Comments on: PC David Rathband you legend: Raoul Moat victim’s brave suicide

By: J

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:51:49 +0000

Because people don’t agree? Sighs, okay.

By: J

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:51:55 +0000

It’s a reasonable question Emma. I’m sorry it’s in the incorrect thread, I wasn’t sure if I should post it in another thread, Leveson, maybe. It was merely because it was said you knew about law, and I didn’t think you would be so…
Horrified. I can’t write to Moat can I, and have no desire to.

Moderator- its not in the incorrect thread, just don’t post it anywhere

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:00:43 +0000

OK .

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:56:33 +0000

Emma, just don’t feed it.

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:42:18 +0000

Frankly, not sure what is supposed to be ‘clicking’. There seems to be mere prattling from certain quarters.

By: Yampster

Yampster — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:26:24 +0000

It really hasn’t clicked yet has it Emma?

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:22:35 +0000

What an odd question and what has it got to do with the subject of this thread? (Or indeed the criminal who attacked him since he is also dead?)

By: J

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:06:50 +0000

If you wrote to someone who was a criminal, would their solicitor pass it on or not?

By: J

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:45:08 +0000

He would have to be brave in his job but I agree with you that he was brave after being shot and blinded. He tried to help others, I hope that will still go on for his sake.

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:51:57 +0000

He took his own life because he was clearly in mental distress. I think it rather low to suggest people feel that he was brave because of his suicide. The man was shot at close range and his entire skull was riddled with 200 pellets, blinding and disfiguring him.
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He then had the guts to become a campaigner for those in the emergency services who had suffered apalling injuries in the course of their duty. I don’t think he was brave because he was a police officer – I think he was brave because of his actions after the event.
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And who knows what kind of damage having that much lead in your skull can do to you mentally.

By: J

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:44:48 +0000

Anorak he meant he was brave as a policeman, probably as a human too.

By: June

June — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:19:29 +0000

I think Mr Rathband showed a lot of courage in adversity, it was a horrendous injury, and the last thing he saw was the gun and the bastard who fired it.

Its not brave or courageous to allow someone to kill you as the UK law presently stands, some people who wish to die but are unable to do it because of physical incapacity have the burden of relying on someone to assist them who could face jail for doing so…and that thought must prevent many asking.

The State doesn’t own your body but it would be seen as an unlawful taking of life, after all the person assisting doesn’t own your body either. Suicide is no longer a crime, and even when it was if the outcome was successful who was to be prosecuted.

On a personal level I think assisted euthanasia should be lawful but very tight loophole- free conditions to prevent abuse of the privilege.

By: Anorak

Anorak — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:02:16 +0000

he forfeited his life?

forfeit: something lost or given up as a penalty for a fault, mistake.

What was Mr Rathband’s fault? To do his job?

Cameron calls him brave. if it brave to take your own lie when you don’t feel able to go on, why is it not brave to let someone help you to take your life? It;s your life. Or does the State own your body?

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:30:41 +0000

If a suicided? English please. Euthanasia is outlawed because it requires a third party to cause your death. Bellend. The guy was a hero because he forfeited his life in the name of public duty.

By: Anorak

Anorak — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:03:56 +0000

If a suicide is a hero why is euthanasia in the UK outlawed?