My grandfather died in agony as did my stepdad. Both from cancers. I would have helped pull the pin for both. However, I respect Sol's position. I don't agree, but I respect it. I think there would not have been such an outcry that makes reference to his religion had he said "This is euthanasia as practiced by the Turks on the Armenians" instead of "This is euthanasia as practiced by Nazi Germany."

Sol is humane, and he has had hard decisions to make before with regard to life and death; I remark about that because someone said he'd obviously never experienced that sort of pain in his life. Few people of the cloth have not. I do not envy him his personal agonies in that regard. I think it is wrong of people to impune his dignity. If you choose to disagree with him, do so. But please be polite about it.

Bruce Murdoch