We often say and emphasize that I have the right to be this way and I have the right to be that way. It seems that rights have become symbols of our living dignity. But where is the bottom line of our rights? If we can choose how to live, free and easy, or conservative, why do we not have the right to decide when and how to die when we are terminally ill? Many times, as a family member of a patient, we feel that as long as our relatives are alive, it is a thought and a comfort, and once they pass away, there is nothing left. So we condemn euthanasia and extend the lives of our loved ones at all costs. But is this comfort or thought a wishful thinking of our selfishness? Can we really understand and experience the torment of sickness? Do we have a genuine desire to respect our loved ones?
This film about the right to die involves not only law, medicine, but also challenges and questions about human rights and religion. Who has the right to decide everything about us? God, law, loved ones, or ourselves?
Jack Kevorkian spent ten years explaining his ideas to the public, even at the cost of his freedom and his life. Whether you say he is persistent or stubborn, put aside the right to death that he pursues for the time being. Just simply ask ourselves, what can we do and what can we give up for ideals and justice?
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