You don't understand Jack, you don't understand euthanasia, you don't understand death

Dameon 2022-03-24 09:03:11

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK
In the slow rhythm of the film, in dialogues, interviews, trials, the end of the matter is obvious, you can criticize the law, but you just can't be above it, challenge its authority, So JACK's imprisonment is inevitable.

You don't understand Jack, you don't understand euthanasia, you don't understand death,
you resist death, and euthanasia is a way to end your life, you will also avoid it, even the public's attitude towards JACK is the same.

When we watch the movie rationally, we all understand that JACK is a good person. He is stubborn, aggressive, and even a bit excessive, but he is a good person and thinks about his patients. But his OUT OF THE TIME is not outdated, but he is a person from the future, striving for the interests of the future self, and we have always treated the future self like a stranger, cold and overly optimistic.

The people never felt that they would not approach death in that way - so unbearable, painful. Those experiences never seem to be related to them, and some of the holes and problems that euthanasia may bring about make them so worried that they are excluded without thinking, and they are afraid of it.

The future self will die one day, and at that time excessive rescue and medical improvement may become the source of pain, but they have been stubbornly defending the current self, ignoring the future self, and just Just like we are reluctant to save more money for ourselves and prefer to use it right away.

So the emergence of JACK is revolutionary, but a little out of time, maybe it will be out of date at any time, because no one wants to talk about death, except those who are suffering.

Prejudice and stubbornness have nothing to do with age, but those who protest most are the young people who are the least willing to face death, and they presume that the same is true for others. And when they are old, sick, and in pain, and they have to face death, maybe then they will truly understand JACK and reverse their prejudice. If from this point of view, JACK succeeds, he succeeds of euthanasia really into their thinking, although it takes a lot of time.

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You Don't Know Jack quotes

  • Jack Kevorkian: It's emotionalism. You know, when heart transplants first started... there was the same prevalent feeling, I mean, even among doctors... that it was wrong, it was contrary to God's will, contrary to nature. Isn't it ghoulish to rip a person's chest open and take out a heart? Or a bypass operation? Ether is the same thing. You have ether, been around for centuries, it wasn't used. Not till 1846. It was discovered in 1543... and before that, everybody was being operated on while they were awake. Surgeons were cutting them open while they were awake. Did you know that, Geoff?

    Geoffery Fieger: No.

    Jack Kevorkian: On, yes. And you know why it was banned? Because of religious dogma. Because of the foolish notion... that there's a God Almighty who wills us to suffer.

  • Judge Cooper: You invited yourself here to make a final stand.

    Judge Cooper: You invited yourself to the wrong forum.

    Judge Cooper: Our nation tolerates differences of opinions, because we have a civilized and non-violent way of resolving our conflicts.

    Judge Cooper: We have the means and methods to protest laws with which we disagree.

    Judge Cooper: You can criticize the law, lecture about the law, speak to the media or petition voters.

    Judge Cooper: But you must always stay within the limits provided by the law. You may not break the law, or take the law into your own hands.

    Judge Cooper: No one's unmindful of the controversy and emotion that exists over end-of-life issues and pain control.

    Judge Cooper: I assume the debate will continue in a calm and reasoned forum long after this trial and your activities have faded from the public memory.

    Judge Cooper: But this trial was not about that controversy.

    Judge Cooper: This trial was about you, sir.

    Judge Cooper: You've ignored and challenged the legislature and the supreme court.

    Judge Cooper: Moreover, you've defied your own medical profession.

    Judge Cooper: This trial was about lawlessness, about your disregard for a society that exists and flourishes because of the strength of our legal system.

    Judge Cooper: No one is above the law.

    Judge Cooper: You had the audacity to go on national television, show the world what you did, and dare the legal system to stop you.

    Judge Cooper: You publicly and repeatedly announced your intentions to disregard the laws of Michigan.

    Judge Cooper: Because of this, I am imposing the maximum sentence of 10 to 25 years.

    Judge Cooper: You may now, sir, consider yourself stopped.