Blog 6

The episode "Death" from the show South Park had to deal a lot the taboo behind the controversial topic of euthanasia. Through the whole episode Stanley is asked by his grandpa to kill him. The grandpa says he is in pain and would rather die than suffer for a few more years. Also he grandpa mentions that he had killed his own grandpa and put him out of his misery. This suggests that back in the day euthanasia might have been easier to deal with because people just saw it as an act of helping people out. Now with all the laws and perspectives changing it is something that no one wants to talk about. Not even people that we seek for when we have questions which include teachers, mentors and religion. A piece of literature that also deals with this controversial topic is the book Of Mice and Men however, there is a difference where George doesn't want his friend Lenny, who unknowingly has just committed a crime, to suffer in the hands of angry men who are willing to kill him and suffer for that crime. The way that this show and book approach euthanasia are very different but they all lead to the same question, is it right to kill someone and spear them from suffering?