The Washington Post is promoting the assisted-suicide movement for the elderly and ill in one of their latest editions. SED, which stands for “voluntary stop eating and drinking” is one of the latest form of euthanasia which involves starving and dehydrating oneself to death. The Washington Post featured a story which tells how an elderly man chose this way of suicide and advocated for assisted suicide to be legalized.
Here is a brief excerpt from the story:
Ben Griffith rose before the sun the morning of March 18, 2022, packed his car and began the long drive from his house in Frankfort, Ky., to suburban Kansas City, Mo. The time had come to help his father die.
Months earlier, when John Griffith made clear to his three sons that he would end his life by denying himself food and drink rather than go into an assisted-living facility, his two older sons objected. Only Ben, the youngest at 67, agreed to keep vigil with his 99-year-old father. Now that John’s quality of life had deteriorated to the point where he would rather die than have his misery prolonged with unwanted treatment in assisted living, Ben was heading to his father’s house.
Ben arrived at his father’s townhouse in Gladstone, Mo., about 3 o’clock the afternoon of March 18, having driven the better part of 11 hours. He had braced himself for the ordeal, knowing it could become more difficult if his father wavered and requested food or water. Ben could not deny him that. “It’s voluntary,” Ben says. “If a person wants food or water, you give it to him. I had done my homework with Compassion & Choices and read their list of guidance. It says remind the person, ‘Dad, you know you’re doing VSED. If you take ice chips or water, it’s going to delay the process.’ I prepared before I left for that.”
With this story the Washington Post violated most of the WHO Media Suicide Guidelines on reporting:
Don’t place stories about suicide prominently and don’t unduly repeat such stories.
Don’t use language which sensationalizes or normalizes suicide, or presents it as a constructive solution to problems.
Don’t explicitly describe the method used.
Don’t provide details about the site/location.
Don’t use sensational headlines.
Don’t use photographs, video footage or social media links.
WaPo. Satan is alive and well.
Wow, how dare anyone who loves their creator the Lord Almighty think they know more than he does and take a life whether its theirs or someone else’s. These people are spawns of Satan and Satan is the one guiding their sins. This is horrible! I was a caregiver for our beloved Seniors for over 48 years. I saw more than my share of death. I devoted my life to Seniors after I retired from being a RN. Our Seniors have so much to teach us. Just because they have the right to age doesn’t mean they can’t be a teacher to others like grandchildren, Great grandchildren friends etc. I learned so much from my patients. I love our Seniors and I beg all of you never consider such a horrible thing as suicide. It’s not your life to take it’s God’s. Little by little we have allowed Satan to push on the door. Now he has his foot in the door. There is nothing but hate, fear and torture in Satan’s world. There is peace, love, understand and happiness by following God. He will never let you down. He helps us to handle hardships and we are never alone.
The Post is a yellow rag POS, just like the owner is a POS
As fat as they arwe it will be a long time for they shut down thw WaPo/ espeically the editor and the owner. Couple of Fat hogs that needed
to be on a diet a long time ago.
What will the lunatic left promote next? Self immolation?
Maybe they could lead by example.
Wouldn’t that be welcomed?
Spend more time on covering 22 thousand elderly death in NY from cumo, less time worrying about the corrupt WHO establishment…
Have WaPo staff try plan to kill WaPo
Are.you Washington post talking about Joe Biden? The old evil insane idiot sitting in the white house!. How about you people at the Washington post show the world how to do it!. You don’t deserve to live pushing death on old people. Hope karma comes knocking for you unclass unamerican subhuman lowlife creatures. Shame on you. Who do you think you are?. Go play God with your own grandparents.
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