Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Where do I belong?

I feel like I am an American. This is not because I am really patriotic or anything, but because I don’t really know where else I would belong. Knowing only the United States and Indiana, this is where I kind of feel belonging, but not completely. I also feel like I belong in my family, or I would like to think so. My home and family give me a sense of security and belonging, and that someone is caring about mine. I really do not feel like I would belong in a really busy city, like NYC. I don’t handle the situations in the busy streets very well, and I think I would probably end up dying by getting hit. Also, I think that I would not belong in China very well, partly because this place is overcrowded, which I am not used to, and it is fairly unstable. I bet if I went there though, it would be fun for the first few days or weeks, but I would get tired of the busy streets and crowded areas. I also think I would not belong in the really bad parts of Africa, probably because I’d have no clue what to do, and would probably die from getting shot or sick.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Euthanasia

Euthanasia (noun) - the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.

I believe that euthanasia is acceptable in some cases, yet unneeded in others. Euthanasia is most commonly used with animals, because they can get old, or lame, in some way, and our obviously suffering in cases where you can tell they are not getting along too well. That is when euthanasia is appropriate. Killing animals in an animal shelter because they haven't been sold however, is practically a "business technique" to get rid of unwanted products, to put it bluntly. Dealing with humans is different though. Euthanasia in humans is only good if the person can say they are suffering, or if they are unable to say so, that probably means they may be in a vegetative state like a coma, which, by the family's ok, is good. If the person does not have a disease that is incurable, or wants to kill themselves because "their life sucks", or something along those lines, they probably just need some sort of support instead of euthanasia, but they think that killing themselves is the easy way out. That is when euthanasia is not acceptable.