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We could cure the common cold or solve the Gay marriage conundrum by respectively snuffing the snotty and burying the Gay.
My inner libertarian wants to believe that every individual has the right to do with their body what ever they please. However my inner conservative thinks that those who want to have themselves either chemically or surgically disfigured to make them into a simulation of their desired gender are mentally ill and utterly delusional if they think that any amount of “renovation” can ever make them into what they want to be. At the very best they can become a sad parody of their desire. Naturally such radical disfigurement can lead to terrible regrets as this woman from Belgium discovered after she had convinced doctors there to mutilate her body.
athan, born Nancy, Verhelst, 44, was given legal euthanasia, most likely by lethal injection, on the grounds of “unbearable psychological suffering” on Monday afternoon.
Wim Distelmans, a cancer specialist who carried out the euthanasia, is the same doctor who late last year gave lethal injections to congenitally deaf twins who were frightened they were also going blind.
“I was the girl that nobody wanted,” Mr Verhelst told Het Laatste Nieuws newspaper in the hours before her death.
“While my brothers were celebrated, I got a storage room above the garage as a bedroom. ‘If only you had been a boy’, my mother complained. I was tolerated, nothing more.”
This instance of “buyer’s regret” is by no means unique but the fact that this sad woman was Belgian meant that she could get assistance to commit suicide which raises the ethical question for the euthanasia enthusiasts, namely where do they want to draw the line when the mentally ill seek suicide as the final solution to their very poor life choices? Surely the next step in Belgium has to be to start helping the schizophrenics to die when they voices get too loud? or to offer the manic depressives the needle when the lows are to dark? What about those of us with chronic back pain? Are we too going to qualify for the blessing of death? What about athletes who get a nasty sprained ankle surely they too should be put out of the misery of failure when they can not compete? Maybe even sporting teams who suffer the anguish of loosing the grand final should all be given the phenobarbital blessing to save them from the anguish of defeat. (and to improve the sporting gene pool by culling failures ) Why stop there? We could cure the common cold or solve the Gay marriage conundrum by respectively snuffing the snotty and burying the Gay.
Oh hang on this line of argument sounds awfully familiar to me as it should be to any student of history, it is where the well oiled slippery slope could lead too and sadly there are far too many euthanasia enthusiasts who are either uncaring or oblivious to the negative consequences to the changes that achieve their desire to embrace the fleshless arms off death.
Do we really want to go there Comrades?
Related articles
- Nathan Verhelst Dies By Euthanasia Following Botched Sex Change, As Belgium Debates Extending ‘Death Rights’ To Children (medicaldaily.com)
- Woman elects euthanasia after botched sex change op… (telegraph.co.uk)
- I’m a monster: Belgian man chooses euthanasia after sex change (theprovince.com)
- Failed Sex Change Operation Drives Patient to Employ Medical Euthanasia (darkgovernment.com)
- Netherlands killing the mentally ill and senile (lunaticoutpost.com)
- Deaf Twin Brothers in Belgium Euthanized After Finding Out They Were Also Going Blind (theblaze.com)
- Man chooses euthanasia after botched sex change (smh.com.au)
Peter Dowling , the plonker in the plonk and personal ethics
We have a fine tradition in this country of understanding that what a political player does in private with their privates is not of necessity any reflection on their ability to meet the requirements of their office. With that in mind I just can’t get excited about the silliness committed by Peter Dowling . Yes the idea of sending pictures of your penis in a glass of wine is a bit of a larf but is it really a scandal?
Lets look at the facts, firstly the woman involved was a consenting adult , secondly as far as we know there were no breaches of the criminal law by Dowling, thirdly after the affair was over the woman spurned has made public the indiscreet pictures.
If there has been a failure of ethics here I would say the guilty party here is the woman who has broken the tacit agreement involved in any relationship that intimacies will remain private . That includes silly pictures sent between lovers because I can’t help thinking that the salacious pictures would have been only coming from Dowling if they were the erotic currency of the affair (it is to his credit that he has not splashed pictures of the woman’s girly bits all over the media)
Finally lets remember that its not only conservative pollies you play away (Bob Hawke, anyone?) its inseparable from our humanity and our sexuality that human beings fall in love (or lust) and the simple fact is that its not a conscious choice and that people in love do silly things. People spurned in love do even sillier things.
Cheers Comrades
Related articles
- Peter Dowling: Australian MP mixes sexting with a nice glass of wine (theguardian.com)
- Penis. Wine. Penis Wine. That Is All, Just Penis Wine. (wonkette.com)
- Qld Ethics Committee chair, Peter Dowling, accused of sending explicit texts to mistress (abc.net.au)
- Qld parliament ethics boss in porn scandal (news.theage.com.au)
- Queensland MP stands down as ethics committee head over sexting allegations (theguardian.com)
- FRESH : Sexting Scandel: Weiner is Still In, Australia’s MP “Peter Dowling” Out (sacratomatovillepost.com)
- Australian MP in sexting scandal (itv.com)
Death of a bird on a wire
Just a quickie on this because I am rather surprised at the popularity of the load of tosh
Sarah Guyard, who media reports identified as a 31-year-old mother of two, fell to her death towards the end of the circus’s popular Ka production staged at the MGM Grand casino on Saturday.
Witnesses quoted by US media reports said Ms Guyard fell from a height of around 15 metres as she was being hoisted upwards on a wire for one of the show’s battle scenes.
It is believed to be the first fatality in the history of Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian-based animal-free circus troupe known for its offbeat performances.
“[Ms Guyard] was being hoisted up the side of the stage and then just plummeted down,” witness Dan Mosqueda told the Las Vegas Sun.
“A lot of people in the audience thought it was part of the choreographed fight.
“You could hear screaming, then groaning, and we could hear a female artist crying from the stage.”
Its of course a tragedy for the family of the late performer and I offer my condolences to them without reservation. However that does not alter the fact that the Cirque du Soleil is boring and pretentious and and rather “Gay” . Its rather like the ballet as far as I can see and that is no recommendation. Sorry folks but I’m feeling a bit cynical this morning as I’m off to the pain clinic and I’m not really looking forward to the drive that much.
Cheers Comrades
IT’s ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I arrived home about an hour ago to the delightful news that both Oakshott and Windsor are not going to contest the next election which all but Guarantees two seats for the National Party but as I was preparing to write short post on that fine prospect. But then I hear that Gillard has called a caucus ballot for 7.pm tonight. For Labor true believer’s like Ray this is the final chance.
I just hope that its over before the competition that really matters kicks off tonight, namely the Rugby League State of origin.
Anyway over to you Comrades
For everything has its season
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This editorial must surely earn agreement from Rudd supporters like my friend Ray but I am still not convinced that Rudd will “go the distance” and challenge or that Gillard will resign. The simple fact is that the Labor party faces a perfect example of “Hobbsen’s choice” Neither Rudd or Gillard are electable so in the meta consideration it does not matter that much.
Essentially there is just one week during which the leadership can be changed. They say a day is a long time in politics so we face an eternity and I for one look forward to the matter being settled so that I can stop having to do posts about the the eternal Rudd Gillard stoush.
Over to you then Comrade Ray
A pre breakfast ramble through the news…
I tend to think that at the minions of the far left will be having a sort of electric orgasm of sorts with the revelation that the NSA has been monitoring the internet, and phone numbers called. Well all I can say is “big farking deal” its utterly beyond being any sort of threat to anyone’s personal liberty. The reason that I am so indifferent it is simply a mater of the scale of the number of transactions by both phone and over the internet; its just so big that no agency has the manpower to watch each and every one of the people who use modern communications technology.
As for the chap who has outed himself as the source of this story why do I smell the distinct odour of the self-immolation here? What is it with younger people not respecting the oaths that they agree to when they join the likes of the military or the NSA? Are we truly living in an age when oaths mean nothing at all? Are these solemn promises not properly considered by the likes of Bradley Manning and Ed Snowdon? Oh I am sure that Snowdon like Manning will become darlings of the conspiracy theory nutters and the far left but what their treachery really shows us is the anarchy of internationalism. You see last night I actually stayed up and watched the interview with Julian Assauge where he conceded that information that he published from Manning was of use to the likes of the (thankfully) late Osama bin Laden and he was utterly indifferent to that reality. Like so many of his ilk he is indifferent to the the larger implications of his behaviour. Frankly I think hope that he spends many years locked up, either in that tiny room in the Ecuadorian embassy or in a jail cell. The man is clearly an utter egomaniac and nothing more than the leader of a rather seedy secular cult.
What next?
Ah yes who could miss Gillard insisting that under Abbott women won’t be allowed to kill their unborn children with impunity as they can now do. Heaven in a hand basket have you ever seen such desperate nonsense? The woman is utterly deranged with her brain stuck very firmly into bullshit mode and worse yet she seems to be entirely lacking in any sense of the dignity of the office she currently holds. Then again its hardly surprising when she has Brother Number One snapping at her heels, generally I detest Mark Latham but I tend to think that there is more than a speck of truth in his claims on Q&A that Rudd is on a revenge mission and doing his darnedest to ensure that Gillard’s government has the hardest possible fall from what little grace that she has left. If he manages to achieve that then history will judge her far more harshly than it judges Brother Number One. I think that at this point Rudd does not even care about being reinstated , the entire point of his behaviour is to humiliate Gillard. I am reminded of an anecdote told to me by my late father where he reminded me that with in the ALP the real political fight is for dominance within the party rather than electoral success out side of it and the current party is a perfect example of this adage.
All the while a mood of utter despondency has set in among the lefty luvvies they too have given up on there being any sort of good showing from Labor, its almost as if they are beginning the Post mortem on the body of the Gillard government even though it is technically still alive . However the body of Labor is so diseased that it won’t even be considered for organ donation .
Apologies for the rambling nature of the post this morning its wet and more than a bit miserable here today…
Hmm I think that calls for Bacon and eggs for a well deserved breaking of my fast.
Cheers Comrades
Planes and Trains
This post is nothing special, Labor’s budget certainly has nothing to inspire me, their smoke was rather thin and their mirrors were far from shiny but I expected nothing less than that to be honest. Like a lot of voters I have long ago learned that Nothing said by Swan is to be believed. In any event I think its reasonable to expect that an incoming Abbott government will be having a “mini budget” at the earliest possible opportunity after September 14 so the hogwash presented last night will be pretty well flushed away in the blink of an eye.
In this budget they are planning to spend 25 billion on roads and rail infrastructure but that item in the budget is rather illusory because it is all predicated upon the states kicking in an equal amount of funding and we all know that they are all rather strapped for cash at present. This is undoubtedly intended to give Gillard some projects to claim are on their way but also allow them not to happen because the states won’t come to the party. Its just like that railway line announced for western Sydney during the 2010 campaign they will come to nothing.
Its all incredibly yawn inducing if you ask me the soporific began with the deliberate premature release of the majority of the the new measures over the last few weeks and it has been followed by the farcical delivery of the budget by the treasurer. Now we will have to endure further farce as Swan and Gillard beg for applause for their performance when all we want to see is that long hook coming out from the wings to drag them off the national stage …
Its a train wreck and sadly precisely as we expect from Labor..
Cheers Comrades
Oh and the vid is for my bro on his way to a holiday across the ditch this morning…
More Fun on Facebook
(by Sockpuppet – your Facebook friend)
Missing much lovrf grey long hair cat
I blame it on the beautiful Kylie.
Every time I go to Facebook to, um, catch up on the beautiful Kylie I come across these other posts on the ‘community noticeboard’.
You remember Cass the one who didnt know how to dispose of her empty beer bottles dont you?
Well now Cass is trying to help out someone who has lost there cat.
The cats in the photo above.
Its not the dog.
I give you the Donna & Cass show of genius and intellect:
Donna: Missing much lovrf grey long hair cat from (address given). my phone number is 04xxxxxxxx. A ginger cat has been coming important the cat door and fighting with him
Cass: I was down bailey street this afternoon an a seen a cat just like him
Donna: thankyou please keep an eye out in case you see him agsim
Cass: Ill be in (name of town) again walking every street tomorrow ill keep an eye out
Donna: thankyou so much his name is Sir Bastion
They will never find him but at least we now know what Cass does for a living.
Facebook – more fun than Home & Away.
(and about as classy)
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