Posts Tagged by Terry Pratchett
Euthanasia: legalisation to liberate Tony Nicklinson is right
| July 2, 2012 | Posted by Jeremy Dobson under national |
They have Tony Nicklinson on a technicality. At present, the difference between a lawful suicide and a killing is who delivers that final, irreversible push from the land of malady to no man’s land. A doctor would have to give Tony Nicklinson his final push to commit a rational consensual suicide; but that’s illegal. He hasn’t the physical capacity to end it himself because of his condition, except via starvation – a long process perhaps more painful than death or the locked-in syndrome brought about by a stroke that is his daily torturer. Any empathetic person can understand why Tony wants to end his life, or at least have the option rather than endure a future “[condemned] to a ‘life’ of… more
Terry Pratchett and his fantastical fiction
| February 10, 2011 | Posted by S.A.Perkins under culture |
Biography: Full name: Terence David John Pratchett. Add a ‘Sir’ onto the front there as well, thanks to an OBE. Born in 28th April 1948. Frequently works in the comical fantasy genre, and is most famous for his long-running series, Discworld. Published his first novel, The Carpet People, in 1971, and his first Discworld novel in 1983 (namely, The Colour Of Magic). Was the UK’s best-selling author of the 1990’s and as of August 2010 has sold 65 million books worldwide (in 37 languages, no less). Awarded an OBE in 1998 and knighted in 2009. In December 2007, Pratchett announced that he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease at an early stage, and donated heavily to charities based around that disease. Analysis:… more
