Goodnight, sweet prince.

[Jenne]

I think you're amongst friends here, Nigel.  The man was a pioneer for the right to die.  Thank you for pointing out his great work and the impact he made on our freedoms here in the US.  I mean, the guy went to jail as a senior citizen because of what he believed in.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Dunno.  I've always been on the side of the right to die, but I've seen Dr Kervorkian in interviews, and there was a quality to him that really creeped me out.  He got a little glaze over his eyes when he discussed his work, like he was getting an inappropriate charge out of it.

Yeah, that's subjective as hell, but that's the impression I got.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Dunno.  I've always been on the side of the right to die, but I've seen Dr Kervorkian in interviews, and there was a quality to him that really creeped me out.  He got a little glaze over his eyes when he discussed his work, like he was getting an inappropriate charge out of it.

Yeah, that's subjective as hell, but that's the impression I got.

Honestly, I don't know if it's possible to do that kind of work and stay completely sane. I do not doubt for a second that he had to move into a transcendent space in order to be able to move through it, creepy as it may be to those of us who don't work with death. Everyone I know who works with death has that quality. It's disquieting, and I don't think I am able to do that work.

[Jenne]

He was, after watching the making of the Pacino film and the HBO documentary, a "character."  Irascible, dry wit, and yeah, a bit of a fanatic.  But anyone who sacrifices his life for his beliefs is a fanatic as it is.  So it's to be expected.

[Jasper]

Dunno.  I've always been on the side of the right to die, but I've seen Dr Kervorkian in interviews, and there was a quality to him that really creeped me out.  He got a little glaze over his eyes when he discussed his work, like he was getting an inappropriate charge out of it.

Yeah, that's subjective as hell, but that's the impression I got.

Honestly, I don't know if it's possible to do that kind of work and stay completely sane. I do not doubt for a second that he had to move into a transcendent space in order to be able to move through it, creepy as it may be to those of us who don't work with death. Everyone I know who works with death has that quality. It's disquieting, and I don't think I am able to do that work.

Especially after being made a pariah for it.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Yeah. I'm with the "This Guy Did Great Work" crew. After watching my grandparents suffer for years and years . . . I don't know if they would have accepted Assisted Suicide as an option, but I know that there are people out there who would go for it in lieu of seemingly endless pain without chance of healing or hope.

Pass in peace, Jack.

[Elder Iptuous]

thinking on it, i don't know if i've ever had any friends that have come out against the guy...

[East Coast Hustle]

I still can't bring myself to speak rationally and eloquently about the subject, but just for the record I will punch the fucking mouth off of anyone IRL who tries to argue against the right to die. Kevorkian is a fucking saint, and it doesn't fucking MATTER how he comes across on TV or any stupid shit like that. Ain't anybody here done anything 1/100th as worthwhile as that guy.