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‘I need help’ says assisted-suicide bomber

a good way to get rid of the family this ChristmasA man who wishes to end it all in the manner of a suicide bomber is appealing against the refusal of the National Health Service to help him kill himself and everyone around him. ‘All I want to do is blow myself up’, said Colin Jessop, ‘but my doctor refuses to help me. He only has to pull the cord on my rucksack. But ‘Oh no’, it’s ‘medical ethics’ this and ‘Hippocratic Oath’ that. It’s political correctness gone mad.’

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Posted: Dec 14th, 2009
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Friends Reunited partners Dignitas for over eighties market

Social networking site Friends Reunited is optimistic it can attract users from the 80+ demographic, through a sponsorship deal with assisted suicide facilitators Dignitas. ‘Our research shows many old people enjoy nothing more than keeping up with which of their old friends and enemies have passed away, and we’re delighted to be providing them with this news online,’ said a spokesman, ‘if we can then upsell the idea that maybe they might like to think about joining their old school pals via a luxury trip to Switzerland, all the better.’

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Posted: Aug 12th, 2009
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Spectacular suicides now available from Swiss clinic Indignitas

immortality beckonsThe ‘Jim Morrison’ deal, a Paris-based weekend break includes drugs, alcohol and sex followed by drowning in a bath. 

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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2009
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Swiss man to travel to England to end life in NHS hospital


‘I want to end my life,’ said Max Friedland today, ‘but I don’t want to actually commit suicide. Which is why I have chosen a routine minor operation in an NHS hospital.’

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Posted: Jan 5th, 2009
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