Western Society: An Obscure Cult of Death #3
From the moment of our conception, this 'great' western society, in which we find ourselves, is hell-bent on ushering in our mortal expiration, in dismantling our very understanding of life and its indomitable value. The most marginalised group of people in modern society are not the colourful ones, like we are told, but rather those individuals that are torn limb from limb, poisoned by lethal injection solely because of their age, ability and capacity; those are the unborn, the elderly and the sick.
We already find it compassionate to abscise babies in their mother's womb; we discover a need for self-defence when a population requires extermination from the land we want to take from them; we have already forged a culture where in our elderly and our sick feel like a burden - and now we are readying to finish them off.
The bill that has sparked this riotous conversation was brought forth by a Ms Kim Leadbeater, backbench Labour MP. The 'Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill' proposes giving terminally ill people the right to choose to end their own life. An overview and further explanation of the bill can be found here.
I believe, undoubtedly, this bill does only two things: make the dying feel worse and further assisting the West into its own quietus. Where have our platitudes of acceptance, justice and mercy gone? Why are we incinerating hope and tearing down the prospect of miracle?
Whilst one may attempt to piece together a seemingly coherent argument for the case of assisted dying, it falls apart at the first hurdle - God. As humans we long not simply for a Creator but for the hope that He inspires. Our entire existence is built on the moral periphery, on the principle, that this life is not our final destination but rather a fleeting terminal. Our truest, most logical cognition and comprehension of the universe is characterised under the banner of Divinity. When we fear, we pray. When we are sad, we hope. Allowing our fellow man to skirt his natural end, to prey on his illness, fear and sadness, is nothing but a further fissure in the fabric of our decaying society.
The concept of assisted dying, while framed as a compassionate choice, is fraught with issues of exploitation and mortality trends that warrant scrutiny. Let's use the Netherlands as a case study to satisfy those of you that require 'the science' to back your independent reasoning.
Euthanasia and assisted suicide, in the Netherlands, accounted for 5.4% of all deaths in 2023, with 9,068 cases reported. This is a staunch increase from 1,882 cases in 2002, when the practice was first legalised there.
I find that it is particularly troubling to find the growth in cases justified on psychological grounds. These instances rose by 20% in 2023, from 115 to 138. Similarly, cases involving dementia diagnoses increased by 13.8% in the same year. Such figures highlight a troubling trend: the criteria for euthanasia are expanding, often intersecting with vulnerable populations unable to advocate for themselves. Assisted dying for the 'terminally ill' eventually becomes government funded suicide for anyone that is having a bad day.
Beyond numbers, the ethical dimensions are grim. Nearly half of Dutch general practitioners who conducted euthanasia for dementia patients reported significant emotional distress, and 42.9% felt pressured by patients’ families. These findings raise concerns about coercion and the erosion of voluntary consent, integral to ethical medical practices.
These statistics suggest a slippery slope where systems initially designed for the terminally ill expand, exposing systemic vulnerabilities and societal exploitation. The data underscores the need for vigilant oversight, prioritising palliative care improvements and preserving the dignity of life, without accelerating its end.
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This bill is a symptom of godlessness, hedonism, arrogance and heedlessness. We make our parents feel unwanted by sending them into care homes. What choice do they have other than to feel like a burden. What dignity remains in an empty home, in a failing end-of-life care system. The crux of the matter is that we do not care about the dying - even if they are our own parents.
This reality, this bill, is like an Orwellian fever dream, where we sentence the 'unproductive cogs in the social machine' to death simply for their lack of contribution and their 'burden' to society. Euthanasia, palatably euphemised as 'assisted dying', is the single greatest, contemporaneous manifestation of western society's imposition on our rights. Our most fundamental right is the right to life itself.
When we allow the legislation, the normalisation, of the tragic hubris that is required to end our own lives, is when your elderly mother thinks its okay to kill herself because you sent her into a care home; that we created a society that made her feel unworthy and unloved. This is why we must oust the very idea that this is a just law to pass, for there is no dignity in suicide and there is certainly no mercy in defying the Will of God.
"...and do not kill yourselves. Surely, Allah is ever merciful." An-Nisa [4:29]
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Until next time...
Issa.
