European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and Stripe monday november 15,1993 More opinions on dear friends Reader response of �?o85 and Walling a the Man who feared old age As he visited friends in nursing Homes in various stages of incapacitation has been staggering. He expressed the Hope that one Day people would be allowed to exit this life in a painless dignified that column evoked so much interest i decided to devote two Days to Reader responses Here is the second Day today s crossword Ann Landers dear Ann thank you for your courageous stand on an individual s right to die. My brother was diagnosed his positive 10 years ago. When his disease became truly debilitating he discussed with me his plan to a exit he chose the time took an overdose of sleeping pills went to sleep and never woke up. Not Only did he spare himself a lot of agony and pain we were spared As Well. A Lancaster a. From great Bend Kan there is a real heaven and a real hell. I would not want it on my conscience Ann to give advice that would condemn a person to an eternity in hell. Amarillo Texas it is ludicrous to prolong a life that benefits Only the health care providers who suck Money out of everyone they get their hands on. I refuse to spend years drooling in a nursing Home bankrupting my family. Oak Harbor Wash i am sick at heart. I have been Reading your column All my adult life. I am now 59. I grew up with you. I trusted you. I believed in you. I a Springfield a following a stroke my father lived for two years in a nursing Home. My Mother is now in a a health care Center a she has been there for five years. Her monthly care Bill is $2,700. Her savings Are just about gone. She is distressed because the inheritance she planned for her grandchildren is slipping away. Hendersonville . You enjoy a huge following. Your word is almost sacred to those who read you. The ten commandments were Given by god to Moses. A thou Shalt not kill is one of those commandments. The commandments cannot be Bent to suit our wishes. Syracuse . Thanks for your Brave reply. You Are going to get plenty of heat Tor your stand. Until the medical Community realizes that death is not a doctors failure but an inevitable end for us All we will unfortunately continue to torture our sick and our elderly. Bellingham Wash remember the old saying Quot you give an Inch and they will take a mite the abuses you arc courting could be horrendous. People would be pressured to politely Check out for the convenience of relatives not to mention medicare social Security Etc. A lot of Money could be saved. Panama City Fla my Mother has been languishing in a nursing Home for five years. The nursing staff is up. Pended on you. Now because you have condoned a person taking his or her own life i can no longer Rel on your judgment. I feel As if i have lost a close mend. Constantly fighting her bed sores but she is literally rot Ting away. This is not going to happen to me. I will see to it Well ahead of time. Louisville by at one time we had enough Faith in the lord to print on our currency a in god we have we strayed so far from him that we would take away his right to decide when our lives should end Abilene Texas you Are sure to receive Many letters from extremists but done to let them deter you. Tills is the most important thing you have Ever stood up for in your Long successful career. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Sox f 1582, Chi Cago Iii. 60611-0582. C creators Syndicate brother puzzled by sister s coldness dear Abby in be been an avid fan of yours since i teamed to read. At 35,1 finally need your advice. My sister is 10 years older than i am and lives on the other Side of the continent. We Are both married and Hrc children. She is an Engineer and 1 am an attorney. I have not heard from her for two years. She and her kids Call my Mother and other sister on an intermittent basis but she never Calls me. No letters no Christmas cards no thank you notes for gifts i Send to her and her family i have no idea Why she is shutting me out and she apparently Hasni to discussed it with our mom or my other sister. I have pretty much decided to quit trying to Contact her. My resentment of her silence has been fostering for so Long in a afraid to Call her for fear she will Hurt me More or i will overreact and say quibble dear Abby something stupid. I done to want to necessarily shut her children out but since they Are now teen agers and have yet to write or Call to thank me for birthday and Christmas gifts i have decided not to Send them anything else. I think about my sister frequently. It makes me sad but in a tired of butting my head against a wait maybe it would Hurt less if i took Down the family pictures and washed them out of my mind and heart for Good. What would you do Abby sister less dear sister less i would either Call my sister or write to her and Tell her exactly what Yon have told me in your letter. Please let me know How you fare. If you have done something to offend her and her children she should let you know what it was. She owes you an explanation for her extended silence. And her children a now teenagers a Are certainly old enough to acknowledge Christmas and birthday gifts. A utter for i column about be add Auad to dear Abby at . Box 447. Mount Morris. Iii. 61054. C unto real pros synd cat \ sgt mom Tuiai looking fed a Volunteer. Id pull 6uard Dow this and x f6lt stun for her 20 x volunteered that s 3tuptd, of pin. \ Sefc does that All the time. She 6ct5 Vou to feel sorry for her. Than Bunto Zhitz got acs. Volunteer across 1 nativity figure s visibility hindrance f Hacienda for example 12 Schubert. 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