Assisted Suicide - Terry Pratchett

[Trina]

Did any of you see this last night? I watched the first 5 minutes and recorded it. Not sure I can actually watch it, even though it interests me.

A BBC film on assisted suicide was "biased", critics have said.

Care Not Killing campaigners said Choosing to Die, which shows a British man with motor neurone disease dying, was "pro-assisted suicide propaganda loosely dressed up as a documentary".

And the ex-Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir Ali, said it "glorified suicide".

The BBC denied Sir Terry Pratchett's film was biased, saying it was "about one person's experience" and would help viewers make up "their own minds".

The programme showed Peter Smedley, a 71-year-old hotelier, travelling from his home in Guernsey to Switzerland and taking a lethal dose of barbiturates given to him by the Dignitas organisation.

Author Sir Terry, who has Alzheimer's disease, made the film to establish whether he would be able to die at a time and in a way he wanted.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13767216

What are your thoughts on it?

[gzagee]

Wanted to watch it but forgot. He was on the BBC breakfast news this morning talking about it.

[Git]

Of course it's biased.

It's presented by someone who is pro-euthanisia.

But that's irrelevant because the issue is still being presented. I would have thought people would be intelligent enough to make their own decisions.

Would have liked to have watched this.

[ThereIsBearCüm]

bias is fine (and unavoidable) as long as the viewer knows the situation of the protagonist, filmaker etc
don't know what the fuss is about really

[CynicalGooner]

I only caught the last few minutes but it got blasted on news night afterwards. As mentioned above bias is unavoidable and. This got more abuse than all of Richard Dawkins' "God don't exist but if he does he's a right c***" programmes

Don't see what all the fuss is about meself, if people are terminally ill and are of sound enough mind they should be free to choose.

[liam_cork]

anyone with alzheimer's should have that choice

[She_Gunner_Wales]

Gutted i missed this, not on anytime or bbc iplayer either, so hope it comes on again at some point soon.
I watched his earlier personal documentary, think it was called Living with Alzheimers, was an excellent insight into the man & his condition, although saddening at the same time.

[VCC]

No winner in Ethical arguments you have a personal view,the shame is the laws only ever protect one view,Abortion is the one Ethical type argument that most developed places now allow a choice it will be a long time for the worlds Do Gooders to let up on Euthanisia.

[CynicalGooner]

Its on the iPlayer now SGW

[She_Gunner_Wales]

Its on the iPlayer now SGW

Damn, ive had a busy few days so this went out of my head.
Ive missed the boat completely, just checked & no longer on...gutted!

Thankyou though x