Berlusconi, time to rush

He did it again. Made himself ridiculous once again. If you cannot read Italian, in the linked Reuters article Berlusconi maintains that it is urgent to promulgate a decree to save Eluana Englaro. Obviously, that was a couple of days ago, since the poor woman has died in the meantime. But, WHY was this urgent? She has been in a coma 17 years, her medical condition looked quite bad from the onset, hopes of recovery close to zero if not a round O. Mmm, but the premier has a good reason for it: this is a woman who could generate a child.

Well for one I doubt Eluana was menstruating recently, since as far as I can tell in stressful conditions women stop doing so; it's just their body keeping energy and resources for survival instead of procreation. But that's beside the point. Basically he said: the government should rush, otherwise this miracle cannot take place. It's a miracle called rape, you dumb little excuse for a man...

The fat lady sings Game Over

There has been a lot of noise recently in Italy about terminal diseases and whether it's legitimate to stop treatments, who should be responsible etc etc. Particularly, what if someone cannot communicate their will to cease treatment? I.e., someone is in a coma.

Well for a change the Vatican thinks that the choice is not ours. I do need a machine to breathe in my place, another to clean my blood, another to push water and sugar up my bloodstream, and by the way I might be in pain or even knocked out for the count most or all of the time, it doesn't matter, it's not my choice to stop suffering and go push up daisies instead. Not mine, not my relatives', not my doctor's, not even the magistrate. It's god's choice. And if the Italian Constitution says differently, the constitution is wrong, and the laws should be changed. URGENTLY. And when the President says to the government: what's the rush? Sit down and think it through, and by the way have a look at this and this point of the Constitution that are relevant and you CANNOT change, well then the Vatican is disappointed:

2009-02-06 17:04
ELUANA: DA VATICANO, DELUSI DA NAPOLITANO
CITTA' DEL VATICANO - "Sono costernato che in tutte queste diatribe politiche si ammazzi una persona" e "sono profondamente deluso" dalla decisione del presidente della Repubblica, Giorgio Napolitano, di non firmare il decreto che avrebbe imposto lo stop all'alimentazione e idratazione a Eluana Englaro. E' quanto ha affermato all'ANSA il card. Renato Raffaele Martino, presidente del pontificio consiglio Giustizia e Pace.
ANSA

And obviously our government is happy to oblige the Vatican, instead of backing the President (note: the Vatican is another country). You know, next elections the president has only one vote, the vatican can move millions...

But back to the main points: in the middle ages, people with rabies were tied to stakes and let to die in their houses... you couldn't kill them, they could not kill themselves, and there was no cure (there is no cure as of now, for the advanced stages). Result: one of the most atrocious form of agony unleashed on a poor guy, who wasn't allowed to take his own life to shorten the pain. Because that's someone else's decision. My bloody fucking life and it's someone else's choice to call the Game Over on it?

Well, I don't know about you, but I hope that when I'll be used up I'll still be able to take the matter in my own hands...