i am wondering if i am the only person who read this, who felt the piece was a very strange way to consecrate his father's passing. "i wish i could have put him down like a cat, and if you disagree with me, i hope you die a horrible death." there is a good case for euthanasia, and there is a case against it, it just seems inappropriate to approach a dialogue with this piece as a starting point. in the end, i'm sorry he lost his father in a painful and ugly way and felt captive to a hospital. the end of life situations in my family were also pretty gnarly but involved hospice care. i'd love to know the circumstances here, and how the situation could have been improved. but you'll never win over your opponents starting from a place like this.