euthanasia

it's been mentioned countless times in TOK lessons. but of late the question has risen up in the mind again - i can't really find the reason behind it, but maybe it was simply some spur of emotion. to kill or not to kill. that is the question.

when a man lies in bed. critical condition. probably not going to make it. the possibility of living almost nil. what does one do? leave him there, to suffer his life away? or simply just deliver the final jab, that he might die in peace. the pain in one short blow, and peace to come; or longer-suffering pain. the choice. is just so difficult.

but to deliver the jab. your arm quivers. shivers. and you don't quite know how to do it. you don't want to risk it. wasn't there a 1% chance this man would survive? you pray. you wonder if it's the right thing - the ethical thing - to do. ah well. it ends with a perplexed

i don't know.

sometimes i wonder too. short term. or long term. i don't think i'm making sense. but poo. so do so many of you out there.

but it's ok (: