THE 21st CENTURY ISN’T TURNING OUT THE WAY I HAD HOPED: This 28-year-old Dutch woman is scheduled to be euthanized in May because she is depressed and it’s sad how happy she seems about it.
Ter Beek, who lives in a little Dutch town near the German border, once had ambitions to become a psychiatrist, but she was never able to muster the will to finish school or start a career. She said she was hobbled by her depression and autism and borderline personality disorder. Now she was tired of living — despite, she said, being in love with her boyfriend, a 40-year-old IT programmer, and living in a nice house with their two cats.
She recalled her psychiatrist telling her that they had tried everything, that “there’s nothing more we can do for you. It’s never gonna get any better.”
At that point, she said, she decided to die. “I was always very clear that if it doesn’t get better, I can’t do this anymore” …
Her liberation, as it were, will take place at her home. “No music,” she said. “I will be going on the couch in the living room” …
Then the doctor will administer a sedative, followed by a drug that will stop ter Beek’s heart.
When she’s dead, a euthanasia review committee will evaluate her death to ensure the doctor adhered to “due care criteria,” and the Dutch government will (almost certainly) declare that the life of Zoraya ter Beek was lawfully ended.
Can you believe that? The doctor must pass a euthanasia review to make sure he/she killed the patient in a lawful fashion.
We live in such strange times. They’re turning death into a fantasy. Is this the next cult they’ll have kids following? First it was sterilization and mutilation, next, is it death? I mean, it’s not far off, and the way they’re making kids these days, I bet a lot of them would rather die than have to work a mundane job.
I’m pretty sure that Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson intended Soylent Green to be a warning, not a how-to guide for euthanasia.