amen, it is a slippery shop that only slides down.

-----Original Message-----
From: Betty B [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 9:58 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: From another list... Life Worth Living.


I hear the birds singing outside.  If I had my power chair, I wouldn't be
sitting in front of this keyboard, I would at Huntley Meadows Park watching
the birds and the Darwinists.  Both are interesting studies.

The subject of euthanasia is a human rights issue.  Disability rights is a
human rights issues as well, since we take all comers.  These are my
beliefs.
 I've read the other posts, and the authors have adequately expressed my
concerns.  This fine Sunday morning, I can add only this:

The lessons of world history, and the lessons I have learned from my ongoing
study of Darwinists, lead me to believe that the rule of law must always
preclude the taking of human life.

Betty






























In a message dated 04/21/2001 7:47:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

> I agree with you, Betty.  My goal is to become a disability rights
attorney,
>  working on representing ADA litigants and strengthening the legislation.
> But, I think you misunderstand my point...
>
> I just don't understand why euthanasia is a disability rights issue.  To
me,
> a disability rights issue is something that affects all disabled people
>  uniformly - barriers, discrimination, etc.  The right to life/death is
not
>  something that people with disabilities can all agree on and present a
>  united front on.  Therefore, it's less of a disability rights issue than
a
>  human rights issue.
>
>  Since it's not something that is wanted by all disabled people, I don't
see
>  how it relates to the disabled community any more than it does to the
human
>  community at large.  The disabled community has the same disagreements
>  (whether they're about abortion, race, politics, or euthanasia) as the
>  global community does.  We are a cross-section of humanity.  It doesn't
seem
>  right to take your viewpoint and say that taking a stand on it is taking
a
>  statement on disability rights.
>


Betty
aut viam inveniam aut faciam
"I will either find a way or make one."