Ramón Sampedro was a great Spanish writer. The Movie "The Sea Inside" from Alejandro Amenabar, it is about his life.
Ramon got paralysis for thirty years and he was fighting in a court for his right of practicing euthanasia and end his life with dignity.(*)
In his book "Letters from Hell", he says:
<<"...the birth right is the beginning of a truth: the desire of pleasure. The right to die is the beginning of another truth: the desire of not suffering. The Ethical Reason puts Bad or Good in all the acts. A son conceived against the will of the woman is a crime. A death against the will of the person too. But a wished son conceived by love is a good. A wished death to leave someone of an irremediable pain, too. Any freedom can't be constructed on a tyranny. Any justice, on injustice or pain. Any positive good, on an unjust suffering...">>(*)
He died on January 12, 1998; when his friend, Ramona Maneiro helped him to suicide.
Ramón had problem with law and some people for his will. In his Testament, he says them:
<<"Srs. Judges, Religious and Political Authorities:
My conscience isn't trapped in my deformit, atrophied, unfeeling body , but It's in the deformity, atrophy and insensitivity of your consciences". >>(*)
Ramon got paralysis for thirty years and he was fighting in a court for his right of practicing euthanasia and end his life with dignity.(*)
In his book "Letters from Hell", he says:
<<"...the birth right is the beginning of a truth: the desire of pleasure. The right to die is the beginning of another truth: the desire of not suffering. The Ethical Reason puts Bad or Good in all the acts. A son conceived against the will of the woman is a crime. A death against the will of the person too. But a wished son conceived by love is a good. A wished death to leave someone of an irremediable pain, too. Any freedom can't be constructed on a tyranny. Any justice, on injustice or pain. Any positive good, on an unjust suffering...">>(*)
He died on January 12, 1998; when his friend, Ramona Maneiro helped him to suicide.
Ramón had problem with law and some people for his will. In his Testament, he says them:
<<"Srs. Judges, Religious and Political Authorities:
My conscience isn't trapped in my deformit, atrophied, unfeeling body , but It's in the deformity, atrophy and insensitivity of your consciences". >>(*)
4 comments:
You had very relaxing and nice holidays in contact with nature....congratulations!!
Well, now I hope you talk about task 2 after these holidays...
I saw the movie about Sampedro sometime ago. I guess you did too. It was very moving and makes you think about certain aspects of medical conditions that you normally do not think about..
I have posted a different topic on my blog (task 3) and maybe you can talk about and extreme experience that you had and that you still remmeber.....ask me any questions or opinions..
well, I haven´t heard from you yet....maybe you would like to share other things with all of us? would you?
Well said.
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