I cannot respond to every blog entry or story about assisted suicide that is filled with deplorable sentiments or outright lies, not to mention anti-religious bigotry. They are just too ubiquitous!But this one requires comment because it applies the "V-word" like a bludgeon in the title to describe human beings, an epithet that like the N-word, is intended to demean, dehumanize, degrade, and isolate. In something called Slog (I think it is associated with an alternative weekly, not sure), someone named Dominic Holden writes in "Catholics Want to Make Your Medical Decisions While You're a V------,"about a friend who died of cystic fibrosis. From his column:It's not that they are anti-choice conservatives. They are pro-choice, it turns out. They want doctors to make all end-of-life choices for you. Last Friday marked the...
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