Governor Jerry Brown made California the fourth state in the US on Monday to allow physician assisted dying. Yes, only the fourth, and it's disappointing that the numbers (or the lack of) overshadow the real achievement. Everyone has the right to live, and everyone should have the right to die. Of course life is sacred, but the opponents of this law must not seriously think that California's true intentions are to have a genocide. They simply just want to help those people who have no hope of a cure, and are suffering. That's it, there is no story here, Everyone is allowed to make their decisions about their life and body. If you can go and get an abortion from a professional, you should also be able to go to your doctor to die. They are there to help you and to lessen your pain. In any way possible. Of course we support that background checks must take place, and several doctors (including psychologists) should sign off before you are allowed to die. You sho...
Let's face it, Labour isn't doing so well right now. many thought that May 8 was rock bottom after the party disastrously lost in the General Election to Mr. Cameron's Conservatives. The healing period was supposed to start over the summer as the party choses its new leadership. But instead, the party is divided more than ever in the past few years, and as the four candidates are battling to be Mr. Miliband's disgraced successor, they are destroying their own future powers and standing. Jeremy Corbyn who only got on the ballot paper in the last minutes have recently became the frontrunner in the race, ahead of Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall. The veteran MP is often highly criticised for his policies and his track record, but despite warnings from Tony Blair and even Conservative leaning sources, he has soared in polls. The most probable answer to this dilemma is that he is different. The Labour Party members seem to be tired of the remains of...