Video: Famous writer claims the right to die
2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00
Famous British writer Sir Terry Pratchett, 61, the author of the famous fantasy satire, a cycle of 36 Discworld novels, announced his intention to die.
Terry Pratchett suffers from Alzheimer's disease. He learned about his diagnosis in December 2007, reports the dni.ru portal. “I live in the hope that I can jump before I am pushed,” the writer admitted. He was prompted to take this step by a statement from the House of Lords.
Last week, the upper house of the United Kingdom Parliament threatened 14 years in prison for the husband of multiple sclerosis, Debbie Purdy, if he helped her make her way to a Swiss clinic - one of those where it is officially allowed to die of her own accord in the event of an incurable disease.
This statement angered Pratchett and prompted him to publish an open letter in the DailyMail newspaper.
“Before my game is over, I’m going to die sitting in a chair in my own garden, a glass of brandy in one hand and my iPod with Thomas Tailis in the other.”
“And since this is England, it will not be superfluous to clarify: if it rains, then I will move to the library. Who would dare to object to me that this is a bad ending? - the writer openly declared his intention.
“Point me to heaven when the last chapter of my life will be written,” Pratchett asks. According to him, humanity is moving in the wrong direction.
“In the past century, we have succeeded so much in prolonging life that we have forgotten how to die,” the writer points out in his appeal to public reason.
In his opinion, "when life becomes too heavy a burden, those who bear it may wish to be shown a saving way out."
“I console myself with the thought that before the disease erases the last trace of reason in my brain, I can jump into the abyss before it engulfs me,” writes Pratchett. "The enemy can win, but in this case without triumph."
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