And to those who are against assisted dying, in my own opinion death is one of the most personal things there is, other that being born. So why should you not have the choice of how or when to go, if you don't have any quality of life. Don't you understand why people put animals down?! It's cruel to keep them alive.
I hope there won't be a time when Terry Pratchett won't write books. But when this time comes, I will remember him forever. He is one of the greatest authors, and this Documentary is one of his greatest and most touching works.
In all honesty the surreal nature of this whole ordeal has left me perplexed. I had been an advocate for people wishing to end their own lives in the past, however, this ordeal has stricken me with a darkness I cannot comprehend. The whole ordeal seemed utterly strange.
Maybe it was just the act of watching the old chap take his own life or something more deep routed but I could not find a shred of sadness in this apart from his wife and for the other chaps mother.
@cbruckman83 It's not a fate that everyone (or even most people) would choose for themselves, I don't think. But after watching this I am even more staunchly convinced that those who DO want this for themselves have the right to make that choice.
I have advanced liver disease,there is another word beginingg with c but I all found it to sterile,clincal and not for the layman including myself.This country is is mess and disgrace ran by corrupt,greedy,profitiring bankers and hypocritical politicions who burden the poor of which I am one,and uneducated aswell as the disadvantaged and mentally ill and unmarried young with the debt.I have been knocked around from pillar to post but am now in what the Americans colorfully call End stage or ....
It's kind of funny that Terry's so shocked by the attitude of someone who knows exactly when they're going to die and isn't shook up about it. Wizards know when they're going to die - hell, Windle Poons had a going-away party.
Of course, he wrote those bits many years ago before having to face the concept IRL.
I doubt a glass of water could have interfered with the effects of the poison, he had a bit to drink with the chocolate to wash away the taste, after the after all..
But seeing how nearly asleep he was at that time already, he might've choked, or even thrown up, making the whole affair nasty and undignified - which kind of misses the point of the entire matter
He did not suffer why would anyone want a loved one to end their time on earth in pain and misery? if i ever come down with some fucked up uncureable illness im buying tons of drugs and throwing my death party, people will say damn he really went out with a bang must have loved life
I'm about to watch this, but after seeing that Oblivion book he's already awesome in my opinion. Now I will actually watch it and see if my prediction is right.
I have so much respect for Terry Pratchet and his openess with us about his struggles with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. This was a heart-breaking but necessary film.
Thank you to all who made this video. There is no profit motive here, no over-riding agenda, just a testament to the current reality. May we finally get to the point that the crippling diseases these people face, and to which they succumb, are vanquished by our commitment to cure and/or management. Which by the way will involve public, as well as private sector effort.
I remember reading the Wee Free Men when I was a kid. It was my favorite book at the time. The world will be losing a great man and a great writer. I am happy for him in the sense that he won't have to live with alzheimers but I will truly miss this man.
Two years ago I helped my wife of 40 years to die. It was her choice, and I agreed that the quality of her life and her ability to enjoy it was diminished past the point of being bearable. Also, my ability to care for her, even with hospice care, was beyond my ability to bear any further as well as hers. Our son helped us, and she died in my arms.
The liquid nembutal dose, even in Oregon where it's legal, was $3,000. That was the only crime committed here.
I think this documentary was beautifully made. I cried like a baby, but I think assisted dying is a perfectly reasonable choice under such circumstances. I can't say I'm too thrilled at the idea of such an amazing writer dying though.
The real question is: why we created? Why do I exist? What I will be after death? Is there a secret to be in this world? Is the one who created me from here? Do I have the right to kill myself? I hope to read about Islam, you will find comfortable, unfortunately, did not find such a person poor?? I feel sorry for him.
That was hard to watch. Nearly brought me to tears a couple of times.
I think it's important that assisted dying gets legalised. There are moral concerns of course, but as long as the individual is able of choosing his or her fate with a clear mind (i.e. no huge psychological sicknesses, emotional inbalance etc)..I think you should have the option. There is no need for long lasting, incurable suffering. If I had to choose, I'd prefer to die in a homely atmosphere, not in a clinic.
@hatelifeandmyglasses i'm a bit concerned as well. in the video he wanted water in his last moments, and he was not allowed to drink water.
i'm all for people being given the choice, but that wasn't how i expected it. paperwork? video? i know these are all necessary, but it's not exactly what i'd like at the end.
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This is not acceptable. You chose to be born, it was one's decision -- so take full responsibility for it, please. No easy way out allowed, I am afraid.
@jkev76 Who the fuck chooses to be born? arsehole, we have freedom over our own body and our lives, you are not someone to even ask us to "take responsibility" these people have taken far more responsibility for their lives, and their deaths, than you are likely to ever have.
@jkev76 Excuse me, but that is EXTREMELY vulgur and arrogant. I made no consentual, cognitive choice in existing. The only choice was my mother deciding to allow my father to fuck her. I will NOT suffer for many years with a painful illness because my father got laid, thank you very fucking much. Seriously, the fuck is wrong with you?
If everything was so respectful and deep like this documentation, if everytime your last wish would be respected like that, than, yes, the world would certainly look better.
I will say something noone likes to hear (I LOVE the Pratchett Books btw, thnx Terry!)
Death serves you right for thinking that your time on this earth is just for your amusement. It has always been the way of wise and great men to think about the way of the world and the end that comes with it. You are not supposed to WANT to be on this world. Our true purpose is a purpose of the Spirit and so of God. If your end is horrible and undignified then at least you dont want to be back anytime soon.
@kroese1870 Instead of living in a world of unjustified assumptions most of us would rather have a more pragmatic approach to life. That's why I find it fair and just that everyone should have a word to say on their time of departure. On a more personal level I to only want to live as long as I can squeeze the juice out of it.
@amer1cancer2753 i deleted and reentered it twice because of some typos and stuff. that resulted in the third one being marked as spam. but it is there nevertheless, you can still view it.
@amer1cancer2753 lying in a puddle of blood until someone finds that mess, with yourself being possibly just heavily wounded instead of dead (the human body can endure quite a lot, and if you hit the wrong parts of your brain, then it aint over), is far away from being an "easy way". And compared with drug cocktail that kills you with a chance of 100% in a mere 20 seconds, your gun-to-the-head method is ultimately foolish.
to paxmax Euthanasia includes the killing of the weak, elderly, paralytic, and "unfit to live". Look it up in a dictionary. That is exactly how Hitler and Stalin... justified to the masses much of their genocide.
I paused for five minutes unsure what to write. I'm still lost for words at the strength of the men and their families willing to support their decision to go there and the courage to do so. The message I will take away here is that love is the ability no matter how much it must hurt, you have to support the wishes of those you care most deeply for even if it leads to the choice of going before their time. God bess them.
Incredible piece of film. I can't imagine what it must be like to live with the prospect of a disease taking away everything you hold dear in life. I wouldn't want to live that way, but I still don't know if I could drink the potion when it came down to it; of course, I'm not in their situation, so I would probably have a different mindset. Very moving documentary.
TergiBeder be very careful what terms you use. Euthanasia is not the same as assisted suicide. Euthanasia is what Hitler did to justify the holocaust. There is nothing beautiful or great about that.
@somedaysoonill I disagree, euthanasia is to die peacefully, to relieve suffering. What Hitler was doing is more under the guise of genocide, and he probably relished the suffering.
Beautiful. I can really understand their choices since they have ended up in the situation of not having control of their lives or not having control on the things they are living for.
Euthanasia is in my opinion a beautiful and great thing. Some say that euthanasia is the easy way out and that it isn't honorable but what is wrong with taking the easy way out when suffering under these circumstances, or any other in that matter? It really is a honorable way of going and a heroic way too.
@Cubelarooso Im pretty sure Sir Terry Pratchett didn't sit there in After Effects adding the music for the documentary. They have people on the network for that.
It feels wrong to say that I 'enjoyed it' or 'liked it' but I guess I am grateful for seeing it.
I want to show my support but pressing the thumbs up button feels wrong. I feel a chill that has nothing to do with the cold. I'm going to go hug my dog or something
@albedoshader I certainly agree, sir. I'm just saying that we, who aren't in such an emotionally charged environment [well, within reason. I, personally, was in tears], do not need to berate her for ignorance.
@albedoshader "impertinent" is the most british word in this comment thread. the woman was just trying to help and she's the only one in this film who doesn't look akward when touching other people. you and your silly little british manners ;)
@rippendale: Interesting, I’m German. And impertinent is also used in Germany and in the US. To be clear, it’s not colloquial German, though. Maybe it’s wrong to use a more sophisticated language here on YouTube. Are you more comfortable with words like impudent, rude, insulting or offensive? Feel free to use any of them instead of impertinent. :)
And don’t let any British people know you mistook a German for a Brit. They might find it offensive, outrageous, impertinent or even insulting ;)
The Swiss are as German as the Americans are English. German is one of three official Languages in Switzerland, among Italian and French. So, a part of the Swiss knows German, that’s as near as Switzerland gets to Germany (geographical closeness aside). In “Teutonic industrial” Germany there’s a strong opposition to assisted death.
@lunchboxboy Pratchett's? I definitely was (because of the beard). I also expected him to have a sterner demeanour (probably also because of the beard) and a Sheffield accent (for some reason).
@WhiteEagle508 Its a matter of having a choice really. I won't even consider discussing this "going to Hell" nonsense but I really do think its a shame of throwing your life away even if you are really ill. Still if these people do want to choose asisted dieing as an opition for escaping the pain then they should have to choice to do so. I would certainly never choose to do so but if some people want to do it then they should be allowed to do as they wish.
I have seen the deterioration of people with terminal illnesses the degeneration of beings who were once strong effervescent people reduced to shrivelled carcases.
If abortion is a choice that is a afforded to people, I can't understand why people who wish avoid the suffering and deterioration can't be given the choice to end their lives.
I feel however that this choice should exclusively be afforded to persons with terminal illnesses and not persons just sick of living.....
Menschen zeugen Kinder und legen den Zeitpunkt der Geburt anhand der natürlichen Vorgaben selbst fest, was allgemein akzeptiert und gewünscht ist! Jeder weis das das Leben endlich ist, weshalb es eine Straftat wäre wenn man ein Leben mit Schmerz und Krankheit grundsätzlich zwingend verlängert, anstatt es dem Betroffenen zu überlassen den Zeitpunkt seines Todes selbst zu wählen!Vorausgesetzt das er dazu in der Lage ist!
People have children and put the time of birth based on the natural characteristics determine for themselves what is generally accepted and desired! Everybody knows that life is finite, so it means a crime if a man lives with pain and illness extended compulsory, rather than leaving it to the person concerned to choose the time of his death itself!
I don't know about England, but isn't it strange: in some countries, when you kill a man in cold blood, you get to die comfortably from a lethal injection, and when you want to die comfortably just because - you can't.
i too will be going to dignatas, i have a rare cancer of the sinus caused by wood, it has come back for the 5th time in 2yrs, it will eventually go to my brain. Andrew was my best friend and we spoke right up to a hour before he died, he was amazing, a loyal, truthful, sensitve, guy with a wicked sense of humour, he is now looking after my son who was killed in afganistan on 18th june (Gareth Bellingham) they were great friends when Gareth was a boy. iv lost both of them in 6mths. R.I.P x
I'm a grown ass man, and have seen a few things in my life. this brought ears to my eyes, and i found it really hard watching Peter die. Not because i think him chosing his own death is wrong, but because of death being what it is, thoughts of what his wife must have gone through, and - i have to admit - sorrow that even this, the so-called easy way out wasn't a bed of roses. Compared to dying of some illness it was a walk in the park i know, but i'd prefer to go a step beyond that, to not ->
@jo05dk feel any discomfort at all. Something like carbon monoxide poisoning.
To me, having a cronic illness that one day will kill me, i think i'm gonna see if i can't get hold of some co when the time comes. At least the end will be effortless and painless, unlike most of my life.
Very beautiful and tasteful movie, and an extremely important topic. It was hard to watch, but couldn't have been done any better. Best wishes Terry. I hope you live a good life, and figure out this big question.
As they died, the overwhelming emotion for me was happiness that their greatest wish was granted.
If only all people could die in such comfortable and safe circumstances. Taking matters into your own hands can be disasterous, but leaving it to the professionals is sensible.
I wish they had left the wife with her husband in privacy, since she felt she couldn't let down her guard, but I thank her for being willing to do that so that this could be filmed.
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Slowly world going mad . It is all still counting as the suicide , and this can lead only to one place to where all things from which you tried to get rid off will never be over ......................... the HELL itself !
Upon the death of Peter, I cried too. I thought it was me who die of heart. My heart was thumping, I can not tell if it was the tranquility of those present, or another reason, I think maybe at the time of taking the drugs, come to repentance, so what? as it is? There's no turning back. But I think that is a decision for each one. I do not know what to think, but this film somehow struck me.
I can't believe how calm that man's wife was; If that was me I'd be bawling my eyes out, god, I'm even crying now, and I've never even met the man... But still, of all the ways to go, that seems to be one of the nicest.
well, there are two kinds of courage: that of dying and that of living on.I, for my part, am as amazed by the strength of those who choose assisted death as of those whose choice is a hospice. also, try as I might, I cannot grasp two things: how can someone be so calm at the point of his or her death (Bob Flanagan in 'SICK' and his 'this is the stupidest thing' seems more comprehensible to me) and how could Smedleys allow somebody to film such a personal and intimate moment of their lives.
I really like Terry and his books. But I have to say I disliked the episode with the couple that had chosen the hospice. He could have said people are different or something.
And why would they go there anyway? Do they think it makes them look more objective? The camera focusing on that man's hand trembling. WTF!
Anyway, let me go to the point: I don't know enough about Alzheimer's and I'm not here to judge. But I'd really rather he didn't go to Switzerland. Or at least he didn't rush things. Maybe I'm just being selfish, cause I want more books, dnow :)
wow thanks for the upload! Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite humans ever! Im also a firm supporter of "dying with dignity". If one decides to exit this world, on their own .. rather than continuing to suffer, No one should have anything to say about it. No one elses business or concern. Thanks Terry, You are loved! <3 Blessings
It would be nice to see this cocktail available worldwide, perhaps still by prescrption, but not requiring one to die alongside a stranger after a long and expensive trip to a certain blue house in Switzerland. If I were in a hopeless position (and could still physically manage this much) I would find a place that suits my end, according to me, and shoot myself. Those with an aversion to bullets or mess should be so lucky.
…In his final moments…she was warm and quite beautiful…but it was sad nonetheless…
falljosh 1 week ago
Hard to watch. Worth it in the end though.
And to those who are against assisted dying, in my own opinion death is one of the most personal things there is, other that being born. So why should you not have the choice of how or when to go, if you don't have any quality of life. Don't you understand why people put animals down?! It's cruel to keep them alive.
MrsTennantLautner 1 week ago
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MrsTennantLautner 1 week ago
This documentary is so touching I saw it twice and cried twice.
kimoxxx 1 week ago
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scumgod13 2 weeks ago
This is the most powerful documentary I have ever seen. These people are braver than I think I could be in that situation.
enterthedome 2 weeks ago
the part where he asked for water....really sad..
Bustermaniax 2 weeks ago
We all has been dead for billions and billions of years before we was born. And will all be gone for billions and billions of years sooner or later.
Never take life seriusly nobody gets out alive anyway.
WindsRox 2 weeks ago
@WindsRox If this short life is all one has it is infinite stupidity to not take it seriously.
qwasdninja 2 weeks ago
@qwasdninja Religion is what the common people see as true,
the wise see as false, and the rulers see as useful.
WindsRox 1 week ago
@qwasdninja then get a job,and stop sitting in your mom house and playing WOW 24/7
ugly swedish kid
ImRealAmerican 1 week ago
Terry Pratchett is atheist.
But alot christians and muslims say that "euthanasia is suicide,and ALL suiciders without expectionforever will burn in hell"
ImRealAmerican 2 weeks ago
I support Euthanasia since i was 14 years old. Cas in many situtations death is better then life.
By the way i saw my favorite video game in Terry Pratchett house - Oblivion.
WindsRox 2 weeks ago
I was surprised to find myself crying like a baby over a man I've never met. Really touching.
ollebo 3 weeks ago 2
Very gripping. I am actually going to use this film in one of my papers for school on Euthanasia.
chickaral 3 weeks ago
i have mixed feelings
Porkytool5 4 weeks ago
very impressive, very emotional. for all those dislikes...where is your respect....where is your respect for these people.
may they rest in peace, bless them
NewTheoryBasel 4 weeks ago
I can't find suitable words to describe my respect for Terry Pratchett. He's incredible.
LordBlueWooled 1 month ago
No people were harmed in the making of this film.
DasSlime 1 month ago
I hope there won't be a time when Terry Pratchett won't write books. But when this time comes, I will remember him forever. He is one of the greatest authors, and this Documentary is one of his greatest and most touching works.
Netalula0707 1 month ago
A very important and well-documented piece.
MrRemorseless 1 month ago
In all honesty the surreal nature of this whole ordeal has left me perplexed. I had been an advocate for people wishing to end their own lives in the past, however, this ordeal has stricken me with a darkness I cannot comprehend. The whole ordeal seemed utterly strange.
Maybe it was just the act of watching the old chap take his own life or something more deep routed but I could not find a shred of sadness in this apart from his wife and for the other chaps mother.
cbruckman83 1 month ago 3
@cbruckman83 It's not a fate that everyone (or even most people) would choose for themselves, I don't think. But after watching this I am even more staunchly convinced that those who DO want this for themselves have the right to make that choice.
Rietto 1 month ago
Thank you for sharing this film.
Rietto 1 month ago
I have advanced liver disease,there is another word beginingg with c but I all found it to sterile,clincal and not for the layman including myself.This country is is mess and disgrace ran by corrupt,greedy,profitiring bankers and hypocritical politicions who burden the poor of which I am one,and uneducated aswell as the disadvantaged and mentally ill and unmarried young with the debt.I have been knocked around from pillar to post but am now in what the Americans colorfully call End stage or ....
briodyjohnsean 1 month ago
1:51 Oblivion Book
fatalmaverick 1 month ago 3
How incredibly moving...
dsgm 1 month ago
Thank you. In a time of quick entertainment, it is good to find something worthwhile.
GrumpyGrizzly1972 1 month ago
It's kind of funny that Terry's so shocked by the attitude of someone who knows exactly when they're going to die and isn't shook up about it. Wizards know when they're going to die - hell, Windle Poons had a going-away party.
Of course, he wrote those bits many years ago before having to face the concept IRL.
wareq 1 month ago
thank you
suzyrain2000us 1 month ago
So beautiful, and at the same time heartbreaking, I haven`t wept this much in a long time.
Svarg333 1 month ago
I think I used up every single tear I will ever have on this documentary.
89klk 1 month ago
I'm a somewhat disconnected lad these days, but I bawled on the inside.
Zebonka 1 month ago
I only support organisations like this if they really let you go out the way you want to.
Give me an F-16 for a day!
Zebonka 1 month ago
I have just one question: why peter was not allowed to drink the water he asked for?
Would have he choked? Or had it something to do with the poison?
Hanagigi 1 month ago
@Hanagigi
I doubt a glass of water could have interfered with the effects of the poison, he had a bit to drink with the chocolate to wash away the taste, after the after all..
But seeing how nearly asleep he was at that time already, he might've choked, or even thrown up, making the whole affair nasty and undignified - which kind of misses the point of the entire matter
cynicism 1 month ago
it's the first documentary that made my cry.
olger05 2 months ago 10
He did not suffer why would anyone want a loved one to end their time on earth in pain and misery? if i ever come down with some fucked up uncureable illness im buying tons of drugs and throwing my death party, people will say damn he really went out with a bang must have loved life
stalkingcat123 2 months ago 2
EFILISM!!! Right to die!
outsidemendham 2 months ago
"I shall remember you."
gwcstudio 2 months ago
4:14 - should it become legal, would it be available to the poor, or will a comfortable death remain a 'middle class' concept?
I remember when I thought I'd read the last Discworld book, I bawled my eyes out. Not looking forward to a repeat of that, to be honest.
Rhademanthus 2 months ago 3
@Rhademanthus love you so much for this and everything else
sarahsolmssen 2 months ago
I'm about to watch this, but after seeing that Oblivion book he's already awesome in my opinion. Now I will actually watch it and see if my prediction is right.
TheNexus3000 3 months ago
I have so much respect for Terry Pratchet and his openess with us about his struggles with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. This was a heart-breaking but necessary film.
foundobject 3 months ago 53
Peter was a Very Brave and Respectable Man.
Thumbs up for Peter to now Rest In Peace !!!!
Real454545 3 months ago 7
Man this is depressing. I absent mindedly google Terry Pratchett and end up with a harsh reminder of his-and my-mortality. Great...
gunninlinguist 3 months ago
Thank you to all who made this video. There is no profit motive here, no over-riding agenda, just a testament to the current reality. May we finally get to the point that the crippling diseases these people face, and to which they succumb, are vanquished by our commitment to cure and/or management. Which by the way will involve public, as well as private sector effort.
ceblakeney 3 months ago
I hope this will make people more open-minded about this topic. And will lead to legalization of this. We should have the CHOICE we should be FREE.
greob 3 months ago
oh ... :( terry pratchet was one of my idols ... :(
theres not much than can make me sad or cry .. but imagina that such a wonderful person will die .. and the discworld will end . :(
no joke .. :( its so damn sad ..
terry pratchett .. i will keep you and your books ,your discworld universe and the characters in my heart ...
...:(
Mephi1995 3 months ago
I remember reading the Wee Free Men when I was a kid. It was my favorite book at the time. The world will be losing a great man and a great writer. I am happy for him in the sense that he won't have to live with alzheimers but I will truly miss this man.
higoshimaru 3 months ago
That was a powerful man. A very powerful man, who should have the respect of everyone.
zugurudumba 3 months ago
@zugurudumba I'm sorry, I meant strong, maybe he was powerful too, as a millionaire and magnate, but he was most certainly strong.
zugurudumba 3 months ago
I have always thought that life and death was a person's own choice. Beautiful documentary.
Johnmartine63 3 months ago
There is also an excellent documentary that was done by Frontline (PBS program) on assisted suicide.
4iner2 3 months ago
A BOSS
nomerrobeslostomates 3 months ago
What a beautiful and personal documentary
Bajutsuka 3 months ago
These men were so brave. If you are not touched by THIS movie you are no human being.
woschaebedip 3 months ago
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woschaebedip 3 months ago
Once again on the other side mate...
SithSereyPheap1 3 months ago
Two years ago I helped my wife of 40 years to die. It was her choice, and I agreed that the quality of her life and her ability to enjoy it was diminished past the point of being bearable. Also, my ability to care for her, even with hospice care, was beyond my ability to bear any further as well as hers. Our son helped us, and she died in my arms.
The liquid nembutal dose, even in Oregon where it's legal, was $3,000. That was the only crime committed here.
ericbagai 4 months ago 6
That was an incredibly British death.
Ihateironman 4 months ago 46
@Ihateironman Or, do you mean it was a brave way to go?
chopin65 2 months ago
I think this documentary was beautifully made. I cried like a baby, but I think assisted dying is a perfectly reasonable choice under such circumstances. I can't say I'm too thrilled at the idea of such an amazing writer dying though.
daleyjade 4 months ago 5
The real question is: why we created? Why do I exist? What I will be after death? Is there a secret to be in this world? Is the one who created me from here? Do I have the right to kill myself? I hope to read about Islam, you will find comfortable, unfortunately, did not find such a person poor?? I feel sorry for him.
MrNassersalem 4 months ago
@MrNassersalem Why are those questions more real?
Bajutsuka 3 months ago
@Bajutsuka
Because you're on the wrong track .. you put your soul to these questions then you are in grief and narrow only to make this work in this film?
Let me ask you a question .. As you do abuse the system and you do not know .. do not feel that something is wrong? ...
Open this link and then close your eyes and listen and tell me what you feel ..
MrNassersalem 3 months ago
That was hard to watch. Nearly brought me to tears a couple of times.
I think it's important that assisted dying gets legalised. There are moral concerns of course, but as long as the individual is able of choosing his or her fate with a clear mind (i.e. no huge psychological sicknesses, emotional inbalance etc)..I think you should have the option. There is no need for long lasting, incurable suffering. If I had to choose, I'd prefer to die in a homely atmosphere, not in a clinic.
Melwach 4 months ago in playlist melancholia
@hatelifeandmyglasses i'm a bit concerned as well. in the video he wanted water in his last moments, and he was not allowed to drink water.
i'm all for people being given the choice, but that wasn't how i expected it. paperwork? video? i know these are all necessary, but it's not exactly what i'd like at the end.
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Forehead2Brick 4 months ago
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This is not acceptable. You chose to be born, it was one's decision -- so take full responsibility for it, please. No easy way out allowed, I am afraid.
jkev76 4 months ago
@jkev76 I don't remember choosing that, but that's all good bro
401Nero 4 months ago
@jkev76 Who the fuck chooses to be born? arsehole, we have freedom over our own body and our lives, you are not someone to even ask us to "take responsibility" these people have taken far more responsibility for their lives, and their deaths, than you are likely to ever have.
GBuster026 4 months ago
@jkev76 Excuse me, but that is EXTREMELY vulgur and arrogant. I made no consentual, cognitive choice in existing. The only choice was my mother deciding to allow my father to fuck her. I will NOT suffer for many years with a painful illness because my father got laid, thank you very fucking much. Seriously, the fuck is wrong with you?
PressXtonotdie 3 months ago
@jkev76 we have an idiot in our midst.
daisukiokami 3 months ago
ANYWHO HE WILL GO TO THE WORST .? HE WILL GO TO THE HILL ? WHY BECAUSE HE KILL HIM SELF AND HE IS NOT BELLVER.?
ROOOK18 4 months ago
If everything was so respectful and deep like this documentation, if everytime your last wish would be respected like that, than, yes, the world would certainly look better.
Malleolus 4 months ago
I will say something noone likes to hear (I LOVE the Pratchett Books btw, thnx Terry!)
Death serves you right for thinking that your time on this earth is just for your amusement. It has always been the way of wise and great men to think about the way of the world and the end that comes with it. You are not supposed to WANT to be on this world. Our true purpose is a purpose of the Spirit and so of God. If your end is horrible and undignified then at least you dont want to be back anytime soon.
kroese1870 4 months ago
@kroese1870 Instead of living in a world of unjustified assumptions most of us would rather have a more pragmatic approach to life. That's why I find it fair and just that everyone should have a word to say on their time of departure. On a more personal level I to only want to live as long as I can squeeze the juice out of it.
401Nero 4 months ago
@kroese1870 "Our true purpose is" stopped reading there you are an arrogant cunt
flatronl1915SLG 4 months ago
@amer1cancer2753 i deleted and reentered it twice because of some typos and stuff. that resulted in the third one being marked as spam. but it is there nevertheless, you can still view it.
rigardi 4 months ago
"How would you want to go Mr. Dresden?"
"I'd like to be stepped on by an elephant while having sex with identical triplet cheerleaders"
But in all seriousness, wow, this was an eye opener
araharace 4 months ago
Oblivion at 1:50 !
401Nero 4 months ago 2
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has this guy ever heard of a gun and bullet ?
amer1cancer2753 4 months ago
About 20 minutes in. ;)
admiralaztec 4 months ago
@amer1cancer2753 have you ever heard of dignity?
rigardi 4 months ago
@rigardi ive heard of taking the easy way out
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@amer1cancer2753 lying in a puddle of blood until someone finds that mess, with yourself being possibly just heavily wounded instead of dead (the human body can endure quite a lot, and if you hit the wrong parts of your brain, then it aint over), is far away from being an "easy way". And compared with drug cocktail that kills you with a chance of 100% in a mere 20 seconds, your gun-to-the-head method is ultimately foolish.
rigardi 4 months ago
@amer1cancer2753 Yet you haven't heard about England's firearm restrictions.
dystopianlover 4 months ago
@dystopianlover yea i guess you're right
amer1cancer2753 4 months ago
@rigardi why you remove comment????? I thought it wasnt that bad. I mean the gun part was kinda arguable but i thought you made a good point
amer1cancer2753 4 months ago
I'll remember this for the rest of my life.
ZhoZhaal 4 months ago 3
to paxmax Euthanasia includes the killing of the weak, elderly, paralytic, and "unfit to live". Look it up in a dictionary. That is exactly how Hitler and Stalin... justified to the masses much of their genocide.
somedaysoonill 4 months ago
Becuase its heavy..regardless of your beliefs this is a topic that just sucks...i hate seeing people evening having to consider mortality that's all
MrCaesarnapoleon 4 months ago
Thanks for making me cry for hours and hours ;)
stephenpaultaylor 4 months ago
I paused for five minutes unsure what to write. I'm still lost for words at the strength of the men and their families willing to support their decision to go there and the courage to do so. The message I will take away here is that love is the ability no matter how much it must hurt, you have to support the wishes of those you care most deeply for even if it leads to the choice of going before their time. God bess them.
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MsOneiroi77 5 months ago
Incredible piece of film. I can't imagine what it must be like to live with the prospect of a disease taking away everything you hold dear in life. I wouldn't want to live that way, but I still don't know if I could drink the potion when it came down to it; of course, I'm not in their situation, so I would probably have a different mindset. Very moving documentary.
NostalgiaKing 5 months ago 2
TergiBeder be very careful what terms you use. Euthanasia is not the same as assisted suicide. Euthanasia is what Hitler did to justify the holocaust. There is nothing beautiful or great about that.
somedaysoonill 5 months ago
@somedaysoonill I disagree, euthanasia is to die peacefully, to relieve suffering. What Hitler was doing is more under the guise of genocide, and he probably relished the suffering.
Paxmax 4 months ago
is strength saying goodbye?
morleydotes666 5 months ago
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Adalee12 5 months ago
Dear God..this sucks
edlasalle 5 months ago
@edlasalle Because it's poorly done, or because it's heavy?
stephenpaultaylor 4 months ago
Beautiful. I can really understand their choices since they have ended up in the situation of not having control of their lives or not having control on the things they are living for.
Euthanasia is in my opinion a beautiful and great thing. Some say that euthanasia is the easy way out and that it isn't honorable but what is wrong with taking the easy way out when suffering under these circumstances, or any other in that matter? It really is a honorable way of going and a heroic way too.
TerjiBeder 5 months ago
This is terrible! I can't believe Terry just pirated that music!
Cubelarooso 5 months ago
@Cubelarooso Im pretty sure Sir Terry Pratchett didn't sit there in After Effects adding the music for the documentary. They have people on the network for that.
biffylol 5 months ago
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I mean that CD with Pink Floyd and Steve Hackett and such. It's just abhorrent!
Cubelarooso 5 months ago
If I could, I would ask Terry...
Have you seen Him? I mean Death...?
I wonder if it will have some influence on his books. That he saw death.
Wertical93 5 months ago
This video was very, ah, eye opening?
It feels wrong to say that I 'enjoyed it' or 'liked it' but I guess I am grateful for seeing it.
I want to show my support but pressing the thumbs up button feels wrong. I feel a chill that has nothing to do with the cold. I'm going to go hug my dog or something
42ruknor 6 months ago
“Now you are allowed to cry.” — That’s the most impertinent comment in this film.
albedoshader 6 months ago 17
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I didn't take it as a matter of permission, but like telling her that it's ok to cry. Nothing impertinent about it.
HammerPoop 3 months ago
@HammerPoop It does come across as impertinent, but we understand what she meant behind it. Poor english leads to unintentional impertinence often.
PressXtonotdie 3 months ago in playlist Choosing To Die
@PressXtonotdie: OK. But it’s even worse in such an emotionally charged context.
albedoshader 3 months ago
@albedoshader I certainly agree, sir. I'm just saying that we, who aren't in such an emotionally charged environment [well, within reason. I, personally, was in tears], do not need to berate her for ignorance.
PressXtonotdie 3 months ago
@albedoshader bare in mind, she is no native speaker. she wanted to say something like "it is ok to cry now", as she then did.
FFSray 3 months ago 2
@albedoshader "impertinent" is the most british word in this comment thread. the woman was just trying to help and she's the only one in this film who doesn't look akward when touching other people. you and your silly little british manners ;)
rippendale 3 months ago
@rippendale: Interesting, I’m German. And impertinent is also used in Germany and in the US. To be clear, it’s not colloquial German, though. Maybe it’s wrong to use a more sophisticated language here on YouTube. Are you more comfortable with words like impudent, rude, insulting or offensive? Feel free to use any of them instead of impertinent. :)
And don’t let any British people know you mistook a German for a Brit. They might find it offensive, outrageous, impertinent or even insulting ;)
albedoshader 3 months ago
@albedoshader: You seem to be a follower of the motto: Having great vocabulary didn't save the Thesaurus from extinction/eradication/extirpation.
Just kidding.
albedoshader 3 months ago
The Swiss are as German as the Americans are English. German is one of three official Languages in Switzerland, among Italian and French. So, a part of the Swiss knows German, that’s as near as Switzerland gets to Germany (geographical closeness aside). In “Teutonic industrial” Germany there’s a strong opposition to assisted death.
albedoshader 6 months ago
They seem to have pretty much money but couldn’t arrange to make the house entry barrier-free? That’s strange (see 9:12).
albedoshader 6 months ago
capitalisam finest! you can die for a symbolic fee...
pushimikuracvishe 6 months ago
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you have to pay to be born, you have to pay to live and you also have to pay when you die. Nothing in this world is free.
cowpacino 4 months ago
Club of the happy widows...
1arkadi 6 months ago
Very moving indeed. Does anyone know anything about the music? Composer? Anyone?
Bottlenecksify 6 months ago
@Bottlenecksify In the end credits it says that the composer is Tim Goalen. Hope that helps.
gaatakek 4 months ago
Thank you for this video, from Italy.
This is a very civil act, an act of freedom and respect.
Efilzeo 6 months ago
ok that was a tad bit unsettling when he asked for water and started gurgling.
satchaholic 6 months ago
@satchaholic Yeah... I felt the same way too...
astherlau 6 months ago
I did not expect that someone will commit suicide in from of the camera, at the end of the movie.
maciejwrotek 6 months ago
They guy who has motor neuron disease, especially one who has it for 7.5 years, might be actually suffering from Borreliosis.
maciejwrotek 6 months ago
was anyone else expecting his voice to be really deep?
lunchboxboy 6 months ago
@lunchboxboy Pratchett's? I definitely was (because of the beard). I also expected him to have a sterner demeanour (probably also because of the beard) and a Sheffield accent (for some reason).
gaatakek 6 months ago
@lunchboxboy Not really deep, but deeper than that.
emblachan 6 months ago
וְאַל יַבְטִיחֲךָ יִצְרֶךָ שֶׁהַשְּׁאוֹל בֵּית מָנוֹס לָךְ, שֶׁעַל כָּרְחֲךָ אַתָּה נוֹצָר,
(וְעַל כָּרְחֲךָ אַתָּה נוֹלָד),
וְעַל כָּרְחֲךָ אַתָּה חַי,
וְעַל כָרְחֲךָ אַתָּה מֵת,
וְעַל כָּרְחֲךָ אַתָּה עָתִיד לִתֵּן דִּין וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:
משנה אבות ד כב
nuff said
bartonfinkelstein 6 months ago
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what the hell, how can u chose to go to hell by ur self.
WhiteEagle508 6 months ago
@WhiteEagle508 Its a matter of having a choice really. I won't even consider discussing this "going to Hell" nonsense but I really do think its a shame of throwing your life away even if you are really ill. Still if these people do want to choose asisted dieing as an opition for escaping the pain then they should have to choice to do so. I would certainly never choose to do so but if some people want to do it then they should be allowed to do as they wish.
NINJAinTIGHTS 6 months ago
I was not asked when I came to this world, when I exit, I think it's my turn to decide how and when.
JimmyNZC 6 months ago 29
I have seen the deterioration of people with terminal illnesses the degeneration of beings who were once strong effervescent people reduced to shrivelled carcases.
If abortion is a choice that is a afforded to people, I can't understand why people who wish avoid the suffering and deterioration can't be given the choice to end their lives.
I feel however that this choice should exclusively be afforded to persons with terminal illnesses and not persons just sick of living.....
Chebbah9 6 months ago
Menschen zeugen Kinder und legen den Zeitpunkt der Geburt anhand der natürlichen Vorgaben selbst fest, was allgemein akzeptiert und gewünscht ist! Jeder weis das das Leben endlich ist, weshalb es eine Straftat wäre wenn man ein Leben mit Schmerz und Krankheit grundsätzlich zwingend verlängert, anstatt es dem Betroffenen zu überlassen den Zeitpunkt seines Todes selbst zu wählen!Vorausgesetzt das er dazu in der Lage ist!
psyquizlabor64 6 months ago
People have children and put the time of birth based on the natural characteristics determine for themselves what is generally accepted and desired! Everybody knows that life is finite, so it means a crime if a man lives with pain and illness extended compulsory, rather than leaving it to the person concerned to choose the time of his death itself!
psyquizlabor64 6 months ago
i hate british accent, i find it so hard to understand...grrrr
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I don't know about England, but isn't it strange: in some countries, when you kill a man in cold blood, you get to die comfortably from a lethal injection, and when you want to die comfortably just because - you can't.
blstrmucha 7 months ago
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blstrmucha 7 months ago
i too will be going to dignatas, i have a rare cancer of the sinus caused by wood, it has come back for the 5th time in 2yrs, it will eventually go to my brain. Andrew was my best friend and we spoke right up to a hour before he died, he was amazing, a loyal, truthful, sensitve, guy with a wicked sense of humour, he is now looking after my son who was killed in afganistan on 18th june (Gareth Bellingham) they were great friends when Gareth was a boy. iv lost both of them in 6mths. R.I.P x
singingbog 7 months ago 2
a sad thing, beautifully put, in a truthful way..
acenanu121 7 months ago
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acenanu121 7 months ago
I'm a grown ass man, and have seen a few things in my life. this brought ears to my eyes, and i found it really hard watching Peter die. Not because i think him chosing his own death is wrong, but because of death being what it is, thoughts of what his wife must have gone through, and - i have to admit - sorrow that even this, the so-called easy way out wasn't a bed of roses. Compared to dying of some illness it was a walk in the park i know, but i'd prefer to go a step beyond that, to not ->
jo05dk 7 months ago 4
@jo05dk feel any discomfort at all. Something like carbon monoxide poisoning.
To me, having a cronic illness that one day will kill me, i think i'm gonna see if i can't get hold of some co when the time comes. At least the end will be effortless and painless, unlike most of my life.
Very beautiful and tasteful movie, and an extremely important topic. It was hard to watch, but couldn't have been done any better. Best wishes Terry. I hope you live a good life, and figure out this big question.
jo05dk 7 months ago 4
You write that book, Terry Pratchett. And 50 more until you stop speaking as you speak and finally take off that proper author hat.
TimeLadyDT 7 months ago
As they died, the overwhelming emotion for me was happiness that their greatest wish was granted.
If only all people could die in such comfortable and safe circumstances. Taking matters into your own hands can be disasterous, but leaving it to the professionals is sensible.
I wish they had left the wife with her husband in privacy, since she felt she couldn't let down her guard, but I thank her for being willing to do that so that this could be filmed.
Also, they need better beds!
BlakiepooTube 7 months ago 27
Wahrlich ergreifend.
tausilber 7 months ago
I was moved to tears.
My own brother committed suicide and I think everybody should decide for themselves when it is time to go.
A "must see" for everyone 'cause nobody knows if loved ones think the same way like Peter and Andrew...
DowerLi 7 months ago
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Slowly world going mad . It is all still counting as the suicide , and this can lead only to one place to where all things from which you tried to get rid off will never be over ......................... the HELL itself !
GladiatorMK100 7 months ago
I think these people should recieve mdma
richboyy19 7 months ago 3
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Oh My GOD the old guy KILL HIMSELF !!!!!!
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byrd1605 7 months ago
It makes me sad to think Terry's next book might be his last.
buffer545 7 months ago 2
Sorry for the english, I'm brazilian.
Upon the death of Peter, I cried too. I thought it was me who die of heart. My heart was thumping, I can not tell if it was the tranquility of those present, or another reason, I think maybe at the time of taking the drugs, come to repentance, so what? as it is? There's no turning back. But I think that is a decision for each one. I do not know what to think, but this film somehow struck me.
MariucciaCF 7 months ago
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We should all be able to determine our own death, just like we should be able to determine our own life while living.
tegan71969 7 months ago 2
All this arguing about the documentary (legit, yes, it's a good doc)
But what I would like to know is WHO in the world did this soundtrack, it's gorgeous.
garwdbs 7 months ago
I can't believe how calm that man's wife was; If that was me I'd be bawling my eyes out, god, I'm even crying now, and I've never even met the man... But still, of all the ways to go, that seems to be one of the nicest.
XxSarahT8xX 7 months ago
well, there are two kinds of courage: that of dying and that of living on.I, for my part, am as amazed by the strength of those who choose assisted death as of those whose choice is a hospice. also, try as I might, I cannot grasp two things: how can someone be so calm at the point of his or her death (Bob Flanagan in 'SICK' and his 'this is the stupidest thing' seems more comprehensible to me) and how could Smedleys allow somebody to film such a personal and intimate moment of their lives.
girlJAMMIN 7 months ago
Goodby Andrew, Goodbye Peter. See you on the other side. ;_;
RunningShovel 7 months ago
I really like Terry and his books. But I have to say I disliked the episode with the couple that had chosen the hospice. He could have said people are different or something.
And why would they go there anyway? Do they think it makes them look more objective? The camera focusing on that man's hand trembling. WTF!
nowjustsmile 7 months ago
Anyway, let me go to the point: I don't know enough about Alzheimer's and I'm not here to judge. But I'd really rather he didn't go to Switzerland. Or at least he didn't rush things. Maybe I'm just being selfish, cause I want more books, dnow :)
nowjustsmile 7 months ago
wow thanks for the upload! Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite humans ever! Im also a firm supporter of "dying with dignity". If one decides to exit this world, on their own .. rather than continuing to suffer, No one should have anything to say about it. No one elses business or concern. Thanks Terry, You are loved! <3 Blessings
RasAhmose 7 months ago 2
It would be nice to see this cocktail available worldwide, perhaps still by prescrption, but not requiring one to die alongside a stranger after a long and expensive trip to a certain blue house in Switzerland. If I were in a hopeless position (and could still physically manage this much) I would find a place that suits my end, according to me, and shoot myself. Those with an aversion to bullets or mess should be so lucky.
Inediblehulk 7 months ago