August 23, 2003

Duck is Pro-Suicide

It's hard for me to see how Howard the Duck could be taken out of context. He told Oregon Public Radio that, "I think states have to make up their own mind" on assisted suicide. He went on to say:

I as a physician would not be comfortable administering lethal drugs, but I think this a very private, personal decision and I think individual physicians and patients have the right to make that private decision.

It's the typical pro-death line. "I wouldn't kill anyone myself, but people should be allow to do so." Duck is trying to have it both ways. He never said if suicide was right or wrong. Such an abstention from moral reasoning is by default pro-death.

"Presidential Candidate Howard Dean Endorses Assisted Suicide"