Lindens Mother
Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 12:05 pm
If you were Linden, would you have killed your mother in that situation?
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 2:36 pm
No
Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 2:50 pm
My vow of ahimsha prevents me from responding 2 this question--aside from that it's really 2 bizarre 2 consider...yikes! 
Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 2:59 pm
I do not have that kind of extremity of emotion in me. If I had been Linden then maybe I would have had, but I am not.
Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 7:35 pm
Is there any money involved, 'cause if so, no problem. You know any old lady's that need a little push into the afterlife?
Honestly, no. I could never accept that much moral responsibility over another person.
And dangit, scratch those cards!
*snoogins*
Honestly, no. I could never accept that much moral responsibility over another person.
And dangit, scratch those cards!
*snoogins*
Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 4:33 am
"Owen! Owen!!! Get me a pepsi!"
This post will look really odd if you haven't seen 'Throw mama from the Train'
This post will look really odd if you haven't seen 'Throw mama from the Train'
Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 5:21 am
lol hahahaha
and nay I thought the whole suffocation scene was too disturbing and critically weird .. *shudder* ..
and nay I thought the whole suffocation scene was too disturbing and critically weird .. *shudder* ..
Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 6:50 am
Sorry, but I have always been one for taking the quick way out of a situation as Linden did - I can't stand watching people suffer, so with those overpowering emotions my mindfulness goes out the window....
But if I think about it involuntary euthanasia isn't exactly something I would resort to. I'd probably only kill in self defence. Not including my ex-boyfriend of course, but he was ASKING for it.
I'm sure glad Linden changed after her experiences in the land, I don't see her doing anything that extreme again..?
But if I think about it involuntary euthanasia isn't exactly something I would resort to. I'd probably only kill in self defence. Not including my ex-boyfriend of course, but he was ASKING for it.
I'm sure glad Linden changed after her experiences in the land, I don't see her doing anything that extreme again..?
Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 8:19 am
Remind me never to get on phoebe's bad side.
Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 8:28 am
ditto 
Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 8:31 am
Caer Sylvanus wrote:Remind me never to get on phoebe's bad side.
Yeah but she's got a cool avatar
Should be worth the risk Syl Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 8:38 am
oh right .. 
.. cool avatar = risk worthy
I'm gonna have to remember that ..
.. cool avatar = risk worthy I'm gonna have to remember that ..
Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 5:30 pm
If the person was suffering horribly and WANTED to die, even then I don't think I could do it.
And it's pretty clear the the Mom DID NOT want to die, and was terrified of what Linden was doing
That was one darned creepy scene!!
Very disturbing!!
And it's pretty clear the the Mom DID NOT want to die, and was terrified of what Linden was doing
That was one darned creepy scene!!
Very disturbing!! Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 10:17 pm
No. Not under any circumstances. How old was Linden? Sixteen, fifteen? She only had 2-3 more years of living with her mother then she would be free!
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 3:47 am
Sorry to say this but when I think about it like that - 2-3 years of living like she was, with her mother just lying there dying... I mean to sit and watch something like that is really hellish and then after she left home she would still hardly be free ... I mean the guilt of leaving her in the hospital would still be there - man, that doesn't sound like a fun youth.caamora wrote:No. Not under any circumstances. How old was Linden? Sixteen, fifteen? She only had 2-3 more years of living with her mother then she would be free!
Not to say she had a fun guilt free youth with the way things worked out anyway, but.... Oh I thought I had a good point there, too....
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 6:45 am
While there can be many good arguments for euthanasia I do not believe that Lindens acts can be seen in that light.
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 1:40 pm
I don't think that they can, either. To me, given the mother's terror, it was murder.
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 6:57 pm
Oh, it was murder. Linden herself never felt it wasn't.
(Are you not evil? You have commited murder.)
(Are you not evil? You have commited murder.)
Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 12:30 am
Oh ok ok, so I said euthanasia...
I do agree though. If even for the reason of, Linden's motivation for doing what she did. She wasn't trying to help her mother in any way, she was doing it for her own reasons.
I do agree though. If even for the reason of, Linden's motivation for doing what she did. She wasn't trying to help her mother in any way, she was doing it for her own reasons.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 6:57 am
yeah I dont think she was trying to help her mother .. she could see it was not what her mother wanted ..
she was tired of seeing her like that .. I think she relieved herself of her mothers pain ..
but I could be wrong
she was tired of seeing her like that .. I think she relieved herself of her mothers pain ..
but I could be wrong