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>> ^spoco2:

You can say that it's a clear cut distinction, that you support those that are terminally ill and have no chance of recovery, but then where does that leave you with Iris, who was not?

You can also say that it doesn't matter if there's a distinction because one should be allowed to take their own life if that is what they want.

In an age where none of our belongings truly belong to us, we should at least be able to lay claim to our own lives and do with them as we see fit.

Very sad, very sad. But glad that they got to choose the way that they finished their time on earth.

I was just thinking that it's a fine line between supporting euthanasia and suicide at other times. I am hugely against suicide in those that are healthy (of body), in that you can't help but thinking that while they think that right at that moment it can't get better, and it's not worth going on, that maybe if they had spoken to the right people or experienced the right happen-stance that they might have had a turn around and started valuing and enjoying life.

You can say that it's a clear cut distinction, that you support those that are terminally ill and have no chance of recovery, but then where does that leave you with Iris, who was not?

It's very tricky, and I don't know whether there are hard and fast rules. Perhaps a 'rule' is that if you have the support of your family and friends then it is euthanasia, but if you're hiding the decision or they are desperately trying to stop you, then it's suicide... except that too is simplistic as maybe your family is just against any suicide on religious grounds or the like, not matter how much pain you're in.

So, yeah, very tricky... and it gives me chills to think of wilfully drinking something you know will end your life. But I can definitely see how it can give you strength and solace when you're terminally ill that you have the means to stop it once you can't take it any more.

>> ^EMPIRE:

I WANT ONE! Just sitting in a column in my entrance hall.
I just wish it was animated, and not a picture of the eye. You know.. the flames around the eye would move, and the iris would contract and expand.


I totally want one as well, I do not know much about these things but I would totally want it to be a virtual fish tank, that would be sweet !

I WANT ONE! Just sitting in a column in my entrance hall.
I just wish it was animated, and not a picture of the eye. You know.. the flames around the eye would move, and the iris would contract and expand.

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Papa is more irritating than irie.

Yeah! I've heard that exact quote... first time I heard it was about that Runaway Bride a few years ago, she definitely had the crazy eye thing goin...

In reply to this comment by inflatablevagina:
i have decided thats a way to figure out if someone is crazy.... if you can see the entire iris... theres an issue

In reply to this comment by ponceleon:
What's with the "wild-eyed" look? It interesting to me that a lot (though not all) or whackos tend to have that wide-eyed look about them... I wonder what the mechanism is there?

i have decided thats a way to figure out if someone is crazy.... if you can see the entire iris... theres an issue

In reply to this comment by ponceleon:
What's with the "wild-eyed" look? It interesting to me that a lot (though not all) or whackos tend to have that wide-eyed look about them... I wonder what the mechanism is there?

>> ^MrConrads:
For those interested, read the book "The Rape of Nanking" by Iris Chang. It's a very good book on the issue.


That book was in fact the source for the whole movie.

For those interested, read the book "The Rape of Nanking" by Iris Chang. It's a very good book on the issue.

*promote - the irie

It's funny how a small insignificant middle eastern state dictates the actions of one of the most powerful nations on earth.

It's even funnier how a country barely larger than New Jersey can be somehow blamed for holding back the progress of the entire Arab World.


Comparison of the size of Israel vs. the Arab World

http://www.iris.org.il/sizemaps/arabwrld.htm