Difficult Decisions or just Hypocrisy
Some stuff in the news recently has had me thinking... where are things just difficult decisions that the people who have to make them have a very tricky course to steer and where there is no real "right" answer overall and where is there just plain hypocrisy. Today I read that Tony Nicklinson has died. This poor man who was undoubtedly highly intelligent was left severely paralysed as the result of a stroke. He had campaigned for the "right to die" - essentially the issue being he couldn't kill himself as physically he could not administer the lethal injection or take the pills. Recently the High Court ruled that if he asked his family or a doctor to carry this out they could still be prosecuted for murder. It seemed on face value an absurd ruling, this clearly intelligent man who had thought it all through and who was clearly suffering psychologically due to his physical condition simply wanted his wishes to be carried out. If he could have killed himsel...