated asshole or idiot makes what you say true? If you were ever educated in your entire life, you might have learned that in order to win an argument, you have to win it, not call people names. Actually provide a reason why you are right. You might have also learned the proper usage of grammar in the English language.
But hey, it is America, the land where we are free to break the law if we think our "rights" are not protected!
ryanconor05 9 months ago
@ryanconor05: trivially done. See Amendment 9, United States Constitution. After that very involved reading, take a break and then read Amendment 10, same instrument. Well, that was easy.
integralmath 9 months ago
@integralmath Okay. Granting rights to people not specifically mentioned before. Good to see that thus far the government has made use of these in Kevorkian's case, right? Obviously it is neither a right nor legal nor approved of in any way shape or form by the Bill of Rights.
Just because they exist means that I can make up any right I want to! Woo!
ryanconor05 9 months ago
@ryanconor05 But he understood that that would accomplish nothing--he acted on his moral beliefs.
IndianaJoker 10 months ago
3:00 - 3:30
He has a very Libertarian philosophy.
TimeWarp66 1 year ago
Did he just say he has NOT been stopped?
God damn you have to admire his conviction if nothing else..
JaysThoughts 1 year ago
If someone is suffering in pain everyday and in agony and the law says that they can't pull the plug. What is life if there is no quality what is life if you can't enjoy it? people are so foolish in thinking they know the truth they know everything who are they to say who lives or dies. It should be my choice if I chose and if I were in a position where I was in pain everyday I would choose to die I don't want the government choosing for me.
928202n 1 year ago
I watched the new movie with Pacino today, very good. I think the most valid point he makes is the way we let people die once it's decided to stop life support etc, just letting them starve or suffocate, why not just make it quick and painless. As someone who suffered tremendously through cancer treatments and the aftermath of surgery I do worry about people making a bad decision based on pain, it effects the way you think bigtime. The legal questions were interesting.
ninthave 1 year ago
The title seems to imply that he got joy out of "killing." Just another biast CNN video....CNN is no better than Fox. Hail Kevorkian
FuckTheWorld623 1 year ago
I have seen a family member suffer. I wish I knew this doctor then. He is a good man. I laugh with amusement at those foolish people who pushed for arresting this man and shameless dropped the charges of attempted suicide & pressed charges for murder! I wish they have an absolute painful death and suffer!
ameyabee 1 year ago
Jack Kevorkian is a good doctor who only wants to help end suffering of adults who CONSENT to end their lives. Circumcision is quite the opposite. No baby ever gives consent to have part of his body cut off - for no good reason. We need more of Dr. Kevorkian.
chadpopstar 1 year ago
He's a terribly interesting person...I haven't seen an interview this good in so long. I agree with him. I work in healthcare, mostly in oncology. Sometimes the pain is not worth bearing, and the pt dies in terrible pain, undignified, and suffering. There should be some measure taken where assisted suicide is legal and regulated so pt's are properly screened both physically and psychologically.
brianandsharon07 1 year ago
I LOVE YOU MAN YOUR RIGHT DONT GO TO DOCTORS
1S1U3R3 1 year ago
I LOVE YOU MAN YOUR RIGHT
1S1U3R3 1 year ago
the government allows for people to be killed as a punishment to committing a crime, this gives a judge the power to kille a person "as a form of punishment" however, a physician cannot practice the same procedure on a patient who is suffering? i just dont see death can be justified as a form of punishment but not granted to a suffering person who has no other option.
mike199266 1 year ago
fuck commercials on youtube but anyhoo a person does not choose when they are born nor should they choose when they die
lilnasty59 1 year ago
@lilnasty59: child rape victims don't get to choose when they start having sex, so I guess they should never thereafter be allowed the choice either, huh? Your argument is patent nonsense; you don't want to be able to select when you die, groovy. Your choice on the matter shouldn't bear on the other currently living 6.5 billion people anymore than what you had for lunch should dictate what I should have for lunch.
integralmath 9 months ago
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lilnasty59 9 months ago
@integralmath I agree but what does what we eat and shit out or child rape victums have to do with the matter? Besides he gets off on it, have you seen his artworks? And I guess I don't see your point on the whole my choice on the matter shouldn't bare on the blah blah blah I'm voicing my opinion just as you are unless you value my opinion over others that statement makes no sense
lilnasty59 9 months ago
Tell dr. death to help Anderson kill his self! really ...that old man mind is sharp as a tack
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Str8EntDVD 1 year ago
Tell dr. death to help Anderson kill his self! really ...that old man mind is sharp as a tack
Str8EntDVD 1 year ago
I want to die, and I have no way of doing it. I am a coward to shoot myself or attempt such a thing myself. This man is my hero. Religious and healthy people don't know what it's like to suffer.
feonjun 1 year ago
@feonjun That's the dumbest thing I've read all day.
Terrorizer89 1 year ago
"Prolong the suffering at all costs . . . God Wills It!!!"
The people who have most vocally vilified Kevorkian are illogical and unethical. It is NEVER a black and white decision. Some people just don't get that there is a difference between "living" and "staying alive". When the former has ended, long ago, why prolong the latter?
rmcdaniel423 1 year ago 2
kevorkian did what he did because it is right. There is no argument against euthanasia. What, that God created you so he is the one to choose whether you live or die? Say that to the judge who orders the death penalty. "But that man deserves to die for taking another life" you say? But watching some die slowly is alright with you protestors? look at a loved one who is dying in the eyes and see their pain and then talk. Google CHANTAL SEBIRE, and pray this never happens to anyone again.
KLJNHBUINOILNO 1 year ago
I just feel that he has too many fallacious arguments for me to back him up.
Mutantcy1992 1 year ago
keep fighting Kevorkian
IranahyeNotVTEC 1 year ago
"The greatest enemy of older people is young doctors... they're determined to keep you alive no matter what you want" --- William F. Buckley, Jr.
xtrmsprts 1 year ago
My dad's an orthopedic surgeon, so he doesn't exactly see ER cases or forever-paralyzed guys, but I respect and concur with his views on euthanasia. He's for it. Thank you for being so brave and non-conformist for doing the right thing
xtrmsprts 1 year ago
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I'm a catholic man but I have to admit that his arguments are legit. Notice how fast he answer each question and with such a legit answer that you just can't say his wrong. I don't approve what he does or did but i can't go against it either. The dude is too smart and knows what he's talking about.
alexmania29 1 year ago
I'm a catholic man but I have to admit that his arguments are legit. Notice how fast he answer each question and with such a legit answer that you just can't say his wrong. I don't approve what he does or did but i can't go against it either. The dude is too smart and knows what he's talking about.
alexmania29 1 year ago
If God can interrupt the "natural order" of things, a phenomenon which I have been told is a miracle, then why doen't he or she do it in ALL instances of suffering? Why would God only do it in select circumstances? I DO believe in miracles. But I just can't make sense of why large-scale suffering continues IF God can and does perform miracles. One might say, free-will is to blame. But God's ability to perform miracles negates our free will. So, is free will equal to His ability to make miracles?
SoberAllmanBrosFan 1 year ago
@SoberAllmanBrosFan: why would you accept such a patently incompetent god? Why would it be that if there is a god sufficiently power to change reality that we should have suffering and pain of this variety unless he specifically wanted us to suffer? I'm not even all that powerful, but I try make sure my fellow creatures don't suffer - and I only claim to be ordinarily moral. I'm not like, you know, supernaturally moral.
integralmath 9 months ago
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@SirSmokeify yeah i can see you dont.
pkuyumci 1 year ago