Hi Ladies and Gents... This is my first time writing here. I haven't written anything in a while... Here is the last editoral that I've written... Enjoy!
Witnessing suffering is never easy, whether it be animal or human. I and many other readers of the Blog that is maintained by Rachel Lucas in Texas witnessed the heart-rending decision by her and her ex-husband to euthanize her and John’s dog named Digger. To be fair to Rachel and John, Digger was suffering horribly from various aliments that were making his life most uncomfortable. Rachel and John both came to the decision, that Digger’s suffering was to the point that keeping him alive was doing him more harm than good, and they proceeded to do what any normal, sane, caring, human being would do for their animal.
Many of you, who will possibly read this editorial, will likely remember a very famous person, who was placed on trial here in Michigan for attempting and following through with the assisting the ending of the lives of those who were suffering from terminal aliments. That man’s name was and still is Jack Kevorkian. Jack was recently released from prison after being treated most spitefully and punished for doing for humans, what Rachel Lucas did for her dog, and that is end physical suffering in a most compassionate and humane way.
Having said all of the above let me pose a question to the readers of this Blog. How is it, that we as citizens of the United States of America, land of the free and the home of the brave. How is it, that we will allow people to end of the suffering of a mere animal, but if someone, like Jack Kevorkian attempts to assist someone, who wants to end the suffering, of say, cancer or some other terminal aliment, he is arrested, thrown in jail and treated like some common criminal?
I have an opinion as to why and I am going to share it with you. It is because of the blatant attempt by the religious right in America, to turn the United States of America from a Democracy into a Theocracy. How is it that we live in a Nation who places the well being of Dogs, Cats and various other animals over the well being one of the most important species on plant earth? Just because some old duffer with a Bible and some narrow-minded opinion decided that animals have no soul, and that Humans are the only species that really matter? I say this, as Born-Again Christian of 25 years, who is horrified that the Religious Right has eroded the full wall of separation of Church and State. Let me go on record as saying that this is one of the most preposterous disservices to the American people and to the human race ever perpetuated, since the outlawing of abortion.
I believe that a country that does not allow it’s citizens to die of a fate of their own choosing, is not a true free country at all, but a tyrannical nation, who forces their citizens to suffer through horrible diseases, all so that the healthcare companies can profit from that disease. This further points to and exposes this nations preference to the corrupt corporate elite in this Country, further more it shows that our rulers in this nation are more interested in padding the pockets and filling the wallets of the health care companies, rather than upholding and defending the inalienable rights of it’s tax paying citizens.
I want to be clear, I write this not as a Liberal or a Conservative, Not as a Republican or a Democrat. I write this as someone, who believes that the right of the American people have been trampled by group of people that believe that their view is the only right view and has gotten away with maligning the rights of a free people for much too long.
In closing, I hope what you have read here will inspire you; inspire you to take up the flaming sword. Take it up and begin to cut through the bands of injustice in America, the bands that disallow Americans to die in a manner of their own choosing. Because this is ruling of our own doing, made by foolish people, and only we the tax paying American people can change this horrible law. I ask you, as someone who has held deep feelings on this subject for many years, as someone who watched, as society took a man who was simply trying others relieve their suffering, and throw him into prison and throw away the key and forget about him. I ask you to not allow this sword to burn out and be cast aside by indifference. Furthermore, I ask you to stand up and make your voice be heard in the hallowed halls of Congress.
Together, we can make that change.
Thank you for reading.
Chuck Adkins is the owner and Publisher of a Blog that shares his name. He is 35 years old, and resides in Lincoln Park, Michigan. You can visit his Blog, by clicking here.
