In the United States in the 1990s, in an United States where the public took God as the only way of redemption, Jack Kevorkian, a retired doctor in his sixtieth year, used his wisdom and the power of all to contribute to the history of "euthanasia" in the United States. What I want to talk about is the 2010 HBO film "Doctor Death" based on this incident.
For me, what I see from "Days in Switzerland" is the bravery and fearlessness of people facing the choice of life and death, and it is more about euthanasia from the perspective of the patient. And "Death Doctor" is a detailed description of euthanasia from the identity of a doctor and the feelings of a pioneer. When the protagonist Jack was young, he witnessed his mother being tortured by illness before her death, begging for death, and the current situation of racial discrimination in the United States at that time. Various factors made him determined to promote the rationalization of euthanasia. In people's subconscious, the doctor is the representative of saving the dying and the hand of God; and euthanasia is undoubtedly murder, an act of despising life and despising God. This also makes countless people who are struggling on the brink of death and want to get liberation have no way to ask for help, and they have to survive and live like a year. At this moment, Jack, a radical doctor known by public opinion as a lunatic killer, is euthanizing for free or even illegally. He has always been patient-centered rather than standing on the so-called moral commanding heights.
He has assisted 130 patients in euthanasia, which has attracted great attention in the American society, and has become popular, occupying the headlines of countless miscellaneous magazines. Although he is extremely controversial under the spotlight, facing 5 judicial charges, nearly nine years in prison, and the death of his sister and friends, all I can see him is an ordinary old man: in order to prove his innocence Sin's 19-day hunger strike caused memory loss, but he still repeated his favorite lines over and over again; he couldn't bear to see his sister for the last time, and the powerless silence when leaning against the door frame; and the loss of himself before euthanizing his best friend... For him It is a lifelong pursuit to promote the legalization of euthanasia, and to find a dignified and pain-free end for the patient is the only purpose. Keeping him away from the sick is worse than death. For patients and their families, the use of murder to describe euthanasia is cruel and ugly.
I have seen the film "Days in Switzerland" with the same theme before, and the biggest experience for me is that it is a shock to the senses. It takes the dying "patient" as the perspective, so that I feel that this is a real documentary, not a screen. on the shaping. I guess that's the real charm of the movie! The contagious plot made me interested in the topic of "euthanasia", which is why I watched the movie "Doctor Death". But this time, from the perspective of a "doctor", it made me resonate with the current era. How to show respect to life seems to be at the heart of an eternal discussion. In contemporary society, farce with "respect for life" as a gimmick emerges one after another. What is often mentioned in common with life is the profession of a doctor. In the deep-rooted thinking of some people, it is only natural for doctors to save the dead and help the wounded. tragedy. On the other hand, why is a doctor not an ordinary person, not a life? Standing on the moral high ground of the so-called "respect for life", whether it is verbal or behavioral violence against others. Oh, how righteous, how great is it? I think Jack at that time was like an oasis in the desert. In a conservative and radical society that advocated sovereignty, he broke through the public's scrutiny of doctors and achieved a different kind of respect for life in the form of euthanasia. In the face of all kinds of setbacks, others lamented that he was born at an untimely time. And I disagree. It was he who made the history of "euthanasia" in the United States with the attitude of a fighter and the ambition of a pioneer. Although he did not personally see the realization of legislation and the continuous development of "euthanasia", he has definitely achieved what I said in the title of "be born with its name, die with its rightful place".
Just like Jack's favorite line in the movie: "Because this is my name, because I have only one name in my life, because I am not as good as the dust under the feet of a hangman, how can I live without a name? I have given you me My soul, please leave my name." He spent all his life learning, not afraid of worldly vision, spent his rare years in prison, and finally walked away alone. Seemingly ordinary but so profound, I witnessed the loneliness and fearlessness of a pioneer. I think it is because Jack is a real doctor that he is obsessed with death because he understands life.
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