Terry Pratchett to take his own life

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Terry Pratchett to take his own life

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This is quite bizarre:
Terry Pratchett starts process to take his own life

Sir Terry Pratchett, the fantasy writer who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2008, said yesterday he had started the formal process that could lead to his own assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland.

Pratchett, whose BBC2 film about the subject of assisted suicide is to be shown on BBC2 tomorrow, revealed he had been sent the consent forms requesting a suicide by the clinic and planned to sign them imminently.

"The only thing stopping me [signing them] is that I have made this film and I have a bloody book to finish," he said during a question-and-answer session following a screening at the Sheffield documentary festival Doc/Fest.

He said that he decided to start the process after making the film Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die, which shows the moment of death of a motor neurone sufferer, millionaire hotel owner Peter Smedley.

Pratchett, the creator of the Discworld novels who was 60 when he was diagnosed, said his decision to start the formal process did not necessarily mean he was going to take his own life.

According to Dignitas, 70% of people who sign the forms do not go through with taking their own lives.
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uhm... this is a sad situation.... as life is precious....

but
Siemens wrote:Edit for sauce:
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what sauce may this be.... cheese sauce, white sauce, monkeygland sauce, pepper sauce.....??? :D

it's source... ;)
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it's source...
It's forum slang...

What a great idea these clinics are. You off people and they pay you to do it! I'd open one where you can choose a cool death, like skydiving without a parachute directly into your grave; being smashed to bits on one of those rocket-on-rails crashing into the wall; jumping into a volcano; etc. :idea:
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Yeah well that doesn't always happen and some people survive plus what do you do for a grave and your families feelings when they have to identify your body? His choice.

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I think he's just attention whoring for his film and book.
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KatrynKat wrote: but
Siemens wrote:Edit for sauce:
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what sauce may this be.... cheese sauce, white sauce, monkeygland sauce, pepper sauce.....??? :D

it's source... ;)
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well i'm sorry for not knowing the forum slang...
i didn't spend my school days and free time on the PC and net...
yes, i'm a noob!!
SO WHAT!
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KatrynKat wrote:well i'm sorry for not knowing the forum slang...
i didn't spend my school days and free time on the PC and net...
yes, i'm a noob!!
SO WHAT!
Yes, its no biggie. It just means you make an unintentional funny every once in a while until you are caught up. It's not as though none of us ever fall victim to similar displays of noobness.
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KatrynKat wrote:i didn't spend my school days and free time on the PC and net...
lulz
troll'd hard.

On a lighter note. Good for you, Terry Pratchet!


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Jack Kevorkian would be proud if he was alive.
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The question is, will he remember to sign the forms? :lol:

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Prime wrote:The question is, will he remember to sign the forms? :lol:

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Stuart wrote:
Prime wrote:The question is, will he remember to sign the forms? :lol:

Altzheimers, a new friend every ten minutes...
And you even forget how to spell
Or to use punctuation, Old Man. :wink:
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or eether
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