euthanasia

                Euthanasia is a practice whereby a person can end his life in order to relieve the pain and suffer. Yes, nowadays people can commit suicide in right procedure and legally. Based on Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, there are about 2120 deaths from euthanasia in Netherlands in 2007. Do you know why there are so many people who do it? Death is not that simple, but still, is it the only way for them? It is often said that “Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life”. Some people think that it is better to die than to suffer in life. Like an example, Mrs. Boyes, 70 years old widow who was infected by rheumatoid arthritis and severe complications. She felt so much pain that she will scream every time people touch her. Desperate, she repeatedly asked the doctor to end her life quickly. The doctor who takes care of her, Dr. Cox, therefore give her an injection of potassium chloride in 1992. She had a peaceful death and Dr. Cox did the right things to help the patient. Euthanasia should be legalized as it has benefits for the patients and their family. The most significant benefits are to relieve the patients from the pain and to take the pressure away from patient’s family.

                Euthanasia, which means “good death” in Greek, is a legalized way for patients to be free from suffer when he/she can’t stand the pain anymore. Based on HealthDay News, about 36.000 deaths in US are caused by pain killer overdosed. It is undeniable that many people with severe illness can not bear the pain and thus have to consume pain killer. Moreover, according to NVVE surveys, more than a half number of people who undertake euthanasia are based on their own will. For the example, Sue Rodriguez (1950-1994) was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 1991. She lived painfully knowing that the disease will damage her muscle one by one until all of it. However, she was still fully conscious to feel these immeasurably sufferings. She had no hope to live in such kind of misery, until one day she decided to end her life as she could not endure it anymore. Based on Daily Tribune, chronic pain can affect human’s psychological, such as desperate and unwillingness to life. It can be imagined how people feel is, when they can not do anything by themselves, even walking, also the indescribable pain from illness that disperse in their body. Consequently, euthanasia can be just the most comfortable way to relieve the sufferings.

                By ending patient’s life, also can lighten their family’s pressure in term of financially and mentally. Let’s take cancer as the example. Based on Chemotherapyfacts.com, the drugs only will cost about $100-$300 for an eight week supply and $10.000 for the chemotherapy. Yes, it is not that easy to pay the cost, just to see the patient continuing to face the severe illness. The facts from medical experiment shows that chemotherapy causes many side effects such as nausea, vomiting, hair loss, fatigue, bleed easily, and decrease in immune system. The patient will be more fragile to be infected by other fatal illness. To see a family member going through these things for the rest of his life is a mental pressure. Some patients will choose to end his life thus his family can keep on going. What is the point to survive a painful life when the family can let him go peacefully? Thus, a legal euthanasia can be the solution to relieve the pressure of family as long as the patient will to do it.

                As the conclusion, euthanasia should be legalized as the only way for patients to be free from their pain and to relieve the pressure of their family. In the future, there will be more and more complicated illness that can be cause by virus or even, failure in surgery. The question is, when the patient is begging to end his life because of a tremendous pain, will the family accept it? Overall, it again, comes back to one’s spirit to life and to be recovered. When it has been carefully considered to end one’s life for his/her goodness, then it should be done correctly, without any regrets.

Capital punishment

                Nowadays throughout the world, many crimes in human society are becoming more cruel and inhuman such as terrorism, human trafficking, and even serial murders. Due to this, countries like China and United States have set the regulation of capital punishment or death sentence as the heaviest punishment to such tremendous crimes for a long time ago. As we can see, many people lose their family just because of these inhuman acts. As the example, the 2002 Bali Bombings are killing 202 people and 240 people are injured. The WTC building terrorists attack that killed 2996 and more than 6000 people were injured. The terrorist executes his demonic act without caring about the victims, and thus, death sentence is worth with what they have done. Can you imagine the world in future with no more crimes? Or people can live peacefully without any fear of harm? “Punishment is justice for the unjust” maybe is the right answer. Therefore, capital punishment must not be abolished for some purposes. The most significant purpose of capital punishment are to avoid any worse act’s  possibility that the criminal will do after being arrested and to teach other people not to attempt crime in order to increase world’s security        

                For an experienced criminal, giving a death sentence is the best way to avoid any bad possibilities such as jailbreak and more crimes after being released. Even being arrested for one’s lifetime is not very effective to teach them a lesson. Based on Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were 6530 prisoners escaped in US. How can the state assure that these prisoners will not put other people in danger? In fact when a criminal got a second chance, he will do anything that can harm other people to keep running from the police. The biggest escape in British history, on 25 September 1983 in Northern Ireland, is done by a 38 years old guy who is convicted of murderer and causing explosion. He escaped from H-Block 7 prison, kill a prison’s officer and hurt twenty others using a shotgun. He also succeeded in releasing other 38 prisoners. Some of them were rearrested the next year with more sentences for their crimes. A state must consider not taking a high risk by keeping a high level terrorist in a jail. The other example is Osama bin Laden. Can you imagine if the police can arrest him and just put him in the jail? Yes, his men will simply crash another plane in the prison to release him. Therefore, a death sentence is the appropriate way to punish a tremendous crime and cut all of the roots, regarding to what they have done.

                Capital punishment also can teach other people who want to attempt any crimes by creating the fear in them. Once the government really executes the death sentence, people will think twice to do crimes. Like in Singapore, any crimes such as drugs trafficking and murderer can be punished by death sentence. About 400 people have been hanged in Singapore. Based on CNN International, Singapore is the “top executioner” country, and thus has the lowest crimes rate among others, only 45 drugs cases among 100000 people. Even though some people argue that death sentence is inhuman, regarding that criminals also have right to live, but still a state must consider about nation’s security, not one person. After the death sentence’s execution is being known broadly, people will know that the law is firm and assertive in constructing the justice. Realize it or not, it will teach the society to keep in right track, as well as increasing their morale. Therefore, capital punishment is important to teach the people about justice and also significantly decrease criminal’s rate.

                As the conclusion, capital punishment take an important role in cutting of the crimes and all of others possible, also teaching the people not to attempt any criminal’s act. For the crimes are worse nowadays, will you forgive a very bad person that kill many innocent people just for nothing? Has he ever cared about people’s future when he killed them inhumanly? There will be more and more crimes as the result of lack of morale and education. Terrorism, murderer, and drugs trafficking are the worst crimes that will increase in the future. However, preventing all of this maybe is a better way rather than punishment. Overall, a state must be more concern in decreasing the criminal’s rate. Education, prosperity, and morale level are the major points to implement it. If people knows what is right and wrong, there is no such things as criminals, and therefore no need to execute a death sentence.